Dejan Milojević, who coached Mega Basket in Serbia from 2012-20 before joining Budućnost for the 2020/21 season, will join the Warriors‘ staff for the ’21/22 campaign, according to a report from Montenegrin outlet Vijesti. Anthony Slater of The Athletic confirms that the Warriors and Milojević have agreed to terms on a deal, and says an official announcement is expected in the coming days.
As Slater details, Milojević has a good record of developing big men, having most notably coached future NBA MVP Nikola Jokic for three years in Serbia before Jokic arrived stateside. Milojević will take on a player development role with the Warriors and will assume an “important level of responsibility” in the growth of last year’s No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman, Slater writes.
Here’s more out of Golden State:
- In a separate story for The Athletic, Slater examines what’s at stake for the Warriors in next Tuesday’s draft lottery, outlining the best- and worst-case scenarios for the team’s own pick and the Timberwolves’ top-three protected selection. As Slater notes, the worst-case scenario is harder to pinpoint — having the Wolves’ pick slip to eighth, ninth, or even 10th obviously wouldn’t be ideal, but if Minnesota hangs onto it and then takes a major step forward next season (when the pick would be unprotected), that might be even worse.
- While the return of Klay Thompson will add another three-point threat to the Warriors’ roster next season, Kendra Andrews of NBC Sports Bay Area suggests the team could benefit from adding another floor-spacer and identifies Bobby Portis as a player who should be of interest in free agency.
- In case you missed it, Warriors forward/center Draymond Green is among the first players to commit to Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
Warriors are interested in Portis
Bucks current team salary $146 million
If Bucks give Tucker, Forbes and Portis market value, Bucks need to pay 80 million luxury tax next season
Warriors, Grizzlies and Mavs are playoffs locks
Warriors trade trade trade
Blazers and Lakers are not playoffs locks
Davis is injury prone and LeBron is old
Lakers don’t have good rookie contracts to trade
Wow. That’s some insightful analysis there. Just remind me which team currently has the longest active playoff streak in the league??? If you don’t know, just ask Dame.
Playoff streak….lol
Maybe you should stick to baseball or actually reading. Sillivan stated that the Blazers are not playoff locks for next year. Currently they are the closest thing there is in the league to a lock. Doesn’t mean as constructed that they’ll make it out of the first round.
Maybe you should stick to baseball or actually reading. Sillivan stated that the Blazers are not playoff locks for next year. Currently they are the closest thing there is in the league to a lock. That doesn’t mean as constructed that they’ll make it out of the first round.
Which streak are you referencing? Could it be 44 straight years without a title?
Again reading is fundamental. Maybe you should try it.
Reading is fundamental. You should try it sometime.
When was the last time a San Diego Baseball team won a championship? Uh, that would be 54 years ago.
I’m a Dodgers fan, last year to be exact.
So, you just moved. You sound like a bandwagon fan.
Looks like someone here needs to call animal control.
Someone has a severe case of hydrophobia, aka rabies.
Huh? I really don’t understand your reference to rabies. I really don’t understand your criticism of San Diego. San Diego is a great city, I prefer San Francisco.
So, WallyWorld still won’t reply. He’s from Texas. That tells you something. San Francisco gets a bunch of Mountain Lions and Coyotes wandering the streets. But, they get relocated. Rabies is not an issue. But. WallyWorld and Marty McRae claim this another problem created by Steve Kerr.
How can the Warriors be a lock to make the playoffs ahead of both the Blazers and Lakers? People expecting Klay Thompson to be anything close to 100% at the start of the season are being asinine. He tore his Achilles tendon less than 7 months ago, while it took KD well over a year to recover from the same injury. Expectations for Klay need to be severely tempered.
The start of the season doesn’t matter. It is how you the season that matters. With a depleted squad, the Warriors won 15 of 20 to end last season. So, playoffs are more than probable.
Warriors have Thompson coming back plus 2 first round picks in this year’s draft. On top of that they have Jessup their second round pick who played overseas coming in for bench depth. Now subtract who they will lose. Maybe Mulder plus Oubre. So they should be a better team than the 9th best last year.
Hopefully, Milojević can be the new Pete Newell.
Warriors are easily a playoff team next yr. The draft will tell if they can be a contender. They can score big or even make a big trade. Personally I like Wiggins. I think NY can revitalize his career.
Wiggins had a very good year last year. His best year ever. Sounds more like you guys will sign Oubre. You will love him and then hate him. He is just so inconsistent with all that talent.
What’s wrong with Wiggin’s career right now? He had his best career year as a Warrior. With Klay coming back, he should have an even better year.
That is assuming Klay can still play at his previous level. That is a big assumption for a 30+ year old player that has missed two consecutive seasons now. I mean he could be fine and play like he barely missed a beat, but it is not a given that he can.
I can’t wait to see what GSW do, but I will not even bother trying to predict it. I mean, Wiseman, Wiggins and both picks could in theory bring in almost any superstar player. But keeping everyone might also be for the best. One thing is for sure: Kerr is going to make me angry next year.
Wiggins, Wiseman and 6 first round picks for Giannis. Done deal
The warriors would do that in a heartbeat if offered and possible. Hell they’d throw in Klay and Donkey and consider Curry.
Send Wiggins to the team that originally drafted him in 2014. They desperately need a wing player and he can defend. They could get Kevin Love and a pick. Then they fill they’re bench by signing guys like Millsap, THJ, Biyombo, McConnell.
PG – Steph/McConnell
SG – Klay/Poole
SF – THJ or draft a kid
PF – Dray/Love
C – Wiseman/Biyombo/Looney
Could be a low key NBA finals team next year. The key will be if they have enough guts to take Love’s contract and get lucky with THJ.
Thoughts?
Huh? A definite NO to trading Wiggins for Love. THJ who? Who the hell is McConnell? They want players that can play. Why should they pick up any of these players?
Have you ever seen a game of basketball in your life? Tim Hardaway Junior. Google TJ McConnell. He can be the Caruso of the Warriors. Gritty high IQ player. And simple answer is, because they want to win???????? And build depth??????? Seriously?
If you watched any of the games last, or the year before, you would have seen a team that last games because players didn’t know each other. So now, you want to get rid of half the roster. How is that going to improve your win total.
If you watched bad basketball then yes, that roster was horrible outside of Steph. Who do you want them to get? Please enlighten us. Dude doesn’t even know half the NBA players in the league at the moment but somehow thinks his opinion matters on what the Warriors should do. Lmao
Forgot they can go get bench fillers like Wes Matthews, OPJ, Redick, and a few others as well. Maybe ship out Wiseman for Myles Turner. He would be a GREAT fit for that team. Boards and defense, all day.
Why would the Pacers trade Turner for Wiseman?
Looks like someone needs to be team president and GM along with Marty for the Warriors next season. Just a matter of who gets which position.
As long as Marty gets to hire someone else to replace Steve Kerr, he’s fine.
You are a weird person. Do you really believe that Marty has any say into Warriors Management. Why do you really care.
Why would the Warriors want to acquire Kevin Love. WallyWorld thinks the Warriors would be better off if they traded Klay Thompson for Kevin Love. History shows that WallyWorld is wrong. Now he pushing and Marty McRae are pushing theories of Rabies in San Diego which is 600 miles away from San Francisco. But somehow, WallyWorld, and Marty McRae think they are are the greatest basketball minds. WallyWorld and Marty McRae have never won any games as a Cheif executives of professional sports franchises. But, WallyWorld and Marty McRae they have developed players. They the greatest minds in basketball.
A Serbian coach that specializes in Big Men?? Sounds like Smiley is sticking around.