PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Went undrafted by the NBA out of college in the 2025 NBA Draft…signed a two-way contract with the HEAT on July 2, 2025.

BEFORE NBA

Played one season at the University of Michigan (2024-25) after three seasons at Florida Atlantic University (2021-24) and one at Texas Tech University (2020-21)…appeared in 154 collegiate games (143 starts) and averaged 11.7 points (.616 FG%, .668 FT%), 6.0 rebounds, 1.26 blocks and 21.6 minutes…scored in double figures 87 times, including 23 games with 20-or-more points and two 30-point performances…grabbed double-figure rebounds 19 times and posted 17 double-doubles…started the final 113 games of his career…as a senior at Michigan, was just one of four players to start in all 37 games and averaged a team-high 16.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.38 blocks, 1.1 assists and 27.5 minutes while shooting a team-best 60.7 percent from the field…helped lead the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament title and NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 berth…was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the media and the All-Big Ten Second Team by the coaches and Associated Press…was a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for the nation’s top center…was selected as the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player and named to the All-Big Ten Tournament Team…named Big Ten Player of the Week twice…led the team in points, blocks, offensive rebounds, field goals made and free throws made…recorded 13 20-point games, including two 30-point performances, scoring 31 points vs. Northwestern on Jan. 19 and a career-high 36 points at UCLA on Jan. 7…grabbed double-figure rebounds eight times, including a career-high 15 boards vs. Maryland on Mar. 5…posted seven double-doubles…during the 2023-24 season at FAU, was one of only two players to start all 34 games and averaged 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.65 blocks and 25.0 minutes while shooting a career-high 67.3 percent from the field, setting the single-season school record…selected to the All-AAC Second Team and NABC All-District Second Team…named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll five times…helped lead FAU to the NCAA Tournament…led the Owls in rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage and finished second in points, field goals made and free throws made…scored in double figures 27 times, including ten 20-point games…posted eight double-doubles…in 2022-23, was the only player to start in all 39 games for the Owls and averaged 10.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.21 blocks and 20.9 minutes while shooting 62.5 percent from the field…helped FAU to a program-record 35 wins, first conference championship and first ever NCAA Tournament Final Four appearance…grabbed 255 rebounds, the most by a sophomore in school history…scored in double figures 19 times and posted two double-doubles…led the team in rebounds and blocks and finished third in points, field goals made and free throws made…in his first season at FAU (2021-22), was one of only four players to play in all 34 games (33 starts) and averaged 6.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.15 blocks and 17.6 minutes while shooting 55.4 percent from the field…led the team in blocks and field goal percentage and finished second in rebounds…scored in double figures 11 times…as a freshman at Texas Tech in 2020-21, appeared in 10 games and averaged 1.9 points and 1.0 rebounds in 4.7 minutes of action.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Vladislav Goldin…answers to the nicknames “Vlad” and “Lapa” which he got while playing for CSKA when no one knew his name…is the son of Lubov and Alexander Goldin…has two sisters, Marina (his twin) and his older sister, Alexandra…hometown is Voronezh, Russia…graduated from FAU with a degree in Sociology…chose Sociology as his major because he wanted to improve his English…in his free time he enjoys fishing, cooking and playing with his dog…his favorite sport besides basketball is hockey…credits Leonid Valentinovich his coach with CSKA for making a difference in his life because he believed in Vlad even more than Vlad believed in himself…moved to the US for high school, attending Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut…helped his high school team share the National Prep Championship with Brewster Academy (championship game was cancelled due to COVID)…played for the Russia Men’s National Team in the 2018 FIBA U18 EuroBasket, the FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup in 2019 and the U-18 European Championship in 2019…played for the CSKA Moscow Junior Team for three seasons from age 16 through 18…wears size 17 sneakers.

Vladislav Goldin

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