Nik Stauskas

Nik Stauskas
Stauskas with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2019
Free agent
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
Born (1993-10-07) October 7, 1993 (age 31)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeMichigan (2012–2014)
NBA draft2014: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Sacramento Kings
20152017Philadelphia 76ers
2017–2018Brooklyn Nets
2018–2019Portland Trail Blazers
2019Cleveland Cavaliers
2019–2020Baskonia
2021Raptors 905
2021Grand Rapids Gold
2021–2022Miami Heat
2022Grand Rapids Gold
2022Boston Celtics
2022Maine Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA AmeriCup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mexico City National team
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 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.