Bojan Bogdanovic introduced his retirement Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six groups, citing harm.
“Generally in life, you don’t select the second. The second chooses you,” the 6-foot-7 ahead wrote in a social media put up.
“After 14 months of battling a foot harm, two surgical procedures and numerous efforts to get again on the court docket, the time has come to shut a chapter.”
Bogdanovic, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and performed for Croatia internationally, was the No. 31 total decide within the 2011 NBA Draft. He selected to play professionally within the Euro League till 2014 till he joined the Brooklyn Nets, who held his draft rights.
He spent the primary 55 video games of the 2016-17 season with the Nets, then completed the marketing campaign with the Washington Wizards after a trade-deadline deal. He additionally performed with the Indiana Pacers (2017-19), Utah Jazz (2019-22), Detroit Pistons (2022-24) and New York Knicks (2024).
He missed the 2024-25 season as a result of foot harm. The Knicks traded him to the Nets as a part of a multi-player deal earlier than the 2024 season, and the Nets finally waived him.
Now 36, Bogdanovic has profession averages of 15.6 factors, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 719 regular-season video games (572 begins). He averaged 39.4 % from 3-point vary.
His youthful brother, Bogdan Bogdanovic, is on the roster of the Los Angeles Clippers.