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BREAKING: Warriors Champion Retires From Basketball

Golden State Warriors champion Nemanja Bjelica has reportedly retired from basketball
BREAKING: Warriors Champion Retires From Basketball
BREAKING: Warriors Champion Retires From Basketball

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Winning a championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2022, NBA veteran Nemanja Bjelica has reportedly retired from basketball, per Sportando. Bjelica's last season in the NBA was that championship run with Golden State, where he appeared in 71 regular season games and 15 postseason games.

Playing seven seasons in the NBA, Bjelica had a solid career that finished with an NBA championship. While there were some ups and downs for Bjelica in his final NBA season, he was overall a positive contributor for the Warriors as a stretch big and secondary playmaker. Playing his role well for Golden State, Bjelica had key moments both in the regular season and postseason.

In their report, Sportando added that Bjelica is retiring due to injuries. With opportunities to extend his basketball career overseas, it seems as if Bjelica will be stepping away from basketball entirely as injuries have made it too difficult to continue playing. At 35 years old, it seems Bjelica has made the decision to call it a career.

A solid role player throughout his time in the NBA, Bjelica carved out a very nice career for himself as a second round pick. That final season in the NBA is a very good one to end on, as there is no better way to go out than as an NBA champion.

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Joey Linn
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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.

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