Jovana Nogic Signs With Phoenix Mercury, Enters WNBA

jovana nogic has signed with the Phoenix Mercury and will play in the WNBA. The move sends the Belgrade native into the league after a run in Russia, where she won two Russian championship titles with Jekaterinburg.

Phoenix Mercury Adds Jovana Nogić

The Mercury are getting a player with a wide track record across Europe and the United States. Nogić previously played for Providence University in the United States, then moved through Kadi la Seu, Tenerife, Kampos Promete, Avijenda, Bešiktaš and Jekaterinburg before reaching Phoenix.

That path gives her a profile that is unusual even by WNBA standards. She is not arriving from one short stopover; she is arriving after a career that already includes college basketball in the United States and championship work in Russia.

Jekaterinburg To Phoenix

The Russian stretch is the clearest marker on her resume. At Jekaterinburg, she collected two Russian championship titles, and that is the kind of production that gets a guard or wing noticed when WNBA teams look beyond their own borders.

Her arrival also adds another Serbian name to the league. Nogić will join Anđela Dugalić and Nikolina Milić in the WNBA, giving Serbia three players in the competition under the facts provided here.

Three Serbian Players

For readers tracking Serbian representation, the count now reaches three in the WNBA with Nogić, Dugalić and Milić. For Phoenix, the immediate change is simple: the club has added a player with United States college experience, European club experience and two Russian titles on the same résumé.

That combination is the real value of the move. Nogić is not starting from zero; she is stepping into the WNBA after proving herself in several different systems, and the Mercury are betting that range carries over to the league’s highest level.