A Powerhouse In The Heart Of The Balkans 🇷🇸 | FULL EPISODE | Belgrade
Вставка
- Опубліковано 4 вер 2023
- Full episode about a true basketball powerhouse in the heart of the Balkans. Vlade Divac and Zarko Paspalj talk about flying overseas and opening the NBA doors to a big wave of talent from their region.
Never miss a moment with the latest news, trending stories and highlights to bring you closer to your favorite players and teams.
Download now ➡ app.link.nba.com/APP22
Subscribe to the NBA: on.nba.com/2JX5gSN - Спорт
Greetings from Czech republic. Belgrade is basketball, Kosovo is Serbia!
Dakujem Czech❤
We Greeks say that Serbs are born with a ball in their hands
Massive respect for our brothers from the South. Best regards from Belgrade. See you next summer, again. :)
And with the balls between his legs 😂
My boyfriend is Greek and I am Serbian. We are same🇷🇸❤️🇬🇷
We were born with a ball, but not for the soccer :)
Thats is really good point on avery court you go here in Serbian ther will always be one ho is very very good player and avery one can play, we really feel basketball.
To the great basketball nation of Serbia: My deepest respect. From Argentina.
Greetings to Argentina, the best football nation, from Serbia. I remember how much I cheered for Argentina with the great Maradona and Caniggia, when i was kid
Thank you brother! Malvinas esta Argentina! f,ck. UK and Usa
🙏🏻😍
Argentina de mi vida 🤗 Saludos desde Serbia! 🇷🇸❤🇦🇷
Bro was probably born after 2002. Nonetheless, you can come to us for an ass reaming any time you like. We eat Argentina for breakfast.
With respect to our Serbian brothers & sisters. Cheers from Greece.
Much love to our Greek brothers!
🇷🇸❤❤❤🇬🇷
Nothing but respect for Greek brothers and sisters from Belgrade 💜
Worth mentioning is that Serbian coaches and players really helped Greek basketball evolve and made it more professional. Only respect and love from Greece.
We consider Greek people as our southern Orthodox brothers. It's been like that for decades. Much love from Serbia. ❤
@@jovanlazovic6692hvala brate. ❤🇷🇸🇬🇷🇲🇪🇷🇺
My father was always proud of Serbian basketball, but he told everyone that his favorite player of all time was Nikos Galis.
Hello from Greece I will also agree Ivkovic and Obradovic helped alot Greek basketball fpr some years to look at training morr seriously. Before with fee exceptions such as Galis who had seen the US system, Greek players did not work alot in practice they did laxy stuff many times. But Galis also had a huge imoact because he showed how the practice should be done with more hard work.
@@innosanto 100 percent correct, Galis not only changed basketball but was the first professional player from how he was training up to negotiating his salary.
I'm Italian, and I deeply love and respect Serbian sports culture. They are so passionate and skilled! We should learn from them how to raise up good players!
Thank u brother, respect to Italy, u guys are also sport nation and good basketball country.Italy has become "Achilies heel" for Serbia in last few years😂
Honestly, Italy is just as good, maybe even better. You compete in every sports and are successful. You have this crazy good football team and league (we are... average at best in football), beat us many times in basketball too. In tennis rn you have new rising young stars, volleyball you're good at and many, many more. But thank you for your nice words, we are truly proud of our athletes.😊
Multo gracie, stari brate!!!
We can all learn from you Azzuri! Wish you all the best!
Stop beating our ass in basketball like you did last few times... lol 😆
Serbia - Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Water Polo. There is no team sport in which you do not dominate. We Hungarians will never be able to achieve the goal of being like you, Serbia. I send you my deepest respect from our neighbour, Hungary.🇭🇺❤🇷🇸
Thank you...❤ for Hungary from Serbia! Our favorite neighbor !!!
Znamo mi ko je Madjarska u vaterpolu naš najveći rival i velika vaterpolo sila. Isto jedna mala država sa velikim uspesima na Olimpijskim igrama. Respekt szomszéd🇭🇺❤🇷🇸
Za fudbal si se malo zajebao, ali hvala ti. Köszönöm...szia😀
@@nenadmarkovic8758pamte oni dobro Zvezdu i Partizana...znaju i za omladince prvake Evrope i Sveta.
❤
I'm a Filipino but die hard fan of Serbia since Yugoslavia. Stojakovic and divac.. in bet for now at world cup consistent tnx serbia
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤
I met Vlado Divac when i was like 12 still played back then now 23
I remember waking up at 3 in the morning so I can see the behind the back Divac assist to Webber for an easy dunk, and Pedja Stojakovic just sniping away with his bullseye precision! What a time
My wife is Serbian and I’ve been to Belgrade many times to visit her family. You don’t know how big basketball is in Serbia until you’re actually there.
