The Golden State Warriors actually wanted to prepare for an NBA game on Wednesday. But basketball is out of the question for the team from California.
The NBA’s top team, the Golden State Warriors, are mourning the loss of their assistant coach Dejan Milojević, who died on Wednesday morning as a result of a heart attack. As the team around superstar Stephen Curry announced, the 46-year-old Serb had been taken to hospital and treated after a medical emergency at a team dinner in Salt Lake City the evening before and died in the morning.
“We are devastated”
The NBA had postponed the Warriors’ basketball game against the Utah Jazz, scheduled for Wednesday evening (local time), indefinitely hours before the death was announced.
“We are devastated by the sudden death of Dejan,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said in a statement.
Milojević worked for the team in his third season and was best known in professional circles for having played a major role in the development of Nikola Jokić from the Denver Nuggets.
Jokić also comes from Serbia and has been the league’s most valuable player twice in recent years. NBA boss Adam Silver expressed his condolences to Milojević’s family and described him as a “well-liked colleague and good friend.”