The guy is the best player on his team, top 3 player at his position atm and the best passer among big men in the history of the NBA. But somehow he is only decent and solid?!?! Wtf u guys smokin there?
yes,you are right.He was talking a lot of bullshit and Stojakovič should be included as many more.Yu was great in sports and now,you have 4,5 nations that are all there or there about.Slo is a country of 2mil.souls,not 20.In many countries are more basket players then inhabitants in Slo.example.Canada has more people involved in hockey(different categories and other turnaments and leagues),then we citizens,but still we are european basket champs,volley champs,handball champs, soccer(never our sport,yet we were in world cup finals and euro cup a few times...),skiing,hockey...all the most important sports in the world.Facts about sports,but there are other issues,but at least our sportsmen bring us joy.Stay safe and well and a nice 21.bye from SloveNIJA,border with Ita
@@wucko1989 wow, you have nothing else? Because Marko Milić was a porno star,ah.use google,before attacking.Yes, I made a mistake, because I was talking talking about Milič, who's name is Marko. Darko Miličič is a deferent dude, so yes I didn't read it right, so I made a mistake, but here the problem was not Marko or Darko mr. Perfect, but geographical one. Albania put in yu and very poor in basket. That's all. If you put sth. on CZcams, Then you should know what r u talking about and don't go chasing waterfalls because of insignifical NAME. Who should go on Google? Me, because of two letters or who claims and puts Albania on basketball map and a part of yu. Maybe for you is normal to put Turkey in Russia, but please don't make a fool w/ such statements. Wow, you have discovered the Hot water. Yes I made a mistake and confused Milić, Miličić. So f what
@@wucko1989 Petaru što to tebi, a? Pogrješio sam, da ali što to tebi smeta? Problem nije ne Darko, ne Marko(oba yu), nego to što smo svi rekli, da ne možeš Albaniju stavit v Yu. To je bitno I ne to što te boli da sam pogrješio ime jednog srbskog basketballera? Sad Idi na net I nastavi sa ovakimi glupostimi. Aj, Aj... Svi znamo šta znači Srbija I ostale zemlje yu u basketu I nemaš potrebe da si agresivan. Smiri se Petaru Vučkoviću.Pa najbolji ste,svi to znamo i ne trebamo googla,ok🤫Pa ne pomože cirilica,zbog toga što jo znam pa sam slovenac i ne rus ,a ti se jebeš zbog nikakve greške.bravo,svaka čast
@@lebix69 You forgot, in my honest opinion, two of Slovenias most successful sports, at least in recent years. Ski jumping and cycling! And to be honest, I'm blown away by what Tadej and Primož are doing!
@@harisjordan3542 lol he only had the Ex-Yugoslav states , plus Albania (who he mentioned that was part of Yugoslavia) ... There is also Greece , Turkey ,Bulgaria and Romania in Balkan area
The Balkans include: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Greece and the European part of Turkey Ex Yugoslavia include: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia
Nikos Galis Dirk Nowitzki Giannis Antetokounmpo Dražen Petrović Pau Gasol Arvydas Sabonis Toni Kukoč Luka Dončić Tony Parker Marc Gasol Peja Stojaković Kristaps Porziņģis Nikola Jokic Vlade Divac Rudy Gobert Goran Dragić Detlef Schrempf Nikola Vučević Bogdan Bogdanović Danilo Gallinari Andrei Kirilenko Ricky Rubio Bojan Bogdanović Šarūnas Marčiulionis Boban Marjanović Nikola Mirotić Milos Teodosic Dejan Bodiroga Dino Rađa Šarūnas Jesikevičius And your map is completely imaginary...
@@labigashi8327 Listen better what he said: 1:18 „The Balkan region is made up of the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, and Macedonia (this is true but then>). Prior to 1991 THIS REGION WAS ALL COMBINED TO THE COUNTRY OF YUGOSLAVIA!“ - this last sentence is not correct Labi Gashi. This region was part of Yugoslavia but without Albania. It is typical for americans to do not know their geography but you should know better.
@@labigashi8327 No,man be true to yourself.Yeah,He was talking about Balkan,but where is Albania in basket?Nowhere and that is the main bullshit.Then we can argue what he meant,but still it was well thought,but OFF and WE understand that Albania was a part of YU.Yes,because Albania was doing everything to make Kosovo Albanian-facts.Are Serbs innocent?No,but neither are the Albanians,so....POOR
More countries recognize kosovo as an independent state than don’t. besides, a country doesn’t have to be independent from a larger territory, that’s an state, which it still is anyway
Before other Serbs find you and torch you for the map, I will say I understand that foreigners are not well informed about our region to know better (which is normal), but just to clarify - Kosovo is not a country, but a partially-recognized state. To that, I'd also like to add that the basketball powerhouse that was Yugoslavia did not include Albania, which is seen by their lack of representation in the NBA. Politics aside, great and informational video!
Yugoslavia had fantastic athletes, and there are still great football (soccer) players, tennis players, handball players, water polo players and others from the region of former Yugoslavia. And not just athletes, A lot of talented people come from that area, not only athletes, but also scientists, artists... Only politicians are unfortunately catastrophically bad and corrupt.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C football will never be No1 sport in the USA.... to play football in usa you must have rich parents... they turned sport for everybody into something disgusting and your comment doesn't have any connection with the subject
@@leporush333 No my dear friend, they do call themselves Republic, same as Vichy Republic, but same as Vichy its an occupied zone, not an actual state. You have to be a member of UN to be a state 😀 cheers
Today, the Yugoslav team could be: Luka Doncic, Milos Teodosic, Goran Dragic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, Dario Saric, Nikola Kalinic, Nikola Jokic, Nikola Vucevic, Jusuf Nurkic, Boban Marjanovic, (Ivica Zubac); It would be interesting for one of the Yugoslav basketball experts to gather them to play against any NBA team.
I think there should also be a place for Nikola Mirotić in that team, and I cannot decide who is better, Kalinić or Hezonja, because one is playing and other is sitting on the bench, but in a better league.
@@tome_ivancevic It's nice to put together a team. With such players one can only be in sweet torment. I think that Hezonja is more guard, and we have a lot of good ones. Kalinic has more eaves (lateral) and we are thinner with them, that's why I put him on.
@Obi Came About 50% of all countries in the world recognized Kosovo, the other 50% did not. Here is a story about basketball players from this region. So, avoid political discussion. Let's talk about sport only.
Obi Came Kosovo has been a partnof Serbian history from the dawn of time, and everyone there was ending on ić and no one was muslim until they where tacticaly put there but the world will always know that its a part of Serbia
@Obi Came Ever heard of ethnic cleansing? Serbs were expelled en masse from Kosovo and Metohija, especially after the bombing in 1999. There is NOT A SINGLE Albanian cultural and historical monument in Kosovo and Metohija, ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY Serbian. Serbian rulers have built a large number of Orthodox churches and monasteries, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. And isn't that strange - there's a huge Muslim majority, and on the other hand, the complete legacy is Orthodox Christian. And it's not Kosovo or Kosova, it's Kosovo and Metohija. Metohija literally means monastic property. Btw, Luka Dončić's father is from Kosovo and Metohija.
Something that is not widely known in States is that ex-yu region brings some of the best coaches in the europe. Also comments like "doh, Luka played with grown mens" is so disrespecting when you put in mind that you really need alot of luck to have a coach who is whilling to risk result over development of such a young player. And coaches in Europe lose their job much quicker than in NBA. Also, when someone in US is refering on player stat in europe i never heard a comment that thoose numbers are made in 40 minute game (vs 48 in NBA)
Uh, historically, Greece is part of the Balkans. And Giannis, though he has Nigerian roots, hecwas born and raised in Greece and its Balkan basketball training.