Anyone who watches euroleague knows this their atmosphere is crazy closely followed by Lithuania
Hi true north, see you on Friday Serbia vs Canada, wish you good luck from BC
🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
@@ayidonnonot Lithuania, best atmosphere is in Belgrade and Athens , Greece
Your children will have good genes!
I'm Indian and I'm supporting Serbia in this world cup
🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤😊❤😊😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
Thankssss Indian bro, cheers from Serbia 🇷🇸 🇮🇳
jel to sad znači da je Srbija do Indije?
you will have a great time my indian friend, because we are coming for that gold this year
Thanks
This Serbia is best sport nation. Imagine 7mil ppl, such a small country, and soooooo much champions in many sports. Unbelivable. Tnx NBA for this video!
Croatia half as many people, yet almost three times as many champions throughout sports.
@@derbigpr500 delusional croatia is only better in football
@@derbigpr500get out of here
Do you actually have some arguments for that, or do you just like talking nonsense on the internet out of complexes and jelaousy?@@derbigpr500
@derbigpr500 ahahahah what a comedian 😅
Kako je ovo dobro...da se čovjek rasplače. Pozdrav iz Zagreba susedi!
Ujko ne šalji pozdrave
@@ratkomladic5622takve kao ti i kod nas i kod njih treba sistematski istrebiti..
❤👍
a nekoč smo bili braća...
@@gorila987k rekao bih polubraća😉, još smo...to što stanujemo kod različitih roditelja ne znači da se trebamo prestati voljeti i družiti
Basketball is Serbia. Every Serbian I've met is proud, an athlete, warrior, hospitable and true to their word.
Define the heart of the Balkans.
❤❤❤🇷🇸🇲🇪🇬🇷🇷🇺
ur an idiot and know nothing about their history.
As an Austrian i almost cried watching this video. I will always support Serbian Basketball! You guys set the standard in European Basketball and i hope you can forgive us for all that happend in the past. Maybe one day in the future you can call us brother's and sister's🏀🏀🏀 go Serbia❤
Kind words like this can come out only out of a pure soul. Thank you. It's up to us, people of today, to build bridges of love and respect towards each other. Kind regards from Serbia ❤
We Serbs have nothing to forgive the good Austrian people. Everything bad that has happened in history is not the work of ordinary people but of greedy rulers from all over the world. For me, the association with Austria is not the war, but the composers who ennobled humanity. I'm sure there will be someone who will write something ugly on your wonderful message, and you will forgive them for their ignorance. Thank you bro! :)
🇷🇸🇦🇹
Someone like you we will always call Brate in Serbia 💪
Well, reading your comment, I can only say: brother!
You touched my heart!
Serbians are incredible sports people. Doesn’t matter women and men.
A lot of respect and support 🇷🇸 🇹🇷
Thank u bro,respect to Turkey from Serbia 🇷🇸🤝🇹🇷
As a Türk, I have great respect for Serbians in sports. A Netflix documentary about this success would really be nice.
Paramounth +
No thanks, they would cast black actors, half of the actors would be black or gay or transvestite 😂
🙏🏻😍
@@srki8231 ima prostora u filmu da ubace šibicare i klince na raskrsnicama kao rasnu jednakost a onda brnabu kako nesto prica za lgbt
You better have respect since your country was part of the most obvious match fixing in the history of basketball. You know what I'm talking about. There is no way any referee team can be that bad. It was obvious what was going on and you know it.
It just amazes me how little praise and attention we actually give Serbian basketball it definitely after watching a video like this will help us look deeper and realize Serbian basketball is GOATED in its own way. MUCH RESPECT TO SERBIA and tomorrow to be FIBA world champions 2023 🇷🇸🇷🇸 LOVE FROM GREECE🇬🇷
Greetings to our Greek brothers!
Thank u brother,Greece is also basketball nation and we are proud that we call u brothers🇷🇸❤️🇬🇷
Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧. Well done serbia on your win against Canada
From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we really admire the Serbian Basketball y’all really good great rivals Salute 🫡
🙏🏻😍
los queremos mucho puertorriqueños ♥
What's up Boricua? Salute from Srb
VELIKI POZDRAV
ZA
PUERTO RiiiiiiiiIIIIccccccCCCCCoooooOOOOOOOOO❗❗❗❗
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Much love from Mexico 🇲🇽. Go Serbia 🇷🇸!!!
🇷🇸❤
We love Mexico
Viva la Mexico ❤
Viva Mexico or get your ribs dissected! Much love from Serbia!
❤ ... idemooooo 🎉
Serbia just won 3x3 world cup! Fifth time in a row!
