After 10 seasons and 719 NBA games, Bojan Bogdanović officially retired this Sunday, June 29, 2025. The 36 -year -old Croatian winger announced his retirement on his social networks in a touching message after a foot injury that kept him away from the prosecution for more than a year.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Bojan Bogdanovic Annonce with retraite NBA!
The 36 -year -old Croatian winger announces Leaving the @NBA After spending 10 seasons there.
He played a total of 719 games, with Nets, Wizards, Pacers, Jazz, Pistons and finally Knicks.
📊 On his career, he … pic.twitter.com/kB9HnF1LB2
– Ball Time (@Balltimee) June 29, 2025
A talented player
At a time when shooters became kings, Bojan Bogdanović has always had a special place. He was not the most spectacular, nor the most publicized but he was constantly scoring.
Arrived in the NBA at 25 after having shone in Fenerbahçe, Bogdanović started with the Nets in 2014. Very quickly, he settles down as a reliable winger, capable of sanctioning at three points, attacking at the screen exit and carrying an attack in the absence of stars. Its outdoor shooting has always been a formidable weapon with 39.4% in long -distance career including some peaks at more than 42%.
From Nets to Knicks, including Pacers, Wizards, Jazz and Pistons, it has established itself as one of the most respected role players in the League. It is a kind of offensive metronome, which crossed the 20 point bar per match on 2 different seasons (2020 and 2023).
His career record is 48 points in playoffs against Denver. Here is the video of this significant performance.
🎷 48 PTS, 8 3PM
🎷 16-23 FGM
🎷 4 straight Utah winsBojan Bogdanovic’s career-high night guided the @utahjazz! #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/obB8iw7eO9
– NBA (@nba) May 8, 2021
Terrible injury, logical end
The end was played in silence. In June 2024, he returned to the Nets … but did not argue any meeting. A foot injury, followed by two operations, then months without progress. By trying to come back, the Croatian understood. The time had come.
« Sometimes it’s not you who choose the moment, it’s the moment that chooses you “, He wrote in his press release. It’s touching, worthy and classy, in his image!
Bojan Bogdanović will never raise an NBA trophy. He will not make headlines like an MVP or an All-Star. But he will have marked the League by its regularity, its seriousness and its ability to adapt to all roles. A basketball soldier. A sniper. And it is also a beautiful ambassador for the European game.
In a few figures
- 719 NBA games
- 15.6 career points in career
- 39.4% at 3 points in career
- 21.6 points/match in its best season (in 2022-23 with Detroit)
- More than $ 120 million in cumulative wages
Before the NBA, Bojan Bogdanović had already made an impression. He proudly worn Croatian colors for 15 years. From Euro 2013 (where he was elected in the major five of the tournament) to the Rio Olympic Games, he embodies the face of a talented but often cursed generation. At Euro 2013, he even leads Croatia in the semi-finals with 17.4 points on average.
Good retirement, Bogey.
