Boban Marjanovic turned 36 this month. The affable big man told Marc Stein in his latest Substack post that he’d like to still be playing at 40 years old, as LeBron James is doing.
“I want to stay in [the] NBA; this is the main goal,” he said. “I want my kids to be there and I want myself to be there.”
Marjanovic remains on the free agent market and continues to search for a new opportunity. He was on the Rockets’ roster last season.
We have more from around the international basketball world:
- Bulls center Nikola Vucevic hasn’t ruled out the idea of finishing his career in Europe, but doesn’t plan to play overseas anytime soon, BasketNews.com relays. “I would love to play in the NBA for as long as possible. It’s the best league, with the best players and conditions,” Vucevic told Iva Jevtic of B92. “At this moment, I’m not thinking about a return to Europe. If it ever happens, Crvena Zvezda would be the main favorite, but many things would have to fall into place.” Crvena Zvezda is based in Belgrade, Serbia.
- A number of NBA teams are in rebuilding mode and Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report ranks how each of them are faring. He sees the Spurs being ahead of the pack and not just because they have generational talent Victor Wembanyama. The Pistons come in at the No. 2 spot due to the amount of young talent on their roster, headed by Cade Cunningham.
- In a comprehensive feature story, Kyle Tucker of The Athletic details the difficulties that Willie Cauley-Stein has endured in recent years. Cauley-Stein, who hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since the 2021/22, remains hopeful of getting another NBA contract.
Boban made about $28,000 per minute played last year. Of course he wants to stay in the league, and he should. If you can grab a few million bucks to ride the pine, do it.
Amazon has a spot for Boban and it pays better than that. He’ll be fine.
Amazon is laying off people and they are not known for high wages.
I know you’re being a smartass but imagining Boban picking and pulling is actually pretty funny.
No ladder needed
Why would you want to get a job picking and pulling? They consulting gigs paid quite well.
Stein had the potential and opportunity. To make a real impact in the NBA. So he lets drug abuse kill that. Always wondered what was the real problem with him. I guess now we know. Wasted talent …..
Willie C Stein could learn a lot from Boban.
Knicks should be looking at him. I’m fine with him as third C.
Sorry Silver doesn’t like veterans. So go away coming from Silver
Boban doesn’t realise his time was 8 years ago… He’s now just too old to keep up, any speed he had is gone….
Players in this generation cant afford to lose a step… It doesn’t help when your step was already slow…
Loved his time in the league… But it’s just bench warming on a team that needs to fill a roster spot that is available to him now