@@Manunido When I talked to some girl and told her that Greece is also part of the Balkans, she insisted that I was wrong and that Greeks would be super-mad if I told them that they are part of the Balkans😂
Macedonia is Greek. Always was Greek. Macedonia is in North Greece and the biggest city is Thessaloniki. There is no North or South. There is one Macedonia 100% Greek. History speaks! The real name of the country is Vardarska Banovina and they are Slavs. They came 1000 years after Alexander the Great!
I see many critics about geographical and political definition of the Balkans, but this video is not about that... Only addition from me would be a mention of Peja Stojakovic who was a Serb, but also at least a shout out to Lithuania, the other European basketball talent factory. The Balkans: Greece is a part of Balkan peninsula geographically, and Bulgaria as well, and piece of Romania, and even Istanbul Turkey. But when people say "Balkans" they usually mean that in political context, and in that sense the Balkans is just an easier way to say "ex-Yugoslavia". There is also a definition of "cultural Balkans" that includes ex-Yugoslavia which is geographically just a part of Balkans, but also includes pieces of Yugoslavia that are not geographically on the Balkans, together with Albania and Bulgaria. There you go, confused much? Do that for centuries and you will be where we're at now :) Welcome to the Balkans :)
Cool comment...cultural Balkan is basically place were Otomans came and left their impact...so Slovenia and West Croatia is not cultural Balkan, but there is also area of influence of cultural Balkan and that is Slovenia, whole Croatia, even south Hungary and south Austria
Accurate. I also agree that this map is too narrow and should extend more northwards. Lithuania and now Latvia have and are still producing some serious talent, brought the eurostep into the NBA and so on.
You understate how great Nikola Jokic is honestly. He's the best center in basketball and it's really not particularly close right now, he's that great. Not just a great passing big man, he's one of the best passers in the game up there with LeBron and CP3, and he's a great scorer when he wants to be, and a solid defender. He's fantastic.
A nice tribute to the Yugoslavians, although there are some major mistakes in this clip. Overall, whenever you see a slavic name ending in "c", it's pronounced "ts" not "k" (e.g. it's pronounced "Petrovits" not "Petrovik") (1:27) That country in purple is not called Macedonia. The official name is the Republic of North Macedonia and it is a rather small part of the ancient Macedonian territory. (2:01) Drazen Petrovic was the definition of the modern (back then) point guard. Not a shooting a guard. Spending time on Nurkic, Bogdanovic (both), Saric, Hezonja, Bender, Zubac, Milicic, Bjelica, Marjanovic or Dragic (both), shows lack of knowledge or respect towards Stojakovic, Vrankovic, Radja, Bodiroga, Rebraca, Danilovic, Paspalj, Djordjevic and many more. Also, Romania is a Balkan country. Muresan was Romanian... The clip is about the "Best European NBA Players". Yet Europe consists of several other countries... Spain (Gasol), France (Parker), Lithuania (Sabonis), Greece (Antetokounmpo), Italy (Belinelli), Russia (Kirilenko), Germany (Nowitzki) are all part of Europe. Those come to mind without research and I just named one of each country for reference as there are literally a lot more like Marciulionis or Schrempf that are considered among the top European players. P.S.1. For a taste of how great Yugoslavian basketball used to be, check Jugoplastika (Pop 84). Probably the best European basketball team ever (this coming from a Greek). With Kukoc playing point guard up until 1991. Only war could stop that team... P.S.2. (4:37) Huge irony to say that "after 1991 Yugoslavia split up after some bloody wars"... I 'll just leave it at that as I bet U.S. history books don't even mention America's part in the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
@@MarioCindric Bulgaria is indeed a Balkan country but the level of basketball is still pretty low there, compared to the rest of the Balkans. Also I can't find any NBA player from Bulgaria, at least worth mentioning as a top player. As for Greece, I consider it a part of the Balkans but geopolitically it is not found in recent data, otherwise Nick Galis (HOFer) would be in the original post among the first. I 'm sure Greece used to be a part of the Balkans as that was what I was taught in school but lately, as in this clip's map, it is not mentioned. Probably more propaganda to further disintegrate the Balkans, if you ask me, so thank you for the correction.
People in the Balakans are amongst the tallest one's in the World on average and basketball is a very popular sport there. In some places even more popular than football. That's why this region produces the best players from Europe.
Really bad video! You didn't mention Peja, Giannis and etc. Also, Albania has never been part of Yugoslavia. Other Balkans will put a lot of hate on your name for the misleading information. You forgot to mention Bulgaria, Greece and etc. Bulgaria is the biggest country on the Balkans (100% of its territory lay on the Balkan region). The first Eastern European basketball player in NBA is Georgi Glushkov from Bulgaria. This has a lot of misleading information and is deserved to be reported if not changed!
@@dissco.partysan3333 No, we are the biggest on the Balkans. You aren't even part of the Balkans. You only have Nothern Dobrudja which is 11,000 km from 470,000 km. That doesn't make you a Balkan country. Here is a picture upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Balkan_topo_en.jpg/220px-Balkan_topo_en.jpg Bulgaria has 111 002 km into the Balkan Peninsula, which is in fact the most!
@@miroslavivanov9014 Yes. there are many classification what are the Balkans and what not. We learned at school the Trieste - Odessa line. Also culturally, Romania is the Balkans, just look at the music...
You forgot to mention Dino Radja as a NBA player that came from the early Yugoslavia team and that those guys helped pave the way for the Euro players as an American I remember hearing all the soft and flopping comments growing up it was those guys with a couple others that started to change that opinion
@@driverking530 depends on the definition. It's a peninsula. So the defintion Triest to Odessa would be more logic: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkanhalbinsel#/media/Datei:Balkan6.png
How hard would it have been to look on Wikipedia to find out what is the Balkans region? Well done for perpetuating the stereotype of Americans being bad at geography.
Thank you for putting this video together as a tribute to talented basketball players from former Yugoslavia (SFRJ) region. There were so many and it's hard to named them all. People from there are big and tall and when you combine it with talent anything with a ball they can do it and be great at it, be it basketball, tennis, soccer, waterpolo, handball, volleyball, etc. Unfortunately, based from the comments you can see why we had so many wars there ☹
It’s because of the dinaric alps, almost all our basketball players originate from that mountainous region. Harsh climate and mountains have influenced the genentic of people there because only the toughest survived, so almost all men there are very strong and tall, much like the nordic nations, but they don’t have a basketball culture unlike the former Yugoslav countries. If the dinaric alps region were a soverign country, it would be the tallest nation on the planet!
Serbia 5 times world champion. One of the best shooters of all time Peja, one of the best showmen Pistol Pete, first international head coach in the NBA Kokoskov, current best center in the NBA Jokic.
Marko Guduric and Alen Smaijlagic from Srbija. You did a bad research. And in history you forgot, Pedja Stojakovic, Rebraca Dejan, Marko Jaric , and 20 other players
Altho not directly related to the topic i wanted make some corrections when it comes to the map of Yugoslav countries shown.First, Albania was not a part of Yugoslavia, nor is it really related to the other countries here which are Slavic. Second, Kosovo* is not a country, as it is not recognized by half of the world countries, nor is it a member of the UN and is listed as a south-Serbian province and a legitimate part of this country by the international resolution 1244. The full name of this province is Kosovo and Metohija, Metohija meaning "Land of Monasteries", considering that this is where some of the oldest Serbian Churches and Monasteries are, dating all the way back to 13th century.The reason why Serbs are a minority here today is because over the past centuries countless cleansing of Serbs were done in this southern region, where Albanians were collaborating with the Ottomans,Fascists and most recently the US lead NATO pact which bombed Serbia with depleted uranium in 1999. The reason why Kosovo and Metohija is so important for Serbian people is because for centuries, while 'some' where kissing the feet of every great invader that came upon this land, generations of Serbs gave their lives, to free and protect it and all it's people...from the 1389. Kosovo Battle and 500 years under Ottomans all the way to WW2...Serbs are the ones who left their blood and bones in the soil of this land.They are the ones who actually left their centuries-old heritage here including Churches,Monasteries and monuments of culture older than the discovery of the New World.This is the cradle of Serbian history, Religion, culture and therefore will always remain a part of identity of every Serbian and the heart of this nation. I wanted to share this because a lot of people are not aware of the actual history and background of this region due to the propaganda spread in the western media. Thank you for reading.