It's so beautiful having so many nations in these comments and everyone is showing love and respect. Thank you, you are all always welcome in Serbia! 🤍🇷🇸
100% very emotional reading the comments I didn't know other countries cared so much
@@aleksandarpesic1412Because you're fed anti Serbian propaganda of 90s when mantra was that everyone hates Serbia.
Serbia is respected and loved, every day more with the truth coming out.
The only ones that hate Serbia are those infantile ex Yugoslavia republics and even there there's people who realised the lies they've been fed against Serbs.
I'm a Sardinia Basketball Kids Coach. To me Serbia Is the Best Basketball Nation in Europe whitouth doubt. Passion, competence, sport mentality Old Europa Style. I Hope One day to visit Belgrado and Watch a Basketball game. Respect!
Always welcome in Serbia basketball brother. Cheers/Ziveli
You have great summer camps all over Serbia (mountains most often) and you should get in contact with one of them (almost all are affiliated with great basketball names) and join with your team. Also, this summer and following summers too, there is direct flight from Cagliari to Belgrade (apart from all year round from many cities in Italy) and in less than 2 hours you are here! Welcome!
Best basketball nation in the world. Love their passion.
Grazie mille amico....non siamo lontani..l'atteggiamento verso la vita e la cultura in generale è molto simile.....direi più mediterraneo o sud europeo....come in Italia... .molti dei nostri atleti sono italiani il punto di partenza per l'ingresso nel mondo dello sport
Interesting because there is a possibility that people from Serbia and Sardinia are relatives according to genetic maps and old writings. God bless Serbia and Sardinia.Respect!
I'm french an I get emotionnal watching this report. First because I was a basketball player, coach and I'm still a lover of the game. My most important coach (when I was 15 to 19) was Srđan Kalember (I knew him as Serge, like me, at the time), who really teached me the fundamentals and the game, but also helped me to be who I am with his exigency and discipline. [EDIT : he appears at the beginning of the video, he played with the Red Star in the 40's and with the national team in the world cup 1950 in Buenos Aires] . He was semi-retreated from the game as a professionnal, but he lived in my little town of Rixheim (Alsace, near Mulhouse) in the eighties and he offered to train our non-professionnal team for free, for the love of the game. I often think about him when it comes to basketball, or Serbia, and this report gives me the wish to come and visit Beograd one day. RIP, coach.
faut que tu viennes a Belgrade voir un derby frerot!
My Brother i am a Serbian Guy and live rihht now in St.Louis i know Rixheim 😂 thank you for your Passion for this Sport 🏀🫡
Tricolori, all the best!
Only a true basketball lover can truly appreciate this documentary. I can only imagine what this means to you. You are always welcome in Beograd my friend!
@@mihailodjurovic3254 Oui ! Même si ça va être un peu compliqué car je vis à La Réunion, mais j'aimerais bien voir ça de l'intérieur un jour ! J'ai suivi un peu le passage de Mathias Lessort au Partizan et il avait l'air de kiffer !
As a Greek, i am proud of our basketball history and heritage but my god i'm so envious of serbian school of basketball....how is it possible for such a small country (smaller than mine) to produce in EVERY generation such huge talents and have an even bigger talent pool coming from behind!! Dare i say that the talent in serbia (and Spain for that matter) surpasses the US talent nowdays. P.S. Pop was (and still is) light years ahead from his time!! Hat's off to the Serbians and Jugoslavians for giving so much to the game!!
I get it why it's hard to understand from Your perspective, but we who grew up training basketball in Serbia can tell you - when you watch those guys bring those medals to the balcony in Belgrade, and you know you're a member of a small nation that just beat everyone and anyone - you get to stand on the shoulders of those giants and you either put in 250% of yourself into the training or you realise you're not really cut out for it and you should make space for someone else who is. Coaches are rigorous, basketball trainings were super tough and repetitive - GOD how repetitive it was, I get anxious just thinking about it. But you know that saying "I don't fear a man who threw 10.000 punches once, but the man who threw 1 punch 10.000 times. Repetition is key, coaches demand results, they push you to your limits and you overcome those limits, then you just want to see how far you can go. It's a tough environment to be in, but know that, at least in my time, some 20 years ago - over 70% of kids tried and trained basketball at least for a year or two. Serbia bro. Much love from a neighbour :)
Also genetics, we are in top 3 tallest nations, combine with smarts and tough/warrior mentality really shows in sports
As they say, size doesn’t matter 😂
It's the way of living and how Serbian kids are raised - you're always part of a family, or a Friendship group. The team is everything in Serbia.
