(1993-10-07) October 7, 1993 (age 30) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Listed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight
207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school
Loyola Catholic (Mississauga, Ontario)
South Kent School (South Kent, Connecticut)
St. Mark's (Southborough, Massachusetts)
College
Michigan (2012–2014)
NBA draft
2014: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career
2014–present
Career history
2014–2015
Sacramento Kings
2015–2017
Philadelphia 76ers
2017–2018
Brooklyn Nets
2018–2019
Portland Trail Blazers
2019
Cleveland Cavaliers
2019–2020
Baskonia
2021
Raptors 905
2021
Grand Rapids Gold
2021–2022
Miami Heat
2022
Grand Rapids Gold
2022
Boston Celtics
2022
→Maine Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (2014)
Big Ten Player of the Year (2014)
First-team All-Big Ten (2014)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Canada
FIBA AmeriCup
2015 Mexico City
National team
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
2009 Mendoza
National team
Nikolas Tomas Stauskas (born October 7, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Stauskas played two seasons of college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines from 2012 to 2014. He was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, is a member of the Canadian national team.
As a freshman for the 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines, Stauskas was named Sports Illustrated National Freshman of the Week once, Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week three times and to the Wayman Tisdale Award, United States Basketball Writers Association's National Freshman of the Year, top 12 midseason list. During the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, he earned South All-Regional Team recognition. As a sophomore for the 2013–14 team, Stauskas went on to be named a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball consensus All-American and was named Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season.
Stauskas has played for several NBA and NBA G League teams. In 2022, he reached the NBA Finals with the Celtics.
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pair of Canadian lottery picks (Wiggins and NikStauskas), three top 20 Canadian selections (Wiggins, Stauskas, and Tyler Ennis), the first NBA Development...
Celtics to Indiana Pacers Indiana acquired Aaron Nesmith, Daniel Theis, NikStauskas, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, and a 2023 first-round pick Boston acquired...
along with NikStauskas and two second-round picks for Rodney Hood. On February 7, the Cleveland Cavaliers then traded both him and Stauskas to the Houston...
All-American, becoming Michigan's first consensus All-American since NikStauskas in 2014 and 13th all time. As a sophomore, Dickinson was named to the...
the time of their November 2011 National Letter of Intent signings, NikStauskas, Robinson and McGary gave Michigan a consensus top 10 entering class...
with NikStauskas, gave Michigan a consensus top 10 entering class for its 2012 campaign. Robinson visited Michigan along with future teammate Stauskas to...
unwillingness to trade him. On December 7, 2017, Okafor was traded, along with NikStauskas and a 2019 second round draft pick, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange...
in November 2011. Meanwhile, when future teammates Mitch McGary and NikStauskas joined Glenn Robinson III by committing to Michigan in November 2011...
Burks from Cleveland Houston acquired Iman Shumpert from Sacramento, NikStauskas, Wade Baldwin IV, and Milwaukee's 2021 second-round pick from Cleveland...
joined on the 5-man South All-Regional team by teammates Mitch McGary and NikStauskas. Burke also earned ESPN.com Player of the Week recognition. Although...
Nesmith was traded, alongside Daniel Theis, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, NikStauskas and a 2023 first-round pick, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Malcolm...
and Ramon Sessions through free agency signings, as well as drafting NikStauskas prior to the start of the 2014–15 season. After an 11–13 start to the...
2022 second-round pick Houston acquired Wade Baldwin IV, Iman Shumpert, NikStauskas, a 2020 second-round pick swap (with Cleveland), and a 2021 second-round...
traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Aaron Nesmith, Daniel Theis, NikStauskas, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, and a 2023 first-round draft pick. Brogdon...
agents, the Kings agreed to a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, sending NikStauskas, Carl Landry, and Jason Thompson, along with the Kings' future first-round...
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