The historic player and coach Dejan Milojevicwho died on January 17 in the United States at the age of 46, He was buried this Monday in a Belgrade cemetery. in a ceremony in which great personalities of Serbian and American basketball participated.
Milojevicassistant coach of Golden State Warriors of the NBA, died of a heart attack that he suffered while having dinner with the team in Salt Lake City, where the team was going to play. He underwent an operation that could not save his life.
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In the entourage that silently said goodbye to Milojevic in the Bezanija New Cemeteryin Belgrade, participated Steve Kerrcoach of the Golden State Warriors, the club’s consultant and former player Zaza Pachulia and other representatives of the American team, reports the newspaper’s portal Flash.
Supported by Serbian basketball
There were also, in addition to the relatives of the deceased, Serbian coaches and players such as Predrag Danilovicpresident of the National Baloncesto Federation; Zeljko Obradovic, Dejan Tomasevic, Zeljko Rebraca, Vlatko Cancar and Nermanja Bjelicaamong others.
The general manager of the Warriors, Mike Dunleavy Jr, and the head of international scouting, Zaza Pachulia, in the delegation.EFE
In recent weeks, several events to honor Milojevic have been held in Serbia. The Mega club renamed its sports hall in Belgrade ‘Dejan Milojevic’in tribute to who was his coach between 2012 and 2020.
The ABA Balkan League, in which clubs from five countries play –Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina– has named on MVP trophy (most valuable player of the season) as the Dejan Milojevic Trophy.
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The former power forward played in the Serbian Partisanin the Montenegrin Futurein it Valencia Basket and other clubs, as well as in the Yugoslav national team.
As a coach he took his teams to the ABA league finals: he Mega in 2016 and the Future in 2021. Milojevic was married and the father of two children.
2024-02-12 15:00:33
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