Albania was not in Yugoslavia. It’s not fair to say all of balkans as Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia has never really produced good players exept Nurkic who is playing right now. It’s mainly Serbia and Croatia, most Serbia. I mean, Serbia is the only country to consistently qualify to mayor competitions like World Cup and olympics and pretty much getting top 4 every time.
its sad how people only realized players like toni kukoc impact after watching the last dance. casual fans bro. real fans know all these players already lmao
How does Darko Milicic fit "Best European NBA player"? In our dreams maybe. Even better, how does Peja (Stojakovic) not fit in this video?? You could mention Radja as well. Ok, he is not top three, but he does deserve a mention.
you missed quite a lot slovenian players with rings... Rašo Nesterovic, beno udrih, saša vujačič... no rings Boštjan Nachbar and Primož Brezec, Vladko cancar. Not bad for 2 milion population :)
"Basically, he [Jokic] has surprisingly developed into a really good NBA center, and even an all star." Next one: "[Luka Doncic] basically showed that European players can play really well in the NBA". Do you even watch NBA dude? Jokic is arguably the most infuential player in the league besides Lebron, and Luka was owning the league at 19 years old. You forgot some great players like Dino Radja, Zarko Paspalj, Pedja Stojakovic, Mirza Teletovic...
Yugoslavian basketball school is TOP NOTCH. Probably thd best. Close 2nd are Lithuania and Spain. Then there's USA. I mean they are great too, but are winning cuz of the overall better black athletes.
Very bad video, the idea is alright but man how uninformed you are, so many mistakes... Just terrible to watch... Also, one major mistake every basketball CZcamsr makes is when they talk about Doncic and Bogdan Bogdanovic they always mention that Luka was an MVP in EuroLeague but somehow forget that Bogdan was also the youngest MVP in EuroLeague in his time... One more, chose what you want to talk about if you talk about current players don't mention some players from the past like Darko Milicic, or than talk about every big name in the past like you miss on Pedja Stojakovic... And Jokic is an MVP caliber player and a Super Star in NBA
Greece with GIannis and more. Nikola Pekovic strong man. Coach of San Antonio Greg Popovic is a Serb in origin... Yugoslavia took USA out in the Indianapolis...
@@madnomad3861 Of course it matters. Being born in the US doesn't change their ethnic origin. Pete Maravich was a benefactor of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while Gregg Popovich calls himself a Crazy Serb. Rudy Tomjanovich said that the first thing Pete Maravich asked him when they met was whether he was a Serb or a Croat, and after answering that he was a Croat, Pistol Pete jokingly told him that they probably shouldn't be friends.
@@madnomad3861 I wasn’t talking about their skills, but about their ethnic background, and if you’re already interested, that’s another proof that basketball is in our genes. According to your logic, Nikola Tesla was not a Serb, but an American, because he had American citizenship. I don't know what provoked you so much in my comment and why are you whining?
Bro just a fact Kosovo is a part of Serbia and it's not a country You can' t have Albania in this video cuz there is no player from albania in NBA and they are not basketaball oriented Next time you are making a video about this kind of thing check the wikipedia or any geographic site
People living in Kosovo don't want to be a part of Serbia, Serbia can't reclaim it by force, and literally no one is going to help - if anything, trying to do that would effectively end Serbia. So just a fact - Kosovo is an independent state.
You missed few more and even better players from ex YU that played at the same time as Divac. But, yes ex YU has produced some great basketball players and coaches. It is the system too.
theres none . sports r corrupted to the bone here in albania just like everything else 🤙 cheers .. idk about you but i love seeing balcan players do well in basketball and every other sports
@@itwillgetbetter769 Unfortunately corruption is everywhere. Glad to see things are changing in Montenegro. I like this Albanian Dritan Abazović, really nice guy. Hope that people like him will prevail everywhere in the Balkans
Cmon man, you can't do us like that. First Kosovo, then no Peja, then Albania with Yugoslavia. Please, get your facts before making a video and deciding to put it out like that. What a waste of effort. SMH
If Yugoslavia was still a country, it would have been EASILY second best basketball team in the world, consistently, behind the USA. But USA with whites only (as Yugoslavia) would stand NO CHANCE AT ALL.
He forgot to mention several players who are currently in the NBA, such as Alen Smailagić, Luka Šamanić, Marko Gudurić ... Until recently, Ivica Zubac was in the NBA, as was Nikola Mirotić. Cedi Osman was born in Macedonia, his mother is of Bosniak ethnicity, and his father is Turkish. Deni Avdija will probably be among the top 10 picks in the upcoming draft, and his father Zufer Avdija is a Gorani, who played for the Yugoslav national team at the 1982 World Championship. He also forgot Peja Stojaković, Nikola Peković, Gordan Giriček, Sasha Danilović, Rasho Nesterović, Sasha Pavlović, Boštjan Nachbar, etc...
@@mihazbukvic1453 Yeah, I made a mistake. They both have surname that starts with Z, and they both started at Cibona🙂 There are and were so many good players from this area
@AWL Karneis Whether or not it's most, both Serbians and Kosovans (or Kosovanians idk) need to be aware of the situation and search for a peaceful outcome, not only comment KOSOVO JE SRBIJA.
How could you forget Marko Milič( Slovenija)?! He was the first player ever, to dunk from the free throw line- OVER A CONVERTIBLE!!! CNN kept repeating the video, for a month- on primetime.
@@mihazbukvic1453 I mean our guy Enver is saying that Milič was: ''the first player ever, to dunk from the free throw line''... And you can see that he jumped off for the dunk like 1 step pass free thorw line... and you are right Jordan didn't dunked over cabriolet, but I think he could if he wanted...
Lot of players from ex Yugoslavia also played for other european national teams because war condition or better conditions(read money). Hidayet Turkoglu was Rahmanovic muslim from Serbia, Deni's Avdija father was from Serbia, played in Croatia also and left to Israel when war started,Cedi Osman Bosnian Macedonian mother, 1 pick od 2006 NBA draft Andrew (Andrija) Bogut both parents are Croats, they came in Australia in 70, he is fluent in Croatian,Nikola Mirotic, Serb from Montenegro for Spain, Andrew Vlahov (Montenegro for Aussie in 90), Pero Cameron Croat for New Zealand, Gregor Fucka was mvp of european championships in 1999 with Italy (coach Bosa Tanjevic took him). Ex NBA player Mirsad Turckan (Jahovic) also muslim from Serbia left to Turkey when war started. Nikola Radulović (serb from Croatia) and Roberto Chiachig (Slovenian) won olympic bronze with Italy in 2004. Marko Pesic (son of Svetislav Pesic coach) won bronze in world championships in 2002 with Germany.Even in NBA history George "Jure" Mikan was Croat, all time great, Petar Pete Maravich was from Montenegro, same as coach Popovic.Their parents came in midwest for better life in 1930. Kevin Mchale have Croat/Montenegro roots, coach Tomljanović parents were from Croatia island Brač. Lot of other players played for others Drazen Tomic (Germany, beat Croatia in Eurobasket 99 alone with 8 threes, not Dirk he was just ok), Asim Pars (Pascanovic) Turkey, today Tarik Biberovic, Melih, Igor Milicic Croat for Poland.