Also sports - it's important kids do sports activity from early age- anything to keep your body moving and make friends. From there things evolve
Galis
Janakis
Fasulas
Hristodulu
Filipu
Kostas Politis trener
As a basketball fan from Turkey, I visited Belgrade last year and got into a conversation with a taxi driver about who was the best coach in Europe. As I was trying to convince him that Obradovic was the best coach in the world at the moment, he looked me in the eye and said: "Have you never heard of Ivkovic? All the while we were comparing these two basketball legends. The city was amazing and full of athletes. You can see them on the courts even on Saturdays. Respect Serbia and its culture
Obra is the most successful coach in Europe for sure but Duda Ivkovic his coach was at another level with his wisdom, high IQ, and calmness. A true general. Fun fact: Duda Ivkovic is a distant relative of Nikola Tesla
Even on Saturdays? :D Most of us use all of our free time to ball, so Saturday is probably the main day for sports activities.
Brother I am coming to Turkey often. Tommorow I am going to Istanbul again and I feel in Turkey as I am home.
Hope you enjoyed Serbia. Welcome back any time.
❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Thank you NBA!
Finally something to describe Serbia in the right way, without bullsh*t about wars, savages who're walking on the streets, etc..This is Serbia, this is Belgrade, and whoever has a chance to visit it, trust me, you are very welcome!
Ne seruckaj turcine
@@ante01 Kompleksi, sovinizam austrougarski cistacu stala? Niste imali drzavu, niti jezik, a ni danas nemate sa cime da se ponosite. Osim genocida i ubijanja neduznog naroda. 21 vek je, red je da se edukujete i resite te bolesti, jer ovo postaje pateticno
@@ante01Tebra sibaju te kompleksi😂😂😂 jako si low... 😂😂😂😂
you have plenty of western media and people describing Belgrade like this, we just arent paying attention and think the whole world hates us
@@konstantincvetanovic5357 pa mrze vas svi
love this documentary and everything Serbia has brought the world of Basketball: many great talents, some of the best coaches, the craziest fans and so much passion for this sport. Much love from a Croatian in Germany ❤🇷🇸🏀
Živ bio, prijatelju!
Удачи дорогие друзья, большой привет и поддержка от ваших братьев из России! Мы всегда с вами!🇷🇺❤🇷🇸 🏀
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Обоюдно! ❤❤❤
Спасибо брат! Победа будет за нами! Привет от Сербии! Z
Srbija uz Rusiju!
hvala bratan
Lets ' go Serbia you are the Champion- much love from Poland 🏀🏅
thx bro lviv is poland
🇷🇸❤️🇵🇱
as a fenerbahce fan, many thanks to obradovic, bogdanovic, kalinic and bjelica.
no love for gudura damn, he is a level below though
"IN YOUR EYES YOU ARE GOOD GUYS, FUCK YOU,FUCK YOU,HOW MANY TIMES,FUCK YOU SHAME ON YOU" and after that...magic happens
Vesely is also our player, Partizan raised him as a player
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@markomarkovic5316Vesely is not out player dude. Stop it pls.
Best athletes in the world per capita.
Thats Croatia
thats fiji
It's norway, followed by Slovenia as second
@@nejcmlakar1025 ok, brate, izčiliraj malo, i ovako vam je najbolji igrač luka dončić srbin.
@@QQr00z zasto ne igra za srbiju onda
Great video! I started to enjoy basketball because of Jokic, and I am very happy that our neighbor is such a powerhouse in this amazing sport. Pozdrav iz Madarske 🇭🇺
AJDE SRBIJA 🇷🇸
Hvala tu druže i sve najbolje tebi, Madjarskoj i Orbanu....
@@slobodanstojanovic8125 I wish you the best as well, my friend! Long live the Serbian people, who are among the last true europeans 💪
Pozdrav za madjarsku!
Greetings from Serbia to our good neighbors Hungarians 🇷🇸❤️🇭🇺
So proud to be Serb these days... 🥲 Great nation, great athletes! 🇷🇸♥️
Great sports nation especially taking into consideration the size of the country. Not only basketball, but also water polo, volleyball men and women etc. But please, above all is Novak Djokovic, the best athlete and sports personality in the world. Idemo Nole for the 24th! This is Sparta! Greetings from Sparta, Greece.
exuaristo adelfaki...
Volimo vas braćo, uvek!
Love for our greece brothers from Belgrade♥️
ELLA ADERFOS! SAGAPO ALL MY HELLAS BROTHERS AND SISTERS... STAY SAFE AND POSITIVE IN THESE TURBULENT TIMES FOR OUR PEOPLE
Brat grk!💪🍻
For Serbian basketball to finally get the amount of recognition which it deserved a long time ago brought tears to my eyes. Thank you NBA for uploading this.
Well, Serbian basketball has always had a lot of recognition...
Top top top 💪 pozdrav iz Zagreba i nadam se sa sinom jednom posjetit derbi i doživjet tu strast! Navijam da sutra bude srpska nedelja! Razvalite njemce i medvedeva!!!!
