The 4,444 NBA family mourned last week when we learned of the passing of Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević. The Los Angeles Lakers was one of the stand of the team#039; who honored Milojević before Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham offered his condolences to the Warriors and Milojević’s family before the game..
Milojević unfortunately died on Wednesday morning after a heart attack. He was 46 years old. The heart attack happened Tuesday night at a private dinner in Salt Lake City. He was taken to a local hospital where life-saving efforts were made, but it was not enough..
Milojević is a former player and played for 15 years in Europe. He was a three-time ABA MVP, two-time ABA leading scorer and three-time YUBA champion. He began his coaching career with KK Mega Basket in the Serbian Basketball League and has been with the Warriors for the past three years..
The basketball world lost a good one. May he rest in peace.