I forgot Nikola Mirotic!!!
Srsly, Peja Stojakovic 🙄
@@Shoojda1 Класичан Индијанац а уствари каубој
You forgot also Beno Udrih (2X), Raša Nesterovič (1x) and Saša Vujačič 2X - they all have the ring.
there is also Dzanan Musa from Bosnia with the Nets.
and before Dino Radja and Vrankovic from Croatia and Danilovic and Paspalj from Serbia. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AREA FOR BASKET
There is none literally NONE Albanian important basketball player in Europe, not to mention Nba .
yeah true can confirm 😌 there’s talented youngsters all over the place but sports in general here in albania r doomed cause of corruption
Ermal Kuqo?
STRONG CETNIK MAKE ALBANIA BAD BECAUSE THEY LACK A SPORT CETNIKS ARE GOOD AT 😎😎😎
sciphynuts Albanians r not small ppl wtf u on ? 😂
@@svijapes Ermal was only 15 years of age when he moved from Albania to Turkey in order to pursue his basketball career.
Albania as a region was never part of Yugoslavia.
Americans are unbearably uninformed
Big fucking deal it wasn’t (!)
Moon Safari easy for you to say American
Nizliz American? Gtfoh. And what are you trying to say?
Moon Safari sorry canada or england
Jokic "really good center" boi, he had better 1st p-off stats that every center in history. A legit MVP caliber player
You must be talking about last season. Jokic hasn't been that good for a while.
25 ppg in 2020 playoffs ? 11th best ppg in these 2020 playoffs. Not good enough for u?
@@geoffwilliams6072 plus playing against DPoY Gobert
Embiid average 30 but yea ik we lost shutup
The guy is the best player on his team, top 3 player at his position atm and the best passer among big men in the history of the NBA. But somehow he is only decent and solid?!?!
Wtf u guys smokin there?
He mentioned f*cking Darko Milicic and not Pedja Stojakovic who without a doubt is one of the greatest shooters of all time!!!
yes,you are right.He was talking a lot of bullshit and Stojakovič should be included as many more.Yu was great in sports and now,you have 4,5 nations that are all there or there about.Slo is a country of 2mil.souls,not 20.In many countries are more basket players then inhabitants in Slo.example.Canada has more people involved in hockey(different categories and other turnaments and leagues),then we citizens,but still we are european basket champs,volley champs,handball champs, soccer(never our sport,yet we were in world cup finals and euro cup a few times...),skiing,hockey...all the most important sports in the world.Facts about sports,but there are other issues,but at least our sportsmen bring us joy.Stay safe and well and a nice 21.bye from SloveNIJA,border with Ita
@@lebix69 who the fuck is Marko Miličič? Darko Miličić (Дарко Миличић) is the ex basketball player. You have Google, use it 😉
@@wucko1989 wow, you have nothing else? Because Marko Milić was a porno star,ah.use google,before attacking.Yes, I made a mistake, because I was talking talking about Milič, who's name is Marko. Darko Miličič is a deferent dude, so yes I didn't read it right, so I made a mistake, but here the problem was not Marko or Darko mr. Perfect, but geographical one. Albania put in yu and very poor in basket. That's all. If you put sth. on CZcams, Then you should know what r u talking about and don't go chasing waterfalls because of insignifical NAME. Who should go on Google? Me, because of two letters or who claims and puts Albania on basketball map and a part of yu. Maybe for you is normal to put Turkey in Russia, but please don't make a fool w/ such statements. Wow, you have discovered the Hot water. Yes I made a mistake and confused Milić, Miličić. So f what
@@wucko1989 Petaru što to tebi, a? Pogrješio sam, da ali što to tebi smeta? Problem nije ne Darko, ne Marko(oba yu), nego to što smo svi rekli, da ne možeš Albaniju stavit v Yu. To je bitno I ne to što te boli da sam pogrješio ime jednog srbskog basketballera? Sad Idi na net I nastavi sa ovakimi glupostimi. Aj, Aj... Svi znamo šta znači Srbija I ostale zemlje yu u basketu I nemaš potrebe da si agresivan. Smiri se Petaru Vučkoviću.Pa najbolji ste,svi to znamo i ne trebamo googla,ok🤫Pa ne pomože cirilica,zbog toga što jo znam pa sam slovenac i ne rus ,a ti se jebeš zbog nikakve greške.bravo,svaka čast
@@lebix69 You forgot, in my honest opinion, two of Slovenias most successful sports, at least in recent years. Ski jumping and cycling! And to be honest, I'm blown away by what Tadej and Primož are doing!
Yo , when you dont know anything about geography, focus on basketball only please . Your reference of balkans was a complete failure
His basketball knowledge isn't much better.
@@v0d01nstalater lmao you right
Bruh dont be a dick he explained the main thing it doesn't matter if he had turkey in it or not
@@harisjordan3542 lol he only had the Ex-Yugoslav states , plus Albania (who he mentioned that was part of Yugoslavia) ... There is also Greece , Turkey ,Bulgaria and Romania in Balkan area
Exactly, how can you talk about basketball in the Balkans and not include Greece!? 🤦♂️
The Balkans include: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Greece and the European part of Turkey
Ex Yugoslavia include: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia
Macedonia is a IN Greece.NORTH Macedonia is above Greece...
@@dimitrismanolopoulos7802 yeye i would be surprised if i didn't see Greek guy talking about Macedonia,Greeks you are werid bruv
@@mugiwaramedur5662 and where are you from exactly;;
@@dimitrismanolopoulos7802 that doesn't matter but Greek people should calm their tities talking nonsense
@@mugiwaramedur5662 There is always one, if just mention Macedonia 🤣🤣🤣. Like arent they sick of stating the same thing all the time.
I see that Americans are really good in geography
So i watched some late night show they asked americans were is canada on map
And some people says that is in north korea
lol
Lol, great geography except for forgetting Bulgaria and Greece!
He thinks kosovo is independent... There's no American good at geography
Yes they messed up Kosovo (Serbia)
Peja Stojakovic was bad, so you didnt mantion him..
or what???
Dude peja was the shit 💪, he help my mavs win a title , he lit up the lakers when we sweep 🧹 them in 2011, he got some revenge that year 🏆
Or.
Marko Milic
Primoz Brezec
Raso Nesterovič
Saša vujacic
Beno udrih
Boštjan Nachbar
@@sergej132 Željko Rebrača, Nikola Peković, Nenad Krstić, Marko Jarić...
Goran Dragic is serbian,Luka Doncic dad is serbian,ex professional bb player,Drazen Petrovic dad is serbian,Pedja Stojakovic,from Croatia Dino Radja
2 times three points winner
How could you forget about Stojaković, when mentioning Divac?! 😂
Fun fact - one of the best NBA coaches of all time also had a Serbian dad and a Croatian mom - Greg Popovich.
Another fun fact: the greatest NFL coach of all time, Bill Belichick (Biličić) is of Croatian origin.
Gregs mother was an american, I think. Unless she changed her name as well?
Nikos Galis
Dirk Nowitzki
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Dražen Petrović
Pau Gasol
Arvydas Sabonis
Toni Kukoč
Luka Dončić
Tony Parker
Marc Gasol
Peja Stojaković
Kristaps Porziņģis
Nikola Jokic
Vlade Divac
Rudy Gobert
Goran Dragić
Detlef Schrempf
Nikola Vučević
Bogdan Bogdanović
Danilo Gallinari
Andrei Kirilenko
Ricky Rubio
Bojan Bogdanović
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Boban Marjanović
Nikola Mirotić
Milos Teodosic
Dejan Bodiroga
Dino Rađa
Šarūnas Jesikevičius
And your map is completely imaginary...