Pozdrav za zagorca!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hvala i svaka čast na komentaru i lepo je videti da tamo još ima ljudi koji vole košarku
Jesi ti neki Tomaševićev fan, mora da te školuje na basketu. 😂
Kad neko poseduje zdrav razum i ne dozvoli da njime upravlja politicka propaganda. Svaka cast!
As an ex-basketball player from Angola, I was raised in Europe and admire and respect the power and impact that the balkans philosophy and approach to Basketball instil in players worldwide!
balkan philosophy needs more public exposure. Most people growing up in balkans are tough
Balkan basketball philosophy is Serbian philosophy because everyone learned from Serbian coaches. I believe that African national teams would reach the top of basketball faster if they adopted the European basketball philosophy instead of the NBA style. If African coaches were trained in Europe, basketball in Africa would quickly break through to the top of the world. African football teams in the past were at the level of today's African basketball, and now they can compete with the best teams in the world. That time will come.
Respect Serbia! Take the trophy in Manilla 🏆
Volim što sam Srbin! 🇷🇸❤
I ja😊
Hvala BOGU što sam Srbin! ❤❤❤❤❤
Република Србска је срце Србије.🇷🇸Само сложно браѓо🇷🇸
Кад се восјка из Републике Србске врати🇷🇸Србијо само реѓи, летеѓемо као меци 🇷🇸
I ja sto sam Srpkinja🥰Srbija do Tokija🇷🇸❤️ najjači smo
You feel it when you visit the city. Lots of love from Greece
We love you Greek people!
Such a great place and history! Serbia got it all! People talk bad about Serbia but people are full of love!!! I’ll move to Serbia!!! The best food, people, culture, fun, education….BASKETBALL!!
Those people talking bad about Serbia are parroting Clintons propaganda, brainwashed to the core
Welcome brother,all the best to u from Serbia.
Full of respect to our orthodox brothers! Greetings from a Greek Guy!
We share the same passion for the game! Lots of respect to the Serbians. Like us in the Philippines, you are such a kind and welcoming people. Since moving here in Belgrade, I have been noticing, that a lot of foreigners are coming. The world is now beginning to love this country day by day. 🙂"Imaj blagosloven dan!!!"
hvala filipinski prijatelju! dobrodosao u srbiju i beograd.
Hvala, prijatelju! ❤
Dok ne počinju rat unda ćeš vidjeti karakter seoskog srpskog smeca
@@bbbdalmacija3324 don’t worry it’s the same again for us Filipinos 😉 everybody is nice until you exploit the kindness.
Filipinci su divan narod! Radila sam s njima na brodu. Hvala
I moved to Serbia 3 years ago and it feels like I received another life in many ways, you just can’t explain the passion for all things in life here…not possible, you have to live it! No other way
Dobro nam došao 😉
Hellas supports Serbia in the World Cup🇬🇷🏆🇷🇸
We love our Greek brothers!
Great video, enjoyed every second of it. Pozdrav Beogradu iz Zagreba 🏀🇭🇷 🇷🇸...(p.s. nikad nisam bio u Beogradu, planiram uskoro ali sad znam da moram ponijeti loptu..i uzmite to zlato, nemojte zajebat!)
Hvala brate, pozdrav takodje!
Sve najbolje!
pozzz u Zagreb!!👍
Veliki pozdrav i za tebe druze !
Hvala brate!!! 🇷🇸 🇭🇷❤️
Operacija Oluja?
As an American this was a great documentary. I didn't realize how popular basketball was in Europe until I watched the 92 Olympics. I couldn't believe how passionate European players carried themselves just like American fans. I've also noticed how good European players have evolved their skillet over the years..
I'm from the Philippines but I have always loved watching European basketball stars like The Joker, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Milos Teodosic. I admire their unselfishness and they showcase fundamentals-both of which are vital to winning games.
muke check out Dejan Bodiroga highlights in his prime he was probably the most spectacular player to watch
@@aleksandarpesic1412 thanks, bro. I'll check him out 👍
Thank you NBA. This means a lot to us. Im a serb who lives abroad, the first time I touched a Basketball was in the summer of 2004 in New Belgrade behind block 70A where my grandma used to live, it was a yellow sinalco ball. Some older guys played with me and thought me somethings. I don’t have much but I will forever be grateful for my city and Basketball. Volim te Beograde 🇷🇸❤️
Serbia have great players in many sports with big heart.They play with full ❤ for their country.Respect for that.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
for those who don't know, Natasa Kovacevic is not just a former basketball player, she is more than that, google it
Grew up in belgrade in the 90's and let me tell you, it was basketball every day/all day! It changed my life and Belgrade (dorcol) made me so tough as an individual. If it wasn't for belgrade and serbia, i wouldn't know what true toughness is and love for the game itself.
