For Dejan Milojević, the Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks stood united on one sideline near their team benches and listened as the Serbian national anthem played in his honor. Each Warrior player then placed an extra jersey with Milojević's name on the back worn during warmups on one of the coaching chairs, which also featured a special black T-shirt with the word "BRATE” draped over the seat — brate is the word in Serbian for brother, as their coach called them all. Golden State returned to the court for the first time since losing its beloved assistant coach last week in Salt Lake City.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The Golden State Warriors reached a milestone in Wednesday night’s emotional 134-112 win over the Atlanta Hawks — the team’s first game back since the death of assistant coach Dejan Milojević. Dub Nation packed the arena to watch the Warriors for a franchise-record 500th consecutive home sellout, the team announced in […]
Before the Golden State Warriors returned to the practice floor Monday following an extended break to grieve, they gathered to watch a tribute a world away in Serbia, where two teams in Belgrade celebrated beloved former coach and player Dejan Milojević. The Warriors assistant coach died last Wednesday in Salt Lake City at age 46 after suffering a heart attack at a team dinner a night earlier. “It’s a pretty terrible thing to witness," an emotional coach Steve Kerr said at Chase Center.
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević died Wednesday, officials said, after he suffered a heart attack at dinner the night before in Salt Lake City.