That's right, Brother Orthodox. ✝️☦️🇬🇷🇷🇸🇷🇺🇲🇪
Balkan
He says balkan but all I saw were serbs maybe not born in Serbia but serbs.
stfu
Dejan Bodiroga was one of the best players in Europe,but he did not play in the NBA,he played in European clubs.🇷🇸
Are you serious? Albania part of Yugosavia? When was that?
Probasmo 1912. al nas Austrougari zajebaše.
@@labigashi8327 Listen better what he said: 1:18 „The Balkan region is made up of the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, and Macedonia (this is true but then>). Prior to 1991 THIS REGION WAS ALL COMBINED TO THE COUNTRY OF YUGOSLAVIA!“ - this last sentence is not correct Labi Gashi. This region was part of Yugoslavia but without Albania. It is typical for americans to do not know their geography but you should know better.
@@labigashi8327 No,man be true to yourself.Yeah,He was talking about Balkan,but where is Albania in basket?Nowhere and that is the main bullshit.Then we can argue what he meant,but still it was well thought,but OFF and WE understand that Albania was a part of YU.Yes,because Albania was doing everything to make Kosovo Albanian-facts.Are Serbs innocent?No,but neither are the Albanians,so....POOR
@@milansilic8024I ve watched the video again and Yes , it's true you are right ... I apologize for the i word.
@@labigashi8327 No need my good man, everything is cool.
Where is Peja Stojakovic? Very bad video....Kosovo isn't country, Albanija wasn't part of Yugoslavija!
He didn't even pronounce Kosovo correctly.
More countries recognize kosovo as an independent state than don’t. besides, a country doesn’t have to be independent from a larger territory, that’s an state, which it still is anyway
@@Brunitobrunon KOSOVO SRBIJA!!!🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Milos K whatever I’m from texas
@@Brunitobrunon cool men😉 Big hi from Serbia, thanks for NATO and America shooting '99.
Before other Serbs find you and torch you for the map, I will say I understand that foreigners are not well informed about our region to know better (which is normal), but just to clarify - Kosovo is not a country, but a partially-recognized state.
To that, I'd also like to add that the basketball powerhouse that was Yugoslavia did not include Albania, which is seen by their lack of representation in the NBA.
Politics aside, great and informational video!
Yugoslavia had fantastic athletes, and there are still great football (soccer) players, tennis players, handball players, water polo players and others from the region of former Yugoslavia. And not just athletes, A lot of talented people come from that area, not only athletes, but also scientists, artists... Only politicians are unfortunately catastrophically bad and corrupt.
Kosovo is Republic... Travel there if you dont believe
Jest jest država, a vibse tjesite.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C football will never be No1 sport in the USA.... to play football in usa you must have rich parents... they turned sport for everybody into something disgusting and your comment doesn't have any connection with the subject
@@leporush333 No my dear friend, they do call themselves Republic, same as Vichy Republic, but same as Vichy its an occupied zone, not an actual state. You have to be a member of UN to be a state 😀 cheers
Today, the Yugoslav team could be: Luka Doncic, Milos Teodosic, Goran Dragic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, Dario Saric, Nikola Kalinic, Nikola Jokic, Nikola Vucevic, Jusuf Nurkic, Boban Marjanovic, (Ivica Zubac); It would be interesting for one of the Yugoslav basketball experts to gather them to play against any NBA team.
I think there should also be a place for Nikola Mirotić in that team, and I cannot decide who is better, Kalinić or Hezonja, because one is playing and other is sitting on the bench, but in a better league.
@@tome_ivancevic Yes Mirotić but he plays for Spain!
I forgot 🤦🏾♂️ that they stole him.
@@tome_ivancevic It's nice to put together a team. With such players one can only be in sweet torment. I think that Hezonja is more guard, and we have a lot of good ones. Kalinic has more eaves (lateral) and we are thinner with them, that's why I put him on.
Not again. Not ever.
Dva puta nam nije bilo dosta??? :D:D:D
If Yugoslavia stayed intact, they’d dominate all FIBA competitions and the Olympics.
🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
In your dreams!!
The united states would still be the best team but yugoslavia would really be the only team to give them trouble
@@commissaryarrick9670 USA lost to Nigeria…Yugoslavia would kill this years USA squad
@@dkilla3513 but who won the Olympics?
Jokic "good center"? Bojan Bogdanovic "role" player? You have problems with druggs?
Couldn’t agree more, and I’m not even from the region...
he should change his dealer !!!
He meant Bogdan Bogdanović. And Jokić is a very good center.
@Jakov Jelčić aj ne blamiraj se...odlicni igrači je svrha al ne kuzis ironiju
He's American so obviously he has a problem with drugs.
Kosovo is part of Serbia, and Albania has nothing in common with basketball or Yugoslavia.
Kosovo is not part of Serbia 😂😂
Ok buddy
No
Albania and basketball wtf. And Kosovo is Serbia. All the best
@Obi Came About 50% of all countries in the world recognized Kosovo, the other 50% did not. Here is a story about basketball players from this region. So, avoid political discussion. Let's talk about sport only.
@Obi Came culture in Kosovo? There’s only Serbian culture in Kosovo. Everything else is a joke
Obi Came Kosovo has been a partnof Serbian history from the dawn of time, and everyone there was ending on ić and no one was muslim until they where tacticaly put there but the world will always know that its a part of Serbia
@Obi Came Ever heard of ethnic cleansing? Serbs were expelled en masse from Kosovo and Metohija, especially after the bombing in 1999. There is NOT A SINGLE Albanian cultural and historical monument in Kosovo and Metohija, ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY Serbian. Serbian rulers have built a large number of Orthodox churches and monasteries, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. And isn't that strange - there's a huge Muslim majority, and on the other hand, the complete legacy is Orthodox Christian. And it's not Kosovo or Kosova, it's Kosovo and Metohija. Metohija literally means monastic property. Btw, Luka Dončić's father is from Kosovo and Metohija.
Obi Came that is a three year old argument and a two year old question. Read something
Something that is not widely known in States is that ex-yu region brings some of the best coaches in the europe. Also comments like "doh, Luka played with grown mens" is so disrespecting when you put in mind that you really need alot of luck to have a coach who is whilling to risk result over development of such a young player. And coaches in Europe lose their job much quicker than in NBA. Also, when someone in US is refering on player stat in europe i never heard a comment that thoose numbers are made in 40 minute game (vs 48 in NBA)
Today's Yugoslavia would beat best of USA 3-4 games out of 10. Maybe even more.
I agree
Of course !!!! We in Serbia knows !!!!
Never lol
USA has Lebron, Davis, Lillard, Harden, Paul, Lowry, Durant, Curry, Klay, Kyrie and 100s more man. Don’t speak anything.
I don’t think you even watch basketball, only the best play in the NBA.
And yeah, Jokic a good player? Man he is the best Center in the world by any criteria
Imagine Yugoslavia all together as national team
Uh, historically, Greece is part of the Balkans. And Giannis, though he has Nigerian roots, hecwas born and raised in Greece and its Balkan basketball training.
yeah, what he mentioned as the Balkans, is actually the West Balkans. He forgot about the East Balkan with Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.
But he has to win himself some medals or he'll be remembered just by "Greek Freak".
Given to him by guys who never heard of Sofoklidis...
