George Blagojevic
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| No. 7 – Geelong United | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBL1 South | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 October 1996 Geelong, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| College | Hartford (2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | BA Centre of Excellence | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cairns Marlins | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Cairns Taipans | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Geelong Supercats/United | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | T71 Dudelange | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | KK Dynamic | ||||||||||||||
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George Blagojevic (born 18 October 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for Geelong United of the NBL1 South. He played college basketball for the Hartford Hawks before playing two seasons for the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 2019 and 2021.
Blagojevic was born in Geelong, Victoria, in the suburb of Whittington.[1] He later moved to Canberra to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). In 2014 and 2015, he played for the BA Centre of Excellence in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[2]
College career
In March 2015, Blagojevic committed to Hartford over Boise State, Saint Mary's and Grand Canyon.[3]
Blagojevic averaged 9.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a freshman.[4] As a sophomore, his averages declined to 4.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.[5] Blagojevic averaged 4.5 points and 3.7 assists per game as a junior.[6] On February 27, 2019, he scored a career-high 32 points in a 96-76 win against Binghamton.[7] As a senior, Blagojevic averaged 14.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game.[2] He was named to the Second Team All-America East.[8] Blagojevic finished his career with 1,032 points and 578 rebounds.[9]
Professional career
In May 2019, Blagojevic signed with the Cairns Marlins of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) for the remainder of the 2019 season.[10][11] In 11 games, he averaged 12.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game.[2]
On 14 August 2019, Blagojevic signed a one-year deal with the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL).[9] He re-signed with the team on 3 September 2020.[12]
On 10 June 2021, Blagojevic signed with the Geelong Supercats of the NBL1 South for the rest of the 2021 season.[13]
In January 2022, Blagojevic joined T71 Dudelange of the Luxembourg Basketball League for the rest of the 2021–22 season. In eight games, he averaged 16.5 points, 14.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game.[2] He re-joined the Supercats for the 2022 NBL1 South season and then played for them again in the 2023 season.[2]
Between October and December 2023, Blagojevic played 12 games for KK Dynamic of the Basketball League of Serbia, averaging 9.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[2]
Blagojevic re-joined Geelong, now known as Geelong United, for the 2024 NBL1 South season.[2] He re-joined United for the 2025 season.[14]