The Mosque of Bojan Bogdanovic

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Niang talking about Bojan and his "big rocks".

 

[phippsj]

Niang talking about Bojan and his "big rocks".

He really needs to go into sports broadcasting. Would be a welcome addition to our crew.

 

[Archie Moses]

Hey guys, I am Croatian so I wanted to clarify things regarding Bojan's nationality, ethnicity and religion.

Bojan is ethnically Croatian, as are around 15% of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herezgovina, the country in which he was born.

His nationality (in the sense of having a passport/citizenship) is both Bosnian and Croatian. He has a Bosnian passport because he was born in the country, and he has a Croatian passport because he is ethnically Croatian (all Croats in Bosnia Herzegovina automatically become citizens of Croatia as well).

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a bit of a "compromise country" created to keep peace in a place where many different ethnicities/nations exist, which is the reason why most ethnic Croats born in Bosnia (like Bojan) feel like Croatia is their country, to the degree that they are even more patriotic Croats than Croats born in Croatia proper. Bojan is no exception here - he is known for his Croatian patriotism and he is always ready to give everything for the Croatian national team.

Regarding his religion: basically all ethnic Croats are Roman Catholic, and so is Bojan.

The exact same thing I explained for Bojan is valid for a couple of other Croatian NBA-players: Ivica Zubac (Clippers) and Dragan Bender (Bucks). The other Croatian players (Dario Saric, Ante Zizic, Mario Hezonja) are also Croats of course, but born in Croatia proper.

An important thing to keep in mind is that Croats born in Bosnia Herzegovina (like Bojan) and Croats born in Croatia proper (like Hezonja) are the exact same people ethnically, historically and culturally, just born on two different sides of an "immaginary" border.

I hope I managed to clarify some things for you.

This post is better than 99% of what journalists write nowadays.

Would rep if I could.

 

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[kabenac]

Bojan is shooting 45.5% from three and 49.2% from the field.

 

[Archie Moses]

I can picture Bojan with glasses in a shirt and tie, carrying a briefcase and teaching math as an adjunct professor.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

He really needs to go into sports broadcasting. Would be a welcome addition to our crew.

He was funny as heck in preseason behind the mic. Definitely has a broadcasting career ahead of him if he chooses to go that way.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Waited 10 years for another Money Man. I get those Okur vibes with Bojan, except he's a much more dynamic athlete than Memo was.

Good comparison - I'd forgotten about the offensive contributions of the "Money Man". Still I don't think it goes quite far enough. Horny comes to mind for me as that solid #2 scoring option and such a hard nosed competitor that can get a team going. I was thinking the other day - how many times has Bogey gotten us going early on when the rest of team looks like deer in the headlights, and then it's like hey if Bogey can do it, so can we GDI.

 

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Great compilation...

 

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