@@majmunOR He actually talked about ex-Yugoslavia, and for some strange reason included Albania
It’s because when people talk about the balkans they’re usually referring to the Slavic countries and Yugoslavia
@@Manunido When I talked to some girl and told her that Greece is also part of the Balkans, she insisted that I was wrong and that Greeks would be super-mad if I told them that they are part of the Balkans😂
that's Југославија, not balkans :)
Macedonia is Greek. Always was Greek. Macedonia is in North Greece and the biggest city is Thessaloniki. There is no North or South. There is one Macedonia 100% Greek. History speaks! The real name of the country is Vardarska Banovina and they are Slavs. They came 1000 years after Alexander the Great!
Its a basketball video it doesnt realy matter
@@Proxy6000 No it does matter because it is a serious national subject and history speaks!
I see many critics about geographical and political definition of the Balkans, but this video is not about that... Only addition from me would be a mention of Peja Stojakovic who was a Serb, but also at least a shout out to Lithuania, the other European basketball talent factory.
The Balkans: Greece is a part of Balkan peninsula geographically, and Bulgaria as well, and piece of Romania, and even Istanbul Turkey. But when people say "Balkans" they usually mean that in political context, and in that sense the Balkans is just an easier way to say "ex-Yugoslavia". There is also a definition of "cultural Balkans" that includes ex-Yugoslavia which is geographically just a part of Balkans, but also includes pieces of Yugoslavia that are not geographically on the Balkans, together with Albania and Bulgaria. There you go, confused much? Do that for centuries and you will be where we're at now :) Welcome to the Balkans :)
Acctualy the balkans is geographicly specified and it doesnt include Slovenia
@@krnekimiskl are you dumb?
Cool comment...cultural Balkan is basically place were Otomans came and left their impact...so Slovenia and West Croatia is not cultural Balkan, but there is also area of influence of cultural Balkan and that is Slovenia, whole Croatia, even south Hungary and south Austria
Accurate. I also agree that this map is too narrow and should extend more northwards. Lithuania and now Latvia have and are still producing some serious talent, brought the eurostep into the NBA and so on.
Very well said !! I don't know why people talk politics it s basketball video.
How come that Predrag Stojakovic - Peja hasn't been mentioned? He was one of the best 3 point shooters ever and won the championship with Dallas.
No mention of Peja Stojakovic for yugoslavia? 3 time NBA all star
2011 NBA champion.. World Cup gold medalist
Serbia,not Yugoslavia.
@@pitchwisepitchkers4612 but his during his entire international career he represented Yugoslavia.. Not Serbia
@@DKBharat10 Same country,just changed name
@@Bozha_Kapetanovic91 isn't Serbia just a part of what yugoslavia was?
@@DKBharat10 yes,but name Yugoslavia stayed for 10 years more for country Serbia,after the war in 90's,then we changed name to Serbia...
Not only in basketball..football /soccer, handball, volleyball, water polo. The balkan is a powerhouse in practically every ball team sport.
You understate how great Nikola Jokic is honestly. He's the best center in basketball and it's really not particularly close right now, he's that great. Not just a great passing big man, he's one of the best passers in the game up there with LeBron and CP3, and he's a great scorer when he wants to be, and a solid defender. He's fantastic.
A nice tribute to the Yugoslavians, although there are some major mistakes in this clip.
Overall, whenever you see a slavic name ending in "c", it's pronounced "ts" not "k" (e.g. it's pronounced "Petrovits" not "Petrovik")
(1:27) That country in purple is not called Macedonia. The official name is the Republic of North Macedonia and it is a rather small part of the ancient Macedonian territory.
(2:01) Drazen Petrovic was the definition of the modern (back then) point guard. Not a shooting a guard.
Spending time on Nurkic, Bogdanovic (both), Saric, Hezonja, Bender, Zubac, Milicic, Bjelica, Marjanovic or Dragic (both), shows lack of knowledge or respect towards Stojakovic, Vrankovic, Radja, Bodiroga, Rebraca, Danilovic, Paspalj, Djordjevic and many more. Also, Romania is a Balkan country. Muresan was Romanian...
The clip is about the "Best European NBA Players". Yet Europe consists of several other countries... Spain (Gasol), France (Parker), Lithuania (Sabonis), Greece (Antetokounmpo), Italy (Belinelli), Russia (Kirilenko), Germany (Nowitzki) are all part of Europe. Those come to mind without research and I just named one of each country for reference as there are literally a lot more like Marciulionis or Schrempf that are considered among the top European players.
P.S.1. For a taste of how great Yugoslavian basketball used to be, check Jugoplastika (Pop 84). Probably the best European basketball team ever (this coming from a Greek). With Kukoc playing point guard up until 1991. Only war could stop that team...
P.S.2. (4:37) Huge irony to say that "after 1991 Yugoslavia split up after some bloody wars"... I 'll just leave it at that as I bet U.S. history books don't even mention America's part in the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
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Awesome comment, greetings from Serbia. Η Σερβία αγαπά την Ελλάδα!
Greece and Bulgaria are also at Balkan.
@@MarioCindric Bulgaria is indeed a Balkan country but the level of basketball is still pretty low there, compared to the rest of the Balkans. Also I can't find any NBA player from Bulgaria, at least worth mentioning as a top player.
As for Greece, I consider it a part of the Balkans but geopolitically it is not found in recent data, otherwise Nick Galis (HOFer) would be in the original post among the first. I 'm sure Greece used to be a part of the Balkans as that was what I was taught in school but lately, as in this clip's map, it is not mentioned. Probably more propaganda to further disintegrate the Balkans, if you ask me, so thank you for the correction.
People in the Balakans are amongst the tallest one's in the World on average and basketball is a very popular sport there. In some places even more popular than football. That's why this region produces the best players from Europe.
Really bad video! You didn't mention Peja, Giannis and etc. Also, Albania has never been part of Yugoslavia. Other Balkans will put a lot of hate on your name for the misleading information. You forgot to mention Bulgaria, Greece and etc. Bulgaria is the biggest country on the Balkans (100% of its territory lay on the Balkan region). The first Eastern European basketball player in NBA is Georgi Glushkov from Bulgaria. This has a lot of misleading information and is deserved to be reported if not changed!
Bulgaria is not the biggest Balkan state, it is Romania, who is also the most populated.
@@dissco.partysan3333 No, we are the biggest on the Balkans. You aren't even part of the Balkans. You only have Nothern Dobrudja which is 11,000 km from 470,000 km. That doesn't make you a Balkan country. Here is a picture upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Balkan_topo_en.jpg/220px-Balkan_topo_en.jpg Bulgaria has 111 002 km into the Balkan Peninsula, which is in fact the most!
@@miroslavivanov9014 What? Man i'm not Romanian, but Romania is the largest Balkan state. But ok, suit yourself...
@@dissco.partysan3333Did you see a picture?
@@miroslavivanov9014 Yes. there are many classification what are the Balkans and what not. We learned at school the Trieste - Odessa line.
Also culturally, Romania is the Balkans, just look at the music...
Darko Milicic was actually drafted the highest of all of them.
Barganani?
Bulgaria literally has the Balkan mountain range-- it wasn't named as one of the Balkan countries lmao
Also Greece.
And the Dobruzhda region of Romania
Because the subject of the video is the players from ex-Yugoslavia in NBA
You forget Nikola Pekovic as Montenegrin player
Dude...seriously, no Mirotic and Stojakovic? :D
Dino Rađa is a hall of famer, that's not good enough to mentioned? Kukoč isn't.
So.. KUKOC was way better lol he will be in the HOF soon
You forgot to mention Dino Radja as a NBA player that came from the early Yugoslavia team and that those guys helped pave the way for the Euro players as an American I remember hearing all the soft and flopping comments growing up it was those guys with a couple others that started to change that opinion
You didn't mention that Drazen scored 112 points in 10 minute quarter game.
