Milenko Tepić
# Milenko Tepić

Milenko Tepić (Serbian: Миленко Тепић; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in) tall, and a combo guard-point forward.

## Professional career

Tepić began his career playing with the KK Sports World youth teams in Serbia. He made his professional debut with the NIS Vojvodina in 2002.

In July 2006, Tepić signed with the Serbian Euroleague club Partizan. Tepić has won three Serbian League and Adriatic League titles with Partizan. He also lifted the Serbian Cup trophy in 2008 and 2009. In his last season with Partizan he averaged 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 18 Euroleague games, helping his team reach the Quarterfinal Playoffs for the second time in a row.

In June 2009, Tepić signed a three-year contract with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos. He played two seasons with the Greek club and won the EuroLeague in 2011, as well as two Greek League championships in 2010 and 2011.

On 26 September 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club Cajasol Sevilla. On July 25, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Lietuvos rytas.

In December 2013, he returned to his former club Partizan, signing a contract until the end of the 2014–15 season. He won the Serbian League championship in 2014.

On September 3, 2015, Tepić signed with Greek club PAOK for the 2015–16 season.

On November 13, 2016, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket for the rest of the 2016–17 LBA season.

On July 22, 2017, Tepić signed with Italian club New Basket Brindisi for the 2017–18 LBA season.

On July 21, 2019, he signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian LBA but the contract was terminated on November.

On November 14, 2019, Tepić joined his third team in the Greek League, Iraklis Thessaloniki. He averaged 4.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On August 10, 2020, he signed with Mega Basket. On 15 July 2021, he announced his retirement from his basketball career at age 34, becoming the team manager for Mega Basket.

## National team career

Tepić won a gold medal at both the 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also won a gold medal at both the 2006 and 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.

He has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national basketball team, and with the senior team of Serbia, he played at the EuroBasket 2007. At the EuroBasket 2009, he won a silver medal with Serbia. He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2011.

## Career statistics

| † | Denotes seasons in which Tepić won the Euroleague |
| - | - |

### Euroleague

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006–07 | Partizan | 20 | 6 | 19.7 | .337 | .281 | .698 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .0 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2007–08 | Partizan | 23 | 14 | 26.5 | .439 | .389 | .783 | 3.4 | 2.2 | .8 | .1 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| 2008–09 | Partizan | 19 | 18 | 30.5 | .389 | .397 | .673 | 3.5 | 3.3 | .8 | .2 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| 2009–10 | Panathinaikos | 15 | 2 | 15.8 | .364 | .217 | .778 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .4 | .0 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 2010–11† | Panathinaikos | 19 | 2 | 9.6 | .321 | .143 | .706 | 1.1 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 2013–14 | Lietuvos rytas | 9 | 1 | 15.8 | .348 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.6 | 1.4 | .5 | .0 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2013–14 | Partizan | 13 | 10 | 29.6 | .427 | .320 | .889 | 2.5 | 2.0 | .8 | .0 | 6.2 | 5.0 |
| Career | | 118 | 53 | 20.5 | .388 | .331 | .731 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .7 | .1 | 6.0 | 5.4 |

## Post-playing career

On 15 July 2021, on the same day of the retirement of his playing career, Mega Basket named Tepić their new team manager. He left after only one season, in July 2022.

