Career
He also represents the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) tall small forward. He made his professional debut with his hometown team Spartak Subotica.
In 2010-2011 season he played with KK Novi Sad, and then from 2011 to 2013 with Vojvodina Srbijagas.
In July 2013 he signed a three-year contract with Radnički Kragujevac. Over 25 games in the American Bar Association League, he averaged 6.4 points and 4 rebounds per game.
On July 21, 2014, Kalinić signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda. In his debut Euroleague season, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2 assists over 24 games.
On July 31, 2015, Crvena zvezda announced that Kalinić moved to Fenerbahçe, for a buyout of 1 million euros.
On August 12, 2015, Fenerbahçe officially announced that Kalinić signed a two-year contract with the option of additional year. Kalinić represented the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. He represented Serbia once again at the EuroBasket 2015.
In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czechoslovakian Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively.
However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67–64, and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81–68. Over 9 tournament games, Kalinić averaged 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game on 69% shooting from the field and miserable 33.3% from the free-throw line.