The Balkan Basketball Boom
The Ringer NBA Show
00:00
Sarajevo
American players fill rosters of clubs all over the region. Igor worries that bringing in foreign players means fewer developmental opportunities for young players who grew up in these countries. Yokich, Donchich, Nurkich, Vuchovich, Dragich, Boban Marjanovich, Yvitsa Zubat have a sense of shared identity. In 2020, during the NBA playoffs in the bubble, players from across the league were all living in the same complex.
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