Michael Malone may not have really trained Jokic the way players are trained, but he let him play and thus did basketball a favor. Now Malone is in a hurry, and Denver is left with questions about how to build a better team around the best basketball player today
When you consider what he has achieved so far and how much influence he has on the world of cycling, and that he is only 27 years old, it is scary to think what Tadej Pogačar's biography will look like when he is nearing the end of his career.
The NBA league records a decline in viewership, so the causes are being sought. Many are convinced that the huge number of three-point shots, which has a mathematical justification, makes basketball monotonous and boring. But what to do?
Having won silver at the World Championship in Manila, our national team secured participation in the Olympic Games in Paris and Lille, which was announced as the strongest of all time. The Americans sent the best they had, the French, led by the sensational Victor Vembanjam, wanted to present themselves in the best light on their home field, and the current world champions, the Germans, also came for a medal. Unlike some previous championships, this time Serbia also sent the best they had
Everything was ready for a big party and the most important moment in the history of skiing as a sports discipline. Mikaela Shiffrin arrived in her native America, in the ski resort of Killington, Vermont, on the mountain where her parents went on their first trip together. She arrived for the jubilee, unsurpassed, mythical 100th victory in the World Cup, but plans were spoiled by a heavy fall that worried viewers around the planet
Everything you wanted to know about the new spending rules in the basketball Euroleague, but didn't have anyone to ask. Because, let's not lie, it is quite complicated
Like all great teams, Serbia played its best game at the right time. It wasn't enough for the victory (91:95), but it was for almost 37 minutes of leadership against one of the strongest teams in the history of basketball, in one of the best games in the history of basketball. "I am honored to have been a part of this game. This was one of the best games of my life." If US national team coach Steve Kerr says something like that, we have no choice but to agree with the man who won five NBA titles as a player and four as a coach.
How important is Nikola Jokić for the game of the Serbian national team? With him on the field, Serbia was in a complete tie (81:81), while the period with Jokić on the bench was used by the opponent to make an incredible difference (3:29).
Instead of calculations and potential conflicts, it is usually wiser to take care of things that can be directly influenced, such as the game and the atmosphere within the national team. Svetislav Pešić is an experienced expert who has repeatedly demonstrated an ability that is worth its weight in gold in tournament systems - that the team seems to him not as a collection of the best individuals but as a collection of individuals that work best together. The first signs are encouraging
During a guest appearance on TV Prva, Aleksandar Vučić characterized the presentation of the most trophy-winning European coach as an "attack on the state" and said that "there would be nothing from Zvezda and Partizan if there was no state". On that occasion, he pointed out that KK Partizan did not pay a single dinar for the tax debt from the money collected through the "One Partizan we have" fundraiser, which worried many black and white fans who donated money for this purpose. How things actually stand there
The basketball heritage left behind by the greats like professors Nikolić, Ivković, Žeravica, Kićanović, Slavnić, Dalipagić, Bodiroga, Đorđević, Danilović and many others is surely one of the reasons why basketball is viewed in Serbia as soccer is in South America. , therefore, like religion, a matter of life and death, a matter of home upbringing and tradition. The basketball court is sacred, whether it's the concrete in the park behind the building or the scene of the World Cup and NBA Finals. People in Serbia, eternally in love with the magical game under the hoops, must be happy about the fact that they saw their pets as the most important players in European and world competitions during this year
