Vladimir Stankovic
“I read some reports from the Italian press in that tournament and in one article I found a comparison that seemed way out of line: someone wrote that this Yugoslav kid, Dejan Bodiroga, was the 'white Magic Johnson'”, coach Bogdan Tanjevic said. “I didn't believe that but, curious as I am, in the preseason I took the chance to visit a tournament close to Trieste, where I used to live, to go see Zadar. The big star of the team was Komazec, but I soon noticed that the boss of that team was the young kid, Dejan Bodiroga”.
Tanjevic would become, after Cosic, the most important person in the career of Dejan Bodiroga.
Arijan Komazec | Bogdan Tanjević | Dejan Bodiroga | KK Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić | White Magic | basketball
Libro: '101 greats of European Basketball' (pag. 43)