I'm a 36 years old woman. No one in my family played basketball professionally. No one was a die hard fan, but watching basketball and going to a game occasionally is just normal stuff here so yeah, basketball is unavoidable. When I moved in to my own house ten years ago and started remodeling my first backyard, I kind of spontaneously put up a hoop over my garage. My mom was asking "who started playing hoops around the house all of a sudden?" and I told her "no one in particular but everyone who comes around" 😂 and it is so natural for all, men, women, children, whenever we have people over someone would jump up and start shooting 😂
As a portuguese basketball fan I always had full respect for countries like Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia and Lithuania. They all live and feel basketball with so much passion and proud. Great players came out from Serbia like Divac, Peja, Bodiroga, Danilovic, Jaric, Rebraca, Rakocevic, Tomasevic. More recently Teodosic, Bogdanovic, Boban, Bjelica, Jovic and The Joker of course. And I can't forget to mention the greatest Euroleague coach of all time: Zeljko Obradovic. Since they're now at the FIBA WC semi finals, I'm rooting for them to win the trophy!
Big hug for Portugal!
Thank you for your support brother, but I would just add one little change here, we are in the finals now baby !!
@@pavlovic2614I'm Portuguese and everyone here is rooting for Serbia! I, personally, respect a lot serbian culture and history in all aspects of society. Big hug from Portugal!
@@JoaoGMirandaHey man, as a Serb i have to say that I have much respect for Portugese culture, history and art. Jose Saramago is one of greatest writers in 20th century. In fact, my favourite new generation Serbian writer lived in Portugal, his name was Dejan Tiago Stankovic (he suddenly died in 2022). You may like his books - "Estoril" , "Zamalek" and "Where I was from and Other Lisbon Stories" . He was also great fan of basketball and Novak Djokovic :)
Turkey and Greece are big because they have money to buy best Serbian players and coaches and force them to change their names and take Greek and Turk ones. Do you really belive that small Mediterranians like Greeks and Turks can be great in basketball? Real powerhouses are actually Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Lithuania.
Belgrade is one of toughest/best cities you will ever see !
I realized that i am old😂. My heroes from my childhood Paspalj and Divac are very old😂😂. Time is flying.
Braća 🇲🇰❤🇷🇸
🇷🇸❤️🇲🇰
They didn't even mentioned Nikola Jokic and documentary is still epic. 👏👏👏
He is not from Belgrade, also, he never played for any club from BGD.
@@deyan7817 and Mega is from Sombor I guess? :)
@@stefankolaric2108No Mega is from Vršac 😉
Probably because this video was about Belgrade basketball culture which Jokić was never part of, he played in other city
@@svetlanasubotic5532 hemofarm je iz vršca
mega je bg klub bivši kk avala
Хвала за указано поштовање! Basketball is in our genes...
absolutely amazing.. salute Serbia
As a Serbian thank you for this, glad we are getting some love from NBA we Serbians had players in NBA for a while now, since Vlade Divac and Pedja Stojakovic, even coach Pop has Serbian origins.
Pete Maravich is also of Serbian ancestry
The first Serb in the NBA was Zdravko Govedarica, known as Bato. Back in 1951, he was selected in the draft as the 24th pick by the Syracuse Nationals, today the Philadelphia 76ers. The second is Ljubiša Stefanović, known as Lou in America, who was chosen by Seattle in 1985 as the 97th pick in the draft.
Bogdan je jednostavno rodjen da bude šampion.Ponos Srbije♥️.Gospodin Marin , bez premca najvise zna o kosarci.
wow good job NBA for this video, now you need an NBA game in Belgrade, make it happen !!
Denver vs Atlanta (Jokic-Bogdanovic) or even Denver vs Miami (Jokic-Jovic)! We have a really good Arena with around 17-18k seats and it would be sold in a heartbeat!
@@dp134 Would be more interesting to have a domestic team or a mixture of the best domestic players compete against an NBA squad.
@@dp134 Capacity: 19,394
Capacity is much higher, its just Euroleague that dont allow us more people. At ABA league finals game 5, Partizan vs C. zvezda, there was around 24k people on paper, but at least 26-7k in the Arena@@yemuppet8102
Belgrade Arena is the biggest arena in Europe and can have over 20,000 spectators.
Most visited Euroleague games are Partizan games with 20.000+ attendance.
Been to Serbia and I gotta say I love their sport culture
big respect for Bogi, from Red Star fun
Србијааа 🏀🇷🇸
Bogdane legendo,pravo je uživanje gledati tvoje majstorije.
