Mile Ilic
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Mile Ilić is a Serbian
Serbs
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 professional basketball
Basketball
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 player formerly of the New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets
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 of the NBA
National Basketball Association
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. Ilić, a 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall center
Center (basketball)
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, was drafted by the Nets in 2005
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 as the 43rd overall pick, and began his rookie season in 2006-07
2006-07 NBA season
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.

The Nets signed Ilić on September 13, 2006, as a foreseeable future backup for countryman Nenad Krstić
Nenad Krstic
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. On February 26, 2007 the Nets assigned him to the Colorado 14ers
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, their NBA Development League
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 affiliate. Ilić thus became the first player that the Nets assigned to the D-League since instituting affiliate teams (prior to the 2005-06 NBA season
2005-06 NBA season
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).

On October 29, 2007, he was traded by the Nets to New Orleans Hornets along with Bernard Robinson
Bernard Robinson (basketball)
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 for David Wesley
David Wesley
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 (both Ilić and Robinson were immediately waived by the Hornets).

After getting waived in the NBA, Ilić returned to Europe signing with Russian League club Lokomotiv Rostov
Lokomotiv Rostov
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 on November 26, 2007.

On February 24, 2008, Ilić was signed by CB Bilbao Berri, team from the Spanish ACB
Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto
The Liga ACB, known as the Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional. The league changed its name to the current one in 1983. The league is rated as one of the three "A" level European...

. Hampered by the recovery process from a leg injury he only appeared in 10 games for the club averaging 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

During the summer 2008 offseason, Ilić signed for CB Sevilla on July 28, 2008.

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