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How Pop became a legend
Gregg Popovich was only a stroke away from the basketball court. But he has not yet separated him from basketball. Probably not even from the wine. And especially not from the legend of one of the greatest coaches ever
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Jokić received an incredible offer - 70,6 million dollars per season
If he accepts Denver's offer, Jokic will become the highest-paid basketball player in history
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Malone in the suitcase does not carry the problems of the Nuggets
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
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The coach of Jokić's Denver team was dismissed, David Adelman succeeded him
Denver has lost four games in a row, and from the fight for second place in the Western Conference standings, they have reached the point where even their place in the playoffs can be questioned.
The line is 7,24 meters away
NBA woes: The trio won, but who will beat the trio?
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?
The most popular domestic sport
The glory and misery of basketball in Serbia
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
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Legendary NBA player Dikembe Mutombo passed away
Mutombo dominated the NBA during the '90s and 2000s and was even a four-time Defensive Player of the Year.
Smailagic case
Not everything is black and white
Basketball player Alen Smailagic (pictured) was known by many sports fans until now, and recently the whole public knows about him as a "victim". So the tabloids state that he was "racketed", "fled from Serbia" and "went through threats, blackmail and agony" because of which, allegedly, his career is failing and the like. Smailagic remained mysterious to the media and said that he cannot talk about everything he went through
Basketball
NBA draft: Oklahoma selected Nikola Topić
It was already known from the beginning of the season that Nikola Topić would be selected in the first round of the draft, the only question was from where
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Where Winning Is Obligatory: The Anatomy of Boston's Title
The famous Celtics from the city of Boston, where winning is a must, won the 18th NBA championship. The road there was long and bumpy
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Boston is the new NBA champion
The MVP of the grand final was Jalen Brown with 21 points in the last match, and the most effective in the fifth match was Jalen Tatum with 31 points and 11 assists.
In memoriam
A winner haunted by defeats
Jerry West (1938-2024) scored forty points on one leg in the finals, which he kept losing. He remains the inspiration for the NBA logo, one of the greatest players and basketball officials ever. However, he did not forgive himself for defeats, while he gave victories to others
Basketball
People from the shadows – coaches in the NBA
Coaches in the USA are paid regularly, contracts are secure, training conditions are fantastic, and they are usually given more time to achieve results than their counterparts on the Old Continent.
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Nikola Jokić was chosen as the MVP of the NBA for the third time
The ace of the Denver Nuggets recorded 79 points, 26,4 rebounds, 12,4 assists, 9,5 steals and 1,4 blocks in 0,9 regular season games played.
Sport
Phenomenon Caitlin Clark: Now she just needs to save women's basketball
They say that the full hit for the NBA happened after 1979, when Magic and Bird played against each other in the finals of college basketball, and then they went to the NBA. Huge interest and even bigger money came after them. Now prodigy Kaitlin Clark is following a similar path, and all of women's basketball is watching
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Another biggest contract in NBA history is smiling at Nikola Jokic
Serbian basketball player Nikola Jokić could receive more than 2026 million dollars in 400 for a new five-year contract, NBC Sport journalist Kurt Helin wrote
Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals
Nikola Jokić on the way to the stars
Is the number of titles won the only measure of how great a player you are in NBA history? Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, Patrick Ewing, Reggie Miller, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Pete Maravich and many others failed to do so. The Denver Nuggets with Nikola Jokić are in the NBA Finals. If Jokić takes the title, by American standards, he will become one of the best centers in history. There is no center who has had a greater impact on the game of a team, and that is obvious, but it is even more clear that he changed the history of basketball
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NBA Finals: Nikola Jokić on his way to his first title
Game 2.30 of this year's NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat begins at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. ET on Friday. Jokic's Denver has been assigned the role of favorite
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Nobody and never like him: Luka Dončić's crazy night
No one before him scored 60 points, had 21 rebounds and 10 assists in one game. At the same time, this young man is only 23 years old
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European NBA company: Trilling of world stars
A huge difference in quality used to be characteristic of the NBA's biggest stars, who played with Team USA at the Olympic Games or the World Championships. Today, Jokic, Adetokumpo and Doncic are the leading players of their teams, and belong to the group of the biggest stars
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Nikola Jokic: The biggest contract in NBA history
Back in 2016, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone recognized the incredible potential of the boy from Sombor. Jokić, due to his height and build seen for the position of center, he placed as the central figure of the game in attack, the playmaker who organizes the game of his team in every segment. In this way, Malone changed the basketball that existed until then. Everything else is history
What are Novak Djokovic and Nikola Jokic to us?
The only Jokers of Serbia
"Two top aces can be an example that 'nothing is impossible' and that each of us, if we invest in ourselves, can reach perhaps not exactly Djokovic and Jokic, but some level that implies recognition and merit, regardless of what comes from society which is on the European periphery and which, what is especially important, often perceives itself collectively as a victim of everything and everyone", says anthropologist Ivan Đorđević for "Vreme". "We don't have to be ardent fans of a particular sport or athlete, so we will react similarly," continues Ana Orlić, associate professor of psychology from the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education. "His victory will also be ours"