On the occasion of the defeat of the San Antonio Spurs in Dallas, and while he was questioned about Luka Doncic, Gregg Popovich, who is the coach of the Spurs and who was that of the American team at the Tokyo Olympics, a praised the players from the former Yugoslavia.
“You know, when I think about it, I say to myself: imagine if all of Yugoslavia was reunited. That’s exciting, » relaie Brad Townsend du Dallas Morning News. « I mean Slovenians, Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, everyone. This is so cool. Luka is someone who always reminds me of this, when a player from this region comes into the league he is never average but great. So that brings me back to the days of (Vlade) Divac, (Zarko) Paspalj, (Toni) Kukoc, (Drazen) Petrovic, all those players who played at the same time. It’s a bit like with the Argentines a few years ago. This is the first thing that comes to mind. And then the second is how the hell can you be so good and come from such a small country? We don’t go there to the playgrounds like in New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, where we play every day. Maybe he was doing it (Doncic), but the competition was not the same. So you have to give credit to what American pride often denies, the programs they have, the coaching, what their coaches have to go through to get there. The players are disciplined and serious, they train a lot and they are good at it. “
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