By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Moving to the NBA to enter Steve Kerr’s coaching staff in 2021, Dejan Milojevic left a huge mark on the Golden State Warriors organization. Suddenly passing away in January, the Serbian mastermind was highly appreciated by everybody within the franchise’s organization.
Kevon Looney, talking to Hoopshype, opened up on what he learned from him. “I had the best years of my career learning from him, learning different footwork, learning the different nuances of offensive rebounding, and learning how to finish”, he said.
That relies also on his playing career in Europe, being hugely successful, especially in Buducnost, Partizan, and Valencia. “He wasn’t the biggest guy, but he scored a lot of points overseas, he was one of the best scorers in his league, and he was undersized. So he taught me different things about leverage, pump-fakes, angles, and different things like that”, the American forward commented.
Most importantly, he brought tons of joy to the team. “Deki was a great coach. He was brutally honest, but he always had a smile on his face. He’s always joyful. He made coming into work that much better, and that much more fun. So I try to keep those messages going”, Kevon Looney added.
His legacy was that impactful. “We talked about it with Dario [Saric] and with Trayce [Jackson-Davis]. I feel like I’m always pretty honest and I try to keep a smile on my face and try to embody what he did. Try to carry myself in the same manner. So it was a huge loss losing him. Kind of really affected my season and our season as a whole, but life gotta keep going, We keep trying to live the way that he would want us to live”, the 28-year-old concluded.
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