{"id":9089,"date":"2025-07-20T19:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9089\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:07:15","slug":"nikola-jokic-sends-message-to-international-basketball-star-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9089\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic Sends Message to International Basketball Star After Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wv3ra5a67\">In late June, international basketball legend Milos Teodosic announced his retirement, and much of the European basketball world has shown their respect after the big news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_td5l6v0mp\">Teodosic had an incredible career in Europe, winning EuroLeague MVP in 2010, leading Serbia to silver medals in the 2009 EuroBasket, 2014 FIBA World Cup, and 2016 Olympics, all while being a huge influence on the current state of Serbian basketball. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g0dhcyay4\">Via FIBA Basketball: &#8220;One of the most influential point guards ever in Europe, Milos Teodosic \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 announces his retirement from basketball after a legendary career:  <\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd48EuroBasket (2009) <br \/>\ud83e\udd48FIBA Basketball World Cup (2014) <br \/>\ud83e\udd48Olympic Games (2016) <br \/>\ud83c\udfc5FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2010)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the most influential point guards ever in Europe, Milos Teodosic \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 announces his retirement from basketball after a legendary career:  <\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd48 EuroBasket (2009) <br \/>\ud83e\udd48 FIBA Basketball World Cup (2014) <br \/>\ud83e\udd48 Olympic Games (2016) <br \/>\ud83c\udfc5 FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2010) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vi0ATI8Cj1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Vi0ATI8Cj1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIBA Basketball (@FIBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBA\/status\/1938261948270776427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jnq1f04ir\">Teodosic spent just two years in the NBA amid a successful European career, playing two seasons with the LA Clippers, including an impactful 2017-18 campaign. Through 45 appearances in LA that season, the 6-foot-5 point guard averaged 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Los Angeles Clippers guard Milos Teodosic (4) \" title=\"Los Angeles Clippers guard Milos Teodosic (4) \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb 3, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Los Angeles Clippers guard Milos Teodosic (4) warms up before the start of their game against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors beat the Clippers 121-103. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images \/ Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_2rf02qlgp\">Following the huge retirement announcement, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, a three-time NBA MVP and Serbian basketball star, sent a heartfelt message to Teodosic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_kuhr6pjy7\">&#8220;Captain, you&#8217;re going down in legend,&#8221; Jokic said (translated to English). &#8220;Unfortunately, your career has to end, but it&#8217;s certainly a career that all of us who play basketball are envious of and want to achieve. As a fan, thank you for all the medals. As a teammate, thank you for the time spent together on and off the court. It was an honor and a pleasure to share the court with you. Enjoy your retirement, Master!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO: Personal message from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nuggets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Nuggets<\/a> superstar Nikola <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Joki%C4%87?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Joki\u0107<\/a> to \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8Serbian basketball legend Milo\u0161 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Teodosi%C4%87?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Teodosi\u0107<\/a> after he announced his retirement\ud83e\udee1:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain, you&#8217;re going down in legend. Unfortunately, your career has to end, but it&#8217;s certainly a career that all of us who play\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2TozXdJyVG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2TozXdJyVG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marko Ljubomirovi\u0107 (@LjubomirovicM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LjubomirovicM\/status\/1946610018079379720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mtqv8pqx3\">Jokic and Teodosic have been teammates with the Serbian national team, including when they teamed up for the 2016 Olympics and led their country to a silver medal. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In late June, international basketball legend Milos Teodosic announced his retirement, and much of the European basketball world&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-9089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}