Though Novak Djokovic is at present enjoying within the 2025 US Open in New York, he’s additionally listening to EuroBasket.
Djokovic is an enormous basketball fan, and his nation (Serbia) is among the favorites to win the competitors this month.
That’s as a result of Serbia has one of the best participant on the planet (Nikola Jokic) and a number of other different NBA gamers of their rotation.
Nevertheless, one key participant just lately suffered an harm that may maintain him out for the remainder of the event.
Djokovic personally referred to as the injured Serbia star to ship his greatest needs and to share “some ideas” for his restoration.
Bogdan Bogdanovic suffered a hamstring harm in Serbia’s second EuroBasket match towards Portugal on Friday.
He initially hoped that it will not be a long-term downside, but it surely turned out to be extra critical than first feared.
Djokovic revealed that he has spoken to Bogdanovic twice since: instantly after the harm and after the information broke that he can be out for some time.
“I contacted him as quickly as I noticed the harm. He instructed me that he feels will probably be okay and that it’s nothing critical, however then we noticed that he gained’t be capable of play,” he instructed SportKlub.
“I referred to as him once more and he mentioned that it’s sadly a critical harm. I gave some ideas, the best way to get well sooner, methods to heal faster, however evidently gained’t assist this time.
“He’s in all probability the participant I like essentially the most amongst ours. Now we have a ravishing friendship. He’s a captain, all of us love him, assist him, and the entire workforce. Realizing him, he in all probability may be very pissed off as a result of he can’t be on the courtroom.”
With Bogdan Bogdanovic out of the lineup, Nikola Jokic is now underneath much more strain to hold the Serbian workforce.
Jokic already averaged 24.3 factors in Serbia’s first three EuroBasket video games, however there may be nonetheless room for enchancment.
| Rank | Participant | Crew | Video games | PPG | FG% | 3P% |
| 1. | Luka Doncic | Slovenia | 3 | 33.0 | 42.1 | 30.0 |
| 2. | Lauri Markkanen | Finland | 3 | 32.3 | 52.8 | 43.5 |
| 3. | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Greece | 2 | 29.0 | 74.2 | 100 |
| 4. | Jordan Loyd | Poland | 3 | 28.3 | 58.1 | 61.9 |
| 5. | Nikola Jokic | Serbia | 3 | 24.3 | 65 | 28.6 |
By comparability, Los Angeles Lakers and Slovenia famous person Luka Doncic is scoring 33 factors per recreation at EuroBasket thus far.
Even with out Bogdanovic, Jokic has a greater supporting solid than Doncic, however he ought to attempt to match his scoring output within the upcoming video games.
