His 14th season in the NBA is slowly approaching, he has many memorable games behind him, set records, two All-Stars, but what he regrets in his career is that he did not play with Montenegro at the Olympic Games.
Montenegrin basketball player and Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vučević once again looked back on the qualifications for the Paris Games, through which our selection was able to achieve historic success, but after which there is a feeling that everything could have been different.
"If we had been complete, I think we would have had a very good chance to pass... We lacked more experienced players who had already played big games and we went to Latvia quite young and inexperienced, and it is also our fault because we could have had the goal difference better," said Vučević in the "Jao Mile" podcast.
The boys of Boško Radović reached the chance to fight for the Olympic Games with great editions at the last Mundobasket.
"I was hoping that we would make it to the semi-finals of the Olympic qualifications, and then you never know what a match will bring... It is certainly a big deal for us that we had such qualifications," added the Montenegrin center.
However...
"The regret remains, the Olympic Games are the dream of every athlete".
Next The game will be held in the country where Vucevic has been playing since high school - in the United States of America and Los Angeles in 2028. Is there a chance that Vucevic's dream will come true then?
"In four years... Well, if Novak Đoković can do it - so can I. He will be 41 years old, I will be 37", our ace joked and added.
"There's a lot of time until the next Games, we'll see if we qualify for another World Championship, then we play it well - who knows..."
He also commented on Cameroon's victory over Brazil, due to which Montenegro dropped out of the pre-Olympic tournament in Riga, and the two teams advanced, and after all that, the coach of the South American team, Aleksandar Petrović, apologized to our national team.
"All the players of Brazil played as they should, there was no let-up, but Cameroon really played well, its players hit the shots... It's not as bad a team as you think, there are some very good players," Vucevic said. .
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