Nikola Topić

About

Nikola Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Топић, Serbian pronunciation: [nikola topitɕ], born 10 August 2005) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the point guard position. He missed his rookie season due to an ACL tear and the bulk of his sophomore season due to a battle with testicular cancer.

Topić grew up playing basketball for KK Defense from his native Novi Sad from which he joined the Crvena zvezda youth system in June 2020.

On 28 March 2022, Topić made his professional debut for Crvena zvezda in an ABA League match against Slovenian side Krka at the age of 16. He scored 4 points and had 5 assists over 16 minutes of playing time. At 16 years, seven months and eighteen days of age, he became the youngest player in club history to score points for Crvena zvezda in the ABA League. On 1 April 2022, Topić made his EuroLeague debut in an 82–57 loss to Bayern Munich, becoming one of the youngest players to ever play in the EuroLeague at 16 years and 253 days of age.