Nikola Vucevic on DeMar DeRozan departure: He was very well liked in the locker room, everybody gravitated towards him
On the upcoming season without DeMar DeRozan after the Bulls signed-and-traded DeRozan to Sacramento: It’ll definitely be a little bit of an adjustment just because obviously we all know what he brought to us on the court. But I think also just his presence in general. DeMar was really liked and obviously very well respected in the locker room … kind of the guy that everybody gravitated towards and was always the storyteller of all these veteran stories and all these things and the young guys really gravitated towards that.Source: marcstein.substack.com
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Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Evan Fournier spoke to the media upon joining Olympiacos, touching on various topics including the Greek derbies against Panathinaikos, Nikola Vucevic possibly coming to watch him, and the long-standing bond he has with the Piraeus team.
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DeMar DeRozan @DeMar_DeRozan
Y’all know I couldn’t do a book tour without making a stop back in Toronto! Come out to my Above the Noise book release event at the @chaptersindigo location at The Well on September 13th.
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DeMar DeRozan @DeMar_DeRozan
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Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Players from Yugoslavia in our international GOAT list:
4. Jokic 🇷🇸
9. Doncic 🇸🇮
15. Petrovic 🇭🇷
17. Stojakovic 🇷🇸
21. Divac 🇷🇸
22. Kukoc 🇭🇷
24. Vucevic 🇲🇪
30. Dragic 🇸🇮
38. Radja 🇭🇷
50. Bodiroga 🇷🇸
63. Bogdanovic 🇭🇷
67. Danilovic 🇷🇸
70. Bogdanovic 🇷🇸
hoopshype.com/lists/78-great… – 5:13 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
NBA teams with zero Player Participation Policy stars (at least one All-NBA or All-Star last 3 seasons):
– Nets
– Pistons
– Wizards
– Trail Blazers
2021 All-NBA/All-Star selections who did not make it last 3 years:
– Bradley Beal
– Mike Conley
– Nikola Vucevic
– Ben Simmons – 2:26 AM
More on this storyline
Ky Carlin: Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan back in the gym working out #Sixers pic.x.com/vfddczfchu -via Twitter @Ky_Carlin / September 6, 2024
Malika Andrews: In the foreword for Above The Noise, Gregg Popovich writes about DeMar DeRozan’s quest for a “safe space to believe the world could be just and fair once again.” I expect this book — and DeMar’s vulnerability as he explores his own depression — will create that very space for many. -via Twitter @malika_andrews / September 6, 2024
DeMar DeRozan: “It was tough because obviously everybody knows like I wanted to be there. I wanted to stay there. That was home. So, getting traded, the way it went down, that part hurt more than anything. Then, when I finally calmed down and realized like, ‘I’m going to San Antonio,’ it’s like, ‘Yo, I’m playing for Pop!’ When I got traded, I didn’t talk to nobody for like two weeks. I wasn’t answering my phone. I was mad as hell. I was hurt, I ain’t going to lie. But Pop had called me out of the blue and just was like, ‘Look, we didn’t trade you, we traded for you.’ When I let that sink in, I was like, ‘Damn, he got a point.'” -via YouTube / August 27, 2024
On Lonzo Ball’s comeback chances: I’ve heard that he’s been looking good … that he’s been doing everything that he can to get back. I’m excited to see him back in the game when we get back in Chicago, see how everything looks. I really hope for him that he’s able to play and be back. I can’t imagine, at that age (26) especially, having to miss two and a half years. It was very difficult for him to deal with different treatments, surgeries and all that. It’s a long road to come back and so, hopefully, I really hope for him that it pays off and he’s able to play again. He’ll mean so much to our team because of his talent and everything. -via marcstein.substack.com / September 6, 2024
On last season’s shooting dip to 29.4% from 3-point range: Nikola Vucevic: I worked on it a lot over the summer, trying to see if there was something as far as my mechanics that I didn’t do well, or what was going on from that standpoint. I think there’s some things that I could have done better, so I worked on it, a lot of reps as always. I’m sure at some point last year I was also overthinking shots and so, shots that I would normally make, when you start thinking too much you start missing those as well. So coming into the season, trying to put the last one behind and just move on and it’s a new season, new everything, try to shoot better and play better and see how it goes. But I think that last year was just a mix of things and then you’re kind of trying to get out of it and then sometimes you think too much to do this and that. Over the summer it went well and hopefully it continues to go well. It’s a big thing, obviously, because nowadays as a big man, if you can step out and shoot 3s at a good percentage, it changes everything for you and the team and everybody. So it’s definitely something I want to make sure I improve. -via marcstein.substack.com / September 6, 2024
“I would love to play in the NBA for as long as possible. It’s the best league, with the best players and conditions,” Vucevic told Iva Jevtic from B92. “At this moment, I’m not thinking about a return to Europe. If it ever happens, Crvena Zvezda would be the main favorite, but many things would have to fall into place.” -via BasketNews / August 30, 2024
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