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Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica drains the buzzer-beating triple to take down the Houston Rockets in their showdown at the Toyota Center. With just one second left on the clock and the Rockets ahead 118-116, the Kings drew one last-ditch effort to win the game. Bjelica was able to free himself up from way beyond […]

Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica didn’t have the best day at the office for his native Serbia, as a 5-of-17 shooting night marred a rough FIBA World Cup quarterfinal loss against Argentina. Bjelica was the first to take ownership of his own performance, quickly taking the blame: “We weren’t ready for this game. Especially mentally. […]

The Sacramento Kings are one of the up-and-coming teams in the NBA, and forward Nemanja Bjelica has no doubt about it. In an interview with TalkBasket, the 31-year-old forward opened up about his time in Sacramento, his role with the team and the treatment he has received from his teammates. Most importantly though, he pointed […]

The last day of the NBA regular season is upon us. As always, the 82-game journey of the 2018-19 season was a wild ride with plenty of excitement and captivating storylines. Compared to those previous, player movement was ramped up this season, as we saw a lot of familiar faces in new jerseys. With almost […]

Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica will miss his team’s game against the Houston Rockets on Saturday with a stomach bug, the team announced. https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1112058083914731521 The 2018-19 season has been the finest of the Serbian star’s four-year career. After spending the first three seasons of his NBA tenure with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Bjelica signed a three-year, […]

The Sacramento Kings have been one of the best feel-good stories in the NBA this season. After being widely chosen as one of the worst teams in the NBA heading into the 2018-19 season, the Kings surprised the league with a fast-paced, spaced-out system provided by the blistering speed of sophomore point guard De’Aaron Fox […]

Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica has been one of several breakout stars for the Kings this year. The 6-foot-10 Serbian spent the first three seasons of his NBA career with the Minnesota Timberwolves. While he was certainly productive for the Timberwolves, he never truly made the impact he was capable of. In an interview with Jace […]

Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica got his revenge against his former team, cruising to a 141-130 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night. Following a game-high 25 points, the new Kings forward expressed his appreciation for coach Dave Joerger, who has entrusted him with a decent load of minutes and plenty of opportunities. “I have […]

Usually in the NBA, when a team acquires a star in a trade, that team is the winner of the trade. Is that really the case with the New Orleans Pelicans acquiring DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings? Right around the same time as the final buzzer of the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, the Kings […]

It’s safe to say Anthony Tolliver isn’t happy after a fan suggested that the Minnesota Timberwolves should have kept Nemanja Bjelica instead of signing him. Nemanja Bjelica signed with the Sacramento Kings in the offseason after three years with Minnesota. The Timberwolves extended a qualifying offer to the 30-year-old forward earlier in free agency but […]

Bogdan Bogdanovic proved to be one of the most mature rookie scorers in the league last season, but even that has fallen short of his expectations. “It was a pretty good season and I can’t regret any moment of it but it wasn’t as successful team-wise as I’m used to,” said Bogdanovic, according to Drazen […]

Nemanja Bjelica’s last several weeks as an NBA free agent have finally come to close as his camp and the Sacramento Kings have agreed on a three-year deal. Early in free agency, Bjelica and the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to a one-year deal, but he backed out wanting a little more stability in the contract. He […]

The Sacramento Kings have agreed to a deal with three-year forward Nemanja Bjelica, per Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania. Forward Nemanja Bjelica has agreed to a three-year, $20.5M deal with the Sacramento Kings, league sources tell Yahoo. Third year will be non-guaranteed. Bjelica puts an end to his crazy free agency that saw him almost sign […]

Former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nemanja Bjelica seemed all set to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers, verbally agreeing to sign a contract with them on July 5, 2018. But Bjelica never ended up physically signing the contract, and now he is negotiating with the Sacramento Kings. This is a rare but not unheard of occurrence in the NBA. […]

Former Minnesota Timberwolves sharpshooter Nemanja Bjelica has had quite the offseason. On July 5, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported Bjelica and the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to a one-year contract only for Bjelica to back out before he signed his contract. Now, he appears set to join the Sacramento Kings. On Tuesday, it was reported Bjelica wasn’t going […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been put in a very tough position after forward Nemanja Bjelica informed them of his decision to remain in Europe. Originally, the Sixers thought he could be their final piece this offseason. The stretch-four has had problems with his Visa, which has complicated his return to the United States — choosing […]

On July 5th Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that Nemanja Bjelica and the Philadelphia Sixers had agreed to a one year contract. It’s been almost two weeks since that report came out and according to Nikos Varlas of EuroHoops that contract still hasn’t been signed. Bjelica has not signed with the Sixers yet and Europe might […]

Free agent forward Nemanja Bjelica has agreed to a one-year deal, $4.4 mid-level exception with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. His former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, had withdrawn a qualifying offer, making him a free agent, which allowed the Sixers to entertain the signing. Bjelica had a coming out party last season, […]

It seems that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nemanja only surfaces in headlines for odd reasons. The last time most people probably paid attention to Bjelica was when he had a semi-brawl with Orlando Magic scrub, Arron Afflalo, back in January. Since then, there was a dearth of Nemanja news – until last night, when the Serbian […]

Before Orlando Magic guard Arron Afflalo and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nemanja Bjelica were ejected during the second quarter of Tuesday’s 108-102 Magic win, there was some heat that led to Afflalo punching Bjelica. First, it was an exchange of words that got both a technical foul. About four minutes later, Bjelica bumped into Afflalo after […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nemanja Bjelica was at the wrong end of an actual fight during Tuesday’s matchup with the Orlando Magic. The hot-shooting forward nearly avoided a haymaker from forward Arron Afflalo after attempting to box him out of rebounding position. Bjelica maintained that he was just trying to protect himself by catching Arron on […]

Another day, another altercation. Tuesday night’s game between the Orlando Magic and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves became the latest addition to the season’s already long list of heated encounters, and it’s probably the most intense yet. Unlike most of the “fights” that happened in the past week or so, this one involving Arron Afflalo and […]

The NBA is dealing with another confrontation between players as the Orlando Magic’s Arron Afflalo and the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Nemanja Bjelica got into a fight. In light of the recent altercation between the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets, the NBA removed clips of the incident from both the Magic’s and the Timberwolves’ League Pass streams. […]

Although the 2017-18 NBA season is just halfway through, it has already seen its fair share scuffles both on and off the court. The most recent example came during Tuesday night’s matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic. Both teams had been trading buckets midway through the second quarter when things when the game […]