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Nash turned 50 in February. He last played in an NBA game in April 2014. He told me, when pressed, that he thinks he had played basketball only once in the last 10 years before arriving in Slovenia ... one solitary staff game when he was coaching the Nets. But Dragić asked Nash to play for a few minutes in Saturday night's testimonial and the 50-year-old duly agreed to start alongside Nikola Vučević, Vladimir Radmanović, Vlatko Čančar and, of course, Dragić himself.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced the launch of the NBA European Ambassador Program, which will see former NBA players engage thousands of youth through the league’s youth development efforts on the continent. The NBA European Ambassador Program will include former NBA players John Amaechi (UK), Gordan Giriček (Croatia), Marko Milič (Slovenia), Hanno Möttölä (Finland), Audie Norris (U.S.), Dino Rađa (Croatia), Vladimir Radmanović (Serbia), Efthimios Rentzias (Greece), Dragan Tarlać (Serbia), and Ronny Turiaf (France).
Alexander Raskovic: Vladimir Radmanovic will continue his career in NBA next season. Stay tuned....
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Radmanovic: "We had a pretty good relationship. But that's different, he is different... This is perhaps the best description I can give for Jackson.
He was one of the Bulls’ first offseason acquisitions and coach Tom Thibodeau said early in camp that he had big plans for the 11-year forward, so there would seem to be something more than what’s on the surface, but Thibodeau downplayed that Thursday. “I want to make sure he’s ready,’’ Thibodeau said. “We’ll see how it unfolds. He’s a good pro, comes in and gets his work done. He knows what he’s trying to get accomplished. I do want to see him some at the three, which I haven’t done yet, but I have a pretty good idea of what he could do.’’ It’s the “make sure he’s ready’’ part that seems to be the key. Radmanovic admitted that Camp Thibodeau is a lot more work than advertised, and he might need to play catch-up physically before those minutes are given.
Management will say its financial decisions are cloaked in basketball reasons. With Rose out until likely March, next season is a treading-water season. So instead of depth being the secondary star, the Bulls hope to add a legitimate one alongside Rose. With Hinrich, Belinelli, Radmanovic and Mohammed all signing short-term deals, the plan to clear major salary-cap space in 2014 will remain intact. That's also when Luol Deng's contract expires, Nikola Mirotic could come over from Real Madrid and Carlos Boozer likely will be a victim of the amnesty provision.
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The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has signed free agent forward Vladimir Radmanovic (VLAD-uh-meer Rahd-MAHN-uh-vitch)
As first reported by Comcast SportsNet Chicago’s David Kaplan, the Bulls will sign veteran forward Vladimir Radmanovic to a one-year contract, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Radmanovic, a 6-foot-10 sharpshooter, gives the Bulls an added dimension of a “stretch” power forward, though he wouldn’t bring the physicality and defensive presence the Bulls could potentially lose if they choose not to match an eventual offer sheet for backup center Omer Asik from the Rockets.
According to CSN's David Kaplan, the Bulls have signed veteran Vladimir Radmanovic to a one-year deal. Radmanovic confirmed to Kaplan that the one-year deal will be officially announced on Thursday.
Green, McGrady, Radmanovic, Pargo, Collins and Johnson can become free agents starting Sunday. The Hawks can retain salary-matching rights by extending a qualifying offer to Johnson by the end of Saturday. Ferry said Thursday he hadn't made a decision.
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