Nikolas Tomas Stauskas is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Stauskas played two seasons of college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines from 2012 to 2014. He was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, is a member of the Canadian national team.
Stauskas with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2019
Stauskas in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Stauskas drives against Marshall Plumlee.
Stauskas (#11) while with Michigan in 2014
The 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Crisler Center. This season marked the team's 96th consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and it is occasionally referred to as "Team 96". The team was led by sixth-year head coach John Beilein. As the defending 2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season regular season co-champions, the Wolverines finished fourth in the conference in 2012–13 and as National Runner-up in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after losing in the championship game to Louisville. Louisville's win was later vacated due to the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal. The team achieved a 31–8 record, the most wins by the program in 20 seasons.
Sixth man Mitch McGary checking into the Wolverines's Big Ten Conference season opener at Welsh-Ryan Arena (starters in background clockwise from front: Stauskas, Hardaway Jr., Robinson III, Morgan, and Burke)
Starting center Jordan Morgan
The starting five (Burke, Hardaway Jr., Morgan, Robinson III, Stauskas) in the January 3 2012–13 Big Ten Conference season opener against Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena