Vlatko Cancar

Free agent • SF/PF • 5 years of NBA experience

Height6'8
Weight236 lbs
Born10th April 1997 (age 29)
Nationality🇸🇮Slovenia
NBA Draft49th pick, 20172017 Early Entry: Stayed in
Pre-draft teamMega (Serbia)
HandRight
AgentMisko Raznatovic (BeoBasket)
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Representative Teams
EuroBasket 2022 roster
Slovenia
Olympics 2020 roster
Slovenia
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2019 roster
Denver Nuggets
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2018 roster
Denver Nuggets

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2015-16 EuroCup Wuerzburg 8 6.7 1.3 0.5 1.9 26.7% 0.1 0.6 20.0% 0.1 0.3 50.0% 0.1 0.4 4.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 1.6
2016-17 BCL Europe Mega 14 23.0 7.5 3.0 6.6 45.7% 0.7 2.7 26.3% 0.8 1.4 57.9% 1.4 2.6 4.1 2.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 3.4
2017-18 Spain Burgos 12 19.5 7.2 2.7 6.1 43.8% 1.1 3.2 34.2% 0.8 0.8 100.0% 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.8 3.0
2018-19 Spain Burgos 34 22.9 10.0 3.7 8.0 45.8% 1.1 3.2 32.7% 1.6 1.9 83.1% 1.0 2.7 3.7 1.1 0.8 0.2 1.1 2.4
2019-20 G League Erie BayHawks 10 28.7 14.4 5.0 11.8 42.4% 2.4 6.1 39.3% 1.1 1.4 78.6% 1.7 4.5 6.2 2.7 0.9 0.1 2.6 3.0
2019-20 NBA Denver Nuggets 14 3.2 1.2 0.4 1.1 40.0% 0.1 0.4 16.7% 0.3 0.3 100.0% 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5
2020-21 NBA Denver Nuggets 41 6.9 2.1 0.8 1.8 45.8% 0.2 0.8 27.3% 0.2 0.3 76.9% 0.3 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.4
2021-22 NBA Denver Nuggets 15 11.7 4.1 1.5 2.7 56.1% 0.5 0.8 58.3% 0.6 0.9 64.3% 0.5 1.5 2.1 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.2
2022-23 NBA Denver Nuggets 60 14.8 5.0 1.8 3.8 47.6% 0.7 1.9 37.4% 0.6 0.7 92.7% 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.4
2024-25 NBA Denver Nuggets 13 10.5 1.8 0.8 2.0 38.5% 0.3 1.2 26.7% 0.0 0.0 – 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8
2025-26 EuroLeague Olimpia Milano 2 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0

Teams
DateTeam
2013 - June 2016 Union Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
June 2016 - March 2018 Mega (Serbia)
March 2018 - June 2018 Burgos (Spain)
July 2018 Denver Nuggets (Summer League)
July 2018 - present Burgos (Spain)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
16th April 2015 Slovenia Signed for the remainder of the season and through 2019 with Union Olimpia Ljubljana.
6th June 2016 Slovenia Left Union Olimpia Ljubljuana.
30th June 2016 Serbia Signed a three-year contract with Mega Leks.
2017 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 49th overall by Denver Nuggets.
12th March 2018 Serbia Left Mega Leks.
13th March 2018 Spain Signed for the remainder of the season with Burgos.
13th June 2018 Spain Signed a two-year extension with Burgos.

Awards
YearAwardTeam
2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets

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Articles

The 2018 NBA Manifesto

Vlatko Cancar - 49th pick, 2017
A late season move to Burgos saw them win 6 of his first 10 games with the team and remain in the ACB. Cancar helped with that as a bench scorer - his prodigious foul rates speak to how much he still must learn, but the athleticism and finishing are there. Still a project, but making progress.
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