Wowww!!! This documentary was excellent !!!! Serbia is truly amazing in every aspect !!!! Country of tall smart and beautiful people !!!! Country of basketball 🏀🏀🏀🏀
Wish Croatia kept this love for the game :(
love from Croatia my bros
I was just thinking of you guys the other day what happened? Croatia had so much basketball talent not that long ago ?
And thanks bro from Srbija
@@Anon0757 I really dont know man, people still play it and love it but the higher ups, the leaders of the country gave up on the sport it seems.
Im from Slavonski Brod, the first city in yougoslavija that had a closed gym, there is a lot of history here. basketball was really big in this city and over a night it seems it just vanished because greedy as people where running the sport.
As of now my city has a fine basketball team, nothing to special, but i know and play with all the players and there is big talent there, but, if the goddamn mayor did something and put some money in the team and the sport the future would look a lot brighter.
we currently have not ONE functional outside court. we play on broken down concrete and stuff like that.
I hope shit will change.
@@Flyin9Penguinall the focus and investment is now on football, can't blame y'all though, you're very successful at it
@@ayidonno that is true, but it breaks my heart that the sport of basketball had to suffer
@@ayidonno yes agree that could be part of it happens in many countries when a country has Success in a certain sport kids all want to play that particular sport and then the government takes development money and so on from other sport then so called sport suffers sadly.
The first Serb in the NBA was Zdravko Govedarica, known as Bato. Back in 1951, he was selected in the draft as the 24th pick by the Syracuse Nationals, today the Philadelphia 76ers. The second is Ljubiša Stefanović, known as Lou in America, who was chosen by Seattle in 1985 as the 97th pick in the draft. As well as Pete Maravich who is of Serbian origin, and coach Greg Popovich.
Maravic ne Marovic
@@rankoorovic7904ispravio
Ti igrači nisu otišli u NBA iz naših klubova, nego su već igrali na američkom kontinentu. Ovde se priča o odlasku iz Evrope u Ameriku.
@@SaleSale100 ajde
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Pour résumer tout vos superbes commentaires, le basketball est le jeux à 5 contre 5 et la plus part de temps ce sont les Serbes qui gagnent… Puisque il y a une justice céleste. Gros bisous a toute ma race .❤❤❤
Ми из унутрашњости, као ја Тузла, гледали смо на ТВ и навијали и уживали.❤ 14:20
Basketball is a pure love , Serbia is a pure love! ♥️💙🤍
Didn't expect this from NBA... Nice bringing light to areas that ar epassionate for basketball...
Kakve emocije izaziva ovaj film.Sve čwstitke za isti👍.
Serbia has always been a superpower in basketball. Currently, they are also the world champions in 3x3.
I remember that as kids during 90s, we had one sports magazine called Tempo, and in every issue of it there was a poster of NBA players in actions. Since the popularity of basketball was huge, cause we won Euro and World championship, we were also crazy about the NBA. Bulls were dominating, so my room was full of posters with Rodman, Jordan, Pipen, couple of Kemp, Hardaway and so on.. Beautiful basketball has saved us from the streets, war, poverty and all those bad effects on us as a children.
Shawn Kemp, man I loved that guy
I dalje imam zuti kacket sa njegovim brojem! 😂
This one showed up just before the Serbia - Canada WC semi game, and we advancd into the finals. Back where we belong!
Balkan is a region with the most talented people in the world, including all possible fields, not just sports. There is something strange here that gives people a special note in the brain.
Hard life
@@sve9068its the Slav dna, especially Serbian.
Oldest people. That’s why. Gene 🧬 is old and special.
Nikola Tesla, Mihailo Pupin, Mileva Einstein, Novak Đoković, Nikola Jokić....
There's a reason for the smear campaign against Serbs...
I love how international the NBA has become and I specifically love Balkan players.
That was a great watch, very cool documentary.
"Ја не одлучујем да ли ћу ићи у битку, по томе која је сила која ми прети, већ по томе колику светињу браним." 🇷🇸☦🇷🇸
"I do not decide whether I will go into battle, according to what force threatens me, but according to what sanctity I defend." 🇷🇸☦🇷🇸
My favorite chant of all time is always gonna stay and be “Mogu da nam p.š. Paspalje, Paspalje Paspalje EE” eto toliko od mene…🙏👍
Serbia has the best coaches in the world.
