Hanging up his sneakers is a crucial former Golden State Warriors role player from the team’s 2021–22 championship season. Veteran forward Nemanja Bjelica, a sharpshooter, announced on his personal Instagram that he is ending his career. He’s had an amazing journey.
A post that Instagram shared”20 years… Basketball, thank you,” Bjelica said on her blog Wednesday. Regarding his professional career path, the 6’10” stretch four began his career in 2007 as a member of the Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian League. After that, the 35-year-old Serbian player spent two seasons playing for Crvena Zvezda, his home team.
In the second round of the 2010 NBA draft, he was selected. But rather of moving over right away, Bjelica carried on with his business overseas until 2015. He signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Saski Baskonia from 2010 to 2013 following his draft selection. After that, he joined the Turkish team Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, where he spent his second season as the league’s MVP. After that, Bjelica decided to join the NBA and joined the Minnesota Timberwolves. After that, he played for the Miami Heat and the Sacramento Kings until joining the Warriors in 2021.
During his Warriors regular season championship run, Bjelica averaged 6.1 points on a shooting split of.468/.362/.728 with 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 0.6 steals. In 2019–20, he had his greatest season as a starter with the Sacramento Kings, who were headed for the lottery. He averaged 11.5 points on.481/.419/.821 shooting splits in 72 games (67 starts), 6.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. He achieved that outstanding three point % on 4.4 triple tries per night.
While still reliving the glory of his NBA championship run with Golden State, Bjelica made a trip back to the scene of his EuroLeague MVP. He signed a two-year deal to rejoin Fenerbahce Beko, but his calf injury kept him out of action for the majority of the season.
The squad cut him before he might have returned for a second season in 2023–2024. After that, Bjelica signed a deal to rejoin his hometown Crvena zvedza, but he supposedly had a falling out with head coach Duško Ivanović and quit the team permanently before he could play for them.
