Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional
basketball
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player for
Twarde Pierniki Toruń
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of the
Polish Basketball League
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(PLK). He is a tall
shooting guard
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.
Professional career
Lapornik started playing professional basketball for
Zlatorog Laško.
On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with
Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija () was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They have played in two differen ...
.
In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team
Bilbao Basket
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.
In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško.
In January 2018, Lapornik signed with
U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania.
On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija.
He spent the 2019–20 season with
Pieno žvaigždės
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in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game.
On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with
Heroes Den Bosch
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until 2022. He was named to the
All-DBL Team
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for the 2021–22 season.
On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Lapornik had signed with
DEAC in Hungary. He was offered a better contract, allowing him to leave early out of his contract.
After a brief spell with Zlatorog in January 2022, where he stayed for only nine days and played one match, Lapornik joined the
ABA League
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team
Krka on 14 January 2022.
In summer 2022, he signed with
Patrioti Levice of the
Slovak Basketball League
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.
On July 13, 2025, he signed with
Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018. Currently the team plays under the name ...
of the
Polish Basketball League
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(PLK).
International career
Lapornik made his debut for the
Slovenian national team
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on 31 August 2016, in the
EuroBasket 2017 qualification
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game against
Kosovo
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.
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References
External links
Union Olimpija profile
Eurobasket.com profile
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1993 births
Living people
ABA League players
Basketball players from Celje
BC Pieno žvaigždės players
Bilbao Basket players
BK Patrioti Levice players
CB Miraflores players
Dutch Basketball League players
Heroes Den Bosch players
KK Krka players
KK Olimpija players
KK Zlatorog Laško players
Liga ACB players
Shooting guards
Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Slovenian men's basketball players
U-BT Cluj-Napoca players