Mile Ilic

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Mile Ilić (born June 2, 1984 in Tuzla, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a Serbian professional basketball player in the NBA. His rookie season will be the 2006-07 season. Ilić was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in 2005 as the 43rd overall draft in the 2nd round. Mile Ilić plays the position of center and is a 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall.

The Nets signed him on September 13, 2006. He will be backing up Nenad Krstić for the foreseeable future.

On February 26, 2007 the Nets assigned Mile to the Colorado 14ers, their NBA Development League affiliate. Mile is the first player that the Nets have assigned to the D-League since instituting affiliate teams (prior to the 2005-06 NBA season).

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