You forgot Mirza Teletovic and Sasha Vujacic( Nba champ)
kosovo is a part of serbia and tell me one Albanian nba player.
kosovo is not a part of serbia!!!! just deal with it. its gone mate.
More countries recognize it as an independent state than don’t , so yes, deal with it
@@Brunitobrunon ahh no...only 92-97 out of 193 recognize it. Hardly a majority. Deal with it.
Pauli650 well, im not counting any dictatorships like china or russia, and nor serbia (as its directly implicated, or lets count kosovo too)
Pauli650 and spain has internal interests in not recognizing it. Nothing to do with the matter
Didnt know albania was a part of yugoslavia :/ where is Peja Stojakovic? Mirza Teletovic,Dzanan Musa?
Many talented players
Predrag „Peja“ Stojaković ;)
Balcans are not only former Yugoslavia plus Albania, Balkans are also Greece Romania and Bulgaria
Romania is not Balkan, north border of Balkan is river Danube...
@@driverking530 depends on the definition. It's a peninsula. So the defintion Triest to Odessa would be more logic:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkanhalbinsel#/media/Datei:Balkan6.png
How hard would it have been to look on Wikipedia to find out what is the Balkans region?
Well done for perpetuating the stereotype of Americans being bad at geography.
Tell me 1 albanian basketball player 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sladoljed mico
Thank you for putting this video together as a tribute to talented basketball players from former Yugoslavia (SFRJ) region. There were so many and it's hard to named them all. People from there are big and tall and when you combine it with talent anything with a ball they can do it and be great at it, be it basketball, tennis, soccer, waterpolo, handball, volleyball, etc. Unfortunately, based from the comments you can see why we had so many wars there ☹
Noup... We all good but the albanians 😅😂 they mad for nothing
It’s because of the dinaric alps, almost all our basketball players originate from that mountainous region. Harsh climate and mountains have influenced the genentic of people there because only the toughest survived, so almost all men there are very strong and tall, much like the nordic nations, but they don’t have a basketball culture unlike the former Yugoslav countries. If the dinaric alps region were a soverign country, it would be the tallest nation on the planet!
The balkan is a lot bigger than just yugoslavia
Yeah, he should say only Yugoslavia
Serbia 5 times world champion. One of the best shooters of all time Peja, one of the best showmen Pistol Pete, first international head coach in the NBA Kokoskov, current best center in the NBA Jokic.
bro, how tf you speak about best European bball countries and don't mention Lithuania????
Pedja Stojakovic best shooter in NBA?
Marko Guduric and Alen Smaijlagic from Srbija. You did a bad research. And in history you forgot, Pedja Stojakovic, Rebraca Dejan, Marko Jaric , and 20 other players
Do not forget one of the best nba player ever Pit Maravich is serbian lol!!!
Altho not directly related to the topic i wanted make some corrections when it comes to the map of Yugoslav countries shown.First, Albania was not a part of Yugoslavia, nor is it really related to the other countries here which are Slavic. Second, Kosovo* is not a country, as it is not recognized by half of the world countries, nor is it a member of the UN and is listed as a south-Serbian province and a legitimate part of this country by the international resolution 1244. The full name of this province is Kosovo and Metohija, Metohija meaning "Land of Monasteries", considering that this is where some of the oldest Serbian Churches and Monasteries are, dating all the way back to 13th century.The reason why Serbs are a minority here today is because over the past centuries countless cleansing of Serbs were done in this southern region, where Albanians were collaborating with the Ottomans,Fascists and most recently the US lead NATO pact which bombed Serbia with depleted uranium in 1999. The reason why Kosovo and Metohija is so important for Serbian people is because for centuries, while 'some' where kissing the feet of every great invader that came upon this land, generations of Serbs gave their lives, to free and protect it and all it's people...from the 1389. Kosovo Battle and 500 years under Ottomans all the way to WW2...Serbs are the ones who left their blood and bones in the soil of this land.They are the ones who actually left their centuries-old heritage here including Churches,Monasteries and monuments of culture older than the discovery of the New World.This is the cradle of Serbian history, Religion, culture and therefore will always remain a part of identity of every Serbian and the heart of this nation. I wanted to share this because a lot of people are not aware of the actual history and background of this region due to the propaganda spread in the western media. Thank you for reading.
The best European basketball players come from Serbian balls and I don't mean basket-balls :)
*u mean turkish
The way you butchered Ivica Zubac's name...
Albania was not in Yugoslavia. It’s not fair to say all of balkans as Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia has never really produced good players exept Nurkic who is playing right now. It’s mainly Serbia and Croatia, most Serbia. I mean, Serbia is the only country to consistently qualify to mayor competitions like World Cup and olympics and pretty much getting top 4 every time.
"Pistol Pete Maravich" !!!
He didnt do much research.. Must be young 😁 but i think that Pete was a baby when He came to live in USA 🤔
@@bogdanradosavcev3362 Genetik....No, matter when he came !
Serbia
Serbian
Kosovo is Serbia. Please remember that!
Jokic is pretty good:). All Nba bro!
My conclusion: Slavian brothers are NBA talents. Solid fact.
its sad how people only realized players like toni kukoc impact after watching the last dance. casual fans bro. real fans know all these players already lmao
How does Darko Milicic fit "Best European NBA player"? In our dreams maybe. Even better, how does Peja (Stojakovic) not fit in this video?? You could mention Radja as well. Ok, he is not top three, but he does deserve a mention.
you missed quite a lot slovenian players with rings... Rašo Nesterovic, beno udrih, saša vujačič... no rings Boštjan Nachbar and Primož Brezec, Vladko cancar. Not bad for 2 milion population :)
Plus the first one Marko Milič
"Basically, he [Jokic] has surprisingly developed into a really good NBA center, and even an all star."
Next one:
"[Luka Doncic] basically showed that European players can play really well in the NBA".
Do you even watch NBA dude? Jokic is arguably the most infuential player in the league besides Lebron, and Luka was owning the league at 19 years old. You forgot some great players like Dino Radja, Zarko Paspalj, Pedja Stojakovic, Mirza Teletovic...
Solid video, informative but there are some errors here and there.
Dude if Yugoslavia would still be together we'd fuck everyone up.
KOSOVO IS SERBIA 🇷🇸🇷🇸
Slovenian other boys: Rasho Nesterović, Beno Udrih, Sasa Vujačić, Primož Brezec...
The best Slovenians players are actually Serbians: Doncic, Dragic, Nestorovic, Vujacic, Lakovic etc.
Yugoslavian basketball school is TOP NOTCH. Probably thd best.
Close 2nd are Lithuania and Spain.
Then there's USA. I mean they are great too, but are winning cuz of the overall better black athletes.
Very bad video, the idea is alright but man how uninformed you are, so many mistakes... Just terrible to watch...
Also, one major mistake every basketball CZcamsr makes is when they talk about Doncic and Bogdan Bogdanovic they always mention that Luka was an MVP in EuroLeague but somehow forget that Bogdan was also the youngest MVP in EuroLeague in his time...
One more, chose what you want to talk about if you talk about current players don't mention some players from the past like Darko Milicic, or than talk about every big name in the past like you miss on Pedja Stojakovic...
And Jokic is an MVP caliber player and a Super Star in NBA
Greece with GIannis and more. Nikola Pekovic strong man. Coach of San Antonio Greg Popovic is a Serb in origin... Yugoslavia took USA out in the Indianapolis...
Pistol Pete Maravich was also of Serbian origin, Rudy Tomjanovich Croatian, Dan Majerle Slovenian, George Mikan Croatian...
