The sudden death of the Serbian at the age of 46 Dejan Milojevicassistant coach of Steve Kerr in the Golden State Warriorsshook this Wednesday the NBA and caused the postponement of the Bay team’s duel against the Utah Jazz.
Milojevic was at a dinner with the team in Salt Lake City when he suffered the heart attack and was taken to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.
We are absolutely devastated by Dejan Milojević’s sudden passing.
This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends, and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him.
We grieve… pic.twitter.com/0wExlLlu5z
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) January 17, 2024
In several NBA games, a moment of silence was observed before the players took action in honor of Kerr’s assistant, and almost all coaches had words of remembrance for him in subsequent press conferences.
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Milojevic was a player for 15 seasons in the leagues of Serbia, Spain, where he played with Pamesa Valencia from 2006 to 2008; Montenegro and Türkiye. He was also international with the Serbian national team, with which he won a Eurobasket.
After an early retirement due to knee problems, Milojevic became a coach in 2012 and after successfully passing through the bench of Mega Vizura in his country and Montenegrin Buducnost in the summer of 2021 he ended up at the Warriors, who a year later they won the NBA.