WELCOME TO BELGRADE FRIENDS 🇷🇸🏀❤️
Wow as a Serb I enjoyed watching this and I really like that lately wester media started to recognize my home country Serbia! We do have to offer so more than sports! Food , hospitality, people etc come visit you won’t regret!!! Even tho I’m from Belgrade other cities are amazing as well! Idemo breeeee 👌👌👌😁😁😁
Sija Sunce kao Zlato ☀️
Danas je u Beogradu 😎
Dan za Pobedu 🥇
I Love this Game 🏀
And Majka SRBIJA 🇷🇸♥️
I wish i grew up in a place like this where you are encouraged to go and play. Here in scotland you are told to accept the fact there is nothing to do
What do you mean there's nothing to do, what does that mean? Every day is what you make it. Your kids should be encouraged to go outside and play any sport they like. Pretty much all Serbian kids play some sport either as a hobby or professionally. Scotts are tall and strong, it's a shame those genes are going to waste, you'd see a lot of success in many sports in just a generation or two.
@@XYZOxyz the problem is our culture. It isn’r cool to go to a court and play, it is much cooler to get drunk at 15 and burn down the nets. Indoor courts are super expensive, football pitches are usually padlocked etc
@@brendanhunter389very sad to hear that. Such a shame. We, Serbians, appreciate your country/people a lot and think (and that's a fact) it's beautiful (countryside)
@@val9637Because there's no team spirit in the UK. Human isolation is a big problem. It doesn't help that it's crappy weather most of the time so people don't meet outside, but usually in pubs.
Downing pints is a UK national sport .
@@mothidentifier that's really sad, but as a "comfort" can be that that's not only the case in UK, unfortunately
Probably one of the most important basketball cities in the world.
As a kid I used to go to basketball camps in a town called Cacak in our western neighbor - Serbia. They were way ahead of us, but they always showed respect too. The town got bombed by NATO a little later (1999) and I always wanted to go back and visit it again since this is where I first got in touch with their basketball culture. Belgrade I've been to many times, great players, friendly people...and yes, basketball is king there for real.
Thank you NBA for this lovely documentary! Greetings from Serbia to all the basketball fans around the world! 🇷🇸
You can find basketball court everywhere in Belgrade. Specially all around buildings in New Belgrade. I invite basketball lovers to visit Ada where there're few courts and always good players (and bars to refresh after hard games). I am not Serbian. I am just a basketball lover, a man that life decided that I will spend some time in Belgrade. I feel like I landed at paradise for basketball
Summers hot evenings mean only one thing... you open the window to cool your room and all you can hear is the bouncing basket ball going on for hours... that's the true sound of Belgrade 🏀
Im from the Philippines who is tagged as a basketball crazy nation but I would say that this country is doing the right way. Their passion translates into world class 11:15 basketball unlike in our country that is full of politics in it.
Yeah I heard that politics is messing deep with your basketball,thats such a shame.If Philippines gets rid of those politicians and if u guys adapt European style of basketball u will become much much better at basketball.U have heart and u have speed combine that with European style of basketball that would be perfect match trust me bro.Bring European coaches to train your kids or send your kids to train here in Europe (Spain,Serbia, France, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia,Montenegro, Italy,Germany).All the best to Philippinos from Serbia.
@@serbianwarrior385 would love to embrace your vision but we are a 3rd world country and majority wont be able to send their kids to good programs hence even send abroad to learn the fundamentals. we used to have a good coach for our national team but was sacked dueo to politics by our governing body. so until this is resolved, heart and speed wont matter. this is what happens when business and politics is way more important than being competitive 🤦
hard to be good in basketball when the average height is about a meter and a half
@@serbianwarrior385 I think height is always going to be a problem for Gilas.
@@Krafteri Maybe but Argentina was short team few years ago and they were in semi finals.But i agree they need at least few taller players
Watching Serbia beat Canada this year was a masterclass in showing how heart and teamwork can overcome individual talent.
What we call "the European style" of Basketball really comes from here.
I like how deep their love for the game is
Сръбският баскетбол има своята публика и в София, поздрави!
Great documentary btw, I loved that you showed that women play too. Belgrade is a wonderful city with an atmosphere of sport. Rivarly is little scary at times, but I guess this is how the Balkans work.
Great documentary! Congratulations to author Darko, Serbia, and NBA. Драго ми је да цео Свет може да осети нашу љубав и страст према овом спорту! Уживајте браћо!
Finally some recognition, but it's not only Belgrade that is the head of the basketball, many talents move there to get scouted easier, but all of the greats always came from different cities as even the best Serbian coach Zeljko Obradovic came from a small town called Cacak. Basketball is infectious in every city, summer tournamets, people just love sports and want to be the best in it
True, but to be fair, it's the only large city in a small country, and other Hoop Cities are also regional basketball centers.
The industry centers always attract the best talent.
Sehr schöne Doku, ein solches System bauen wir in Deutschland Stück für Stück ebenfalls auf!
To watch Belgrade Derby live is on my bucket list 👈👌
Beware of one thing - once you experience it, you always want to go back! ❤
@@a_l_e_k_sandra It sounds good to me! 😉👍