@@markomarkovic5729 it doesn't matter what origin they are... they were born and learned to play basketball in America
@@madnomad3861 Of course it matters. Being born in the US doesn't change their ethnic origin. Pete Maravich was a benefactor of the Serbian Orthodox Church, while Gregg Popovich calls himself a Crazy Serb. Rudy Tomjanovich said that the first thing Pete Maravich asked him when they met was whether he was a Serb or a Croat, and after answering that he was a Croat, Pistol Pete jokingly told him that they probably shouldn't be friends.
@@markomarkovic5729 so, what does it have to do with their basketball skills?
@@madnomad3861 I wasn’t talking about their skills, but about their ethnic background, and if you’re already interested, that’s another proof that basketball is in our genes. According to your logic, Nikola Tesla was not a Serb, but an American, because he had American citizenship. I don't know what provoked you so much in my comment and why are you whining?
Fun fact Miličić and Jokić are best man to each other.
PEJA STOJAKOVIC? CMON MAN!
Yugoslavia would be the second best basketball nation right now and would take the us to a 5,6 game series
They all play in spain before jumping to the NBA
Dont think so🤔
Dude , learn Geography ... Albania was never part of Yugoslavia , plus in Balkans there is Greece , Turkey,Romania and Bulgaria , as well...
Bro just a fact
Kosovo is a part of Serbia and it's not a country
You can' t have Albania in this video cuz there is no player from albania in NBA and they are not basketaball oriented
Next time you are making a video about this kind of thing check the wikipedia or any geographic site
Gretings from serbia
And yes you forgot about Greece
People living in Kosovo don't want to be a part of Serbia, Serbia can't reclaim it by force, and literally no one is going to help - if anything, trying to do that would effectively end Serbia. So just a fact - Kosovo is an independent state.
@@nemanjajovanov bro what reclaim are zou taking about?
@@nemanjajovanov kosovo i metohija* is a part of serbia
Slovenia is not in the Balkans Slovenia is Central Europe because there are Alps in Slovenia and the Alps have always been Central Europe.
You missed few more and even better players from ex YU that played at the same time as Divac. But, yes ex YU has produced some great basketball players and coaches. It is the system too.
Bogdan isn't from croatia he is from serbia like Jokić and all other.Only Dončić is from slovenia.
This was a good video. Coming from Slovenia, even i learned something new.
They come from broken basket schools of former country that needed to be dismatled cos it beated everybody too much. 😂
Name one Albanian in NBA
Shaqiri Oneal
Easy, Shaqiri O'neal
theres none . sports r corrupted to the bone here in albania just like everything else 🤙 cheers .. idk about you but i love seeing balcan players do well in basketball and every other sports
@@itwillgetbetter769 Unfortunately corruption is everywhere. Glad to see things are changing in Montenegro. I like this Albanian Dritan Abazović, really nice guy. Hope that people like him will prevail everywhere in the Balkans
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Cmon man, you can't do us like that. First Kosovo, then no Peja, then Albania with Yugoslavia. Please, get your facts before making a video and deciding to put it out like that. What a waste of effort. SMH
Macedonia is an area of Greece. The country you show is north Macedonia nowadays unfortunately.
If Yugoslavia was still a country, it would have been EASILY second best basketball team in the world, consistently, behind the USA. But USA with whites only (as Yugoslavia) would stand NO CHANCE AT ALL.
what about lithuania?🇱🇹
1. albania was never yugoslavia 2. the balkans are not just yugoslavia.
You also forgot Dino Rađa( Boston Celtics). He was Kukoč' s ex teammate. Also, a few others.
He forgot to mention several players who are currently in the NBA, such as Alen Smailagić, Luka Šamanić, Marko Gudurić ... Until recently, Ivica Zubac was in the NBA, as was Nikola Mirotić. Cedi Osman was born in Macedonia, his mother is of Bosniak ethnicity, and his father is Turkish. Deni Avdija will probably be among the top 10 picks in the upcoming draft, and his father Zufer Avdija is a Gorani, who played for the Yugoslav national team at the 1982 World Championship. He also forgot Peja Stojaković, Nikola Peković, Gordan Giriček, Sasha Danilović, Rasho Nesterović, Sasha Pavlović, Boštjan Nachbar, etc...
@@markomarkovic5729 Ivica Zubac is still in nba he will play western semifinals with clippers...you were probably thinking on Žižić
@@mihazbukvic1453 Yeah, I made a mistake. They both have surname that starts with Z, and they both started at Cibona🙂 There are and were so many good players from this area
Let’s get Krazyloko to 20k subs. 4K more!!!
That would be awesome haha
@@Krazyloko I’m serious you deserve it
That s because one of the tallest people come from there.
I would argue Lithuaine was a big powerhouse back on the day too. Just like Spain has been dominant in the last couple of decades.
Yea i think 2-3 finals lit-yug hard team to beat
btw, why did you outline Serbias southern province... ? you could outline every province, not just that one...
Oh please most countries know its an independent country not part of Serbia!!
@AWL Karneis Whether or not it's most, both Serbians and Kosovans (or Kosovanians idk) need to be aware of the situation and search for a peaceful outcome, not only comment KOSOVO JE SRBIJA.
AWL Karneis lmao ? u gon move out 98% of the population .. oh my god make some sense pleaseeee
@AWL Karneis As someone living in Vojvodina, I would love you to try and finally get your shit ended.
GEORG MIKAN WAS THE FIRST NBA SUPERSTAR HE WAS CROATIAN HE INVENTED THE 3 Point LINE
How could you forget Marko Milič( Slovenija)?! He was the first player ever, to dunk from the free throw line- OVER A CONVERTIBLE!!! CNN kept repeating the video, for a month- on primetime.
Lol
czcams.com/video/OD54eF2XKJA/video.html
@@peterkusar6747 that is not over a convertible
czcams.com/video/Sp7Y5D-HJR0/video.html
@@mihazbukvic1453 I mean our guy Enver is saying that Milič was: ''the first player ever, to dunk from the free throw line''... And you can see that he jumped off for the dunk like 1 step pass free thorw line... and you are right Jordan didn't dunked over cabriolet, but I think he could if he wanted...
Lot of players from ex Yugoslavia also played for other european national teams because war condition or better conditions(read money). Hidayet Turkoglu was Rahmanovic muslim from Serbia, Deni's Avdija father was from Serbia, played in Croatia also and left to Israel when war started,Cedi Osman Bosnian Macedonian mother, 1 pick od 2006 NBA draft Andrew (Andrija) Bogut both parents are Croats, they came in Australia in 70, he is fluent in Croatian,Nikola Mirotic, Serb from Montenegro for Spain, Andrew Vlahov (Montenegro for Aussie in 90), Pero Cameron Croat for New Zealand, Gregor Fucka was mvp of european championships in 1999 with Italy (coach Bosa Tanjevic took him). Ex NBA player Mirsad Turckan (Jahovic) also muslim from Serbia left to Turkey when war started. Nikola Radulović (serb from Croatia) and Roberto Chiachig (Slovenian) won olympic bronze with Italy in 2004. Marko Pesic (son of Svetislav Pesic coach) won bronze in world championships in 2002 with Germany.Even in NBA history George "Jure" Mikan was Croat, all time great, Petar Pete Maravich was from Montenegro, same as coach Popovic.Their parents came in midwest for better life in 1930. Kevin Mchale have Croat/Montenegro roots, coach Tomljanović parents were from Croatia island Brač. Lot of other players played for others Drazen Tomic (Germany, beat Croatia in Eurobasket 99 alone with 8 threes, not Dirk he was just ok), Asim Pars (Pascanovic) Turkey, today Tarik Biberovic, Melih, Igor Milicic Croat for Poland.