Tonight, for the second time in his career, Nikola Vucevic will be part of the NBA spectacle, reserved only for the best.
For the second time, he will play in the all-star match, among the 24 leading players of the strongest competition....
In an online conversation with the media, he repeated that the second invitation means more to him than the premiership from 2019, and that he is proud to have won the place with the coach's invitation.
"I am very proud that one day when I finish my career I will be able to tell my children - I played the old way, I played with Nowitzki, Lebron, Wade... with the best," Vucevic said.
It is a special honor for him that he also represents the country he comes from on the biggest stage.
"It is a great honor to represent my country at the biggest, especially a small country like Montenegro. I am honored to be the first player from Montenegro to reach the All-Stars."
In addition to him in Atlanta (two hours after midnight), two more players from the ex-Ju area will perform - Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić...
"It's great that so many players from our area play at this level. Jokić and Donćić are candidates for MVP, they are certainly among the 10 best players in the league, I'm on the All-Star. There's Bojan and Bogdan Bogdanović, Goran Dragić. .. We are representatives of the Yugoslav school, we have technical qualities, so we make up for some physical differences compared to the others... We also give motivation to young guys from our countries to work, to believe that they can achieve this new thing. We are very proud that's why we try to represent our countries in the most beautiful way," said Vučević.
When asked if he thinks the NBA doesn't respect him as much as it should, he answered:
"The players respect me, the coaches respect me, you can see that, that was never disputed. The fact that I am not in the media much is another story, we are a team that is not often in the playoffs, it is not on national television, but for me it is very important is that I have respect from teammates and rivals on the field," said Vucevic.
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