2021.06.09 06:44
The dinner featured players from several Balkan countries: Serbia (Nikola Jokić and Boban Marjanović), Slovenia (Luka Dončić, Dragić and Vlatko Čančar), and Montenegro (Nikola Vučević).
Other Balkan Boys in the NBA include Bojan Bogdanović (Croatia), Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbia), Dario Šarić (Croatia), Nemanja Bjelica (Serbia), Dzanan Musa (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Luka Šamanić (Croatia), Alen Smailagić (Serbia), Marko Gudurić (Serbia) and Ante Žižić (Croatia). Bojan Bogdanović, Bogdan Bogdanović, Šarić and Bjelica are especially close with the Orlando group.
Who told you Whiteman cannot jump? These players from Balkan,
former Yugoslavia are dominating NBA. Doncic in Dallas Mavericks,
Jokic in Denver Nuggets and Bogdanovic in Utah Jazz are amazing
star players. They are tall, strong, and have long reaches.
They are smart and good shooters. They are not as fast as
black American players but they can pass by them with savvy motions.
I wish they could make one team representing Yugoslavia and compete against the US.
Unfortunately, Yugoslavia is broken into 6 different countries.
The SFR Yugoslavia was a conglomeration of eight federated entities, roughly divided along ethnic lines, including six republics—
—and two autonomous provinces within Serbia,