{"id":155623,"date":"2024-10-28T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=155623"},"modified":"2024-10-28T21:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:10:02","slug":"otkrivena-bista-aleksandru-nikolicu-otac-srpske-kosarke-dobio-posebno-obelezije-na-stogodisnjicu-rodjenja-foto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/otkrivena-bista-aleksandru-nikolicu-otac-srpske-kosarke-dobio-posebno-obelezije-na-stogodisnjicu-rodjenja-foto\/","title":{"rendered":"BUST OF ALEKSANDAR NIKOLI\u0106 UNVEILED: Father of Serbian basketball inaugurated upon the 100th anniversary of his birth! (PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A bust of Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107 was unveiled today in the Belgrade arena, named after the former basketball player and coach.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bust, located at the official entrance to the arena, was unveiled by the President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, Bo\u017eidar Maljkovi\u0107, Partizan basketball coach \u017deljko Obradovi\u0107, and Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107’s daughter, Dubravka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was also attended by the Minister of Sports in the Government of Serbia, Zoran Gaji\u0107; the State Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Marko Ke\u0161elj; the Vice President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, \u017darko Ze\u010devi\u0107; the President of the Serbian Basketball Federation, Neboj\u0161a \u010covi\u0107, and the Vice President of the Serbian Basketball Federation, Nenad Krsti\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikoli\u0107 was born on October 28, 1924, and died on March 12, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maljkovi\u0107 said that the bust was made by academic sculptor and professor Miroljub Stamenkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In former Yugoslavia, you couldn’t find a person who wouldn’t speak highly of the professor. He was a man who helped us all and made us better; that’s why I called him the patriarch of our basketball and Ranka \u017deravica Dossitej. We were good friends; I learned basketball from him, just like \u017deljko Obradovi\u0107; he helped us to form ourselves both as people and as coaches; we grew into two modest and honest coaches,” said Maljkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the OCS reminded that the former Pionir Hall has been named after Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107 since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“‘Profa’ actually studied medicine and therefore had an advantage over us from the street, and he knew the physiology and anatomy very well; he knew how to recover a player. He was a born coach, and what is very important is that he was a focused coach and a craftsman. I am extremely proud that two halls in Belgrade bear the names of two great basketball players; it is the only city in the world that has that. I fought for 15 years for the hall to bear his name. After a conversation in 2016 with then Prime Minister Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, it was resolved in a few days,” said Maljkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gaji\u0107 emphasized that for him, the first association with Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107 is that he was a teacher and educator from whom a lot could be learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was lucky enough to have Professor Nikoli\u0107 teach me basketball in 1979\/80 at the Faculty of Physical Education in my third year. I have a notebook and everything written down, including how he explained the attack, defense, transition, and connecting training; he paid great attention to methodology. Thank you to everyone who made this happen and immortalized him,” said Gaji\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obradovi\u0107 said that Nikoli\u0107 is the most important person in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our dear professor, the least he could deserve is for the hall to be named after him and the bust which he received today. He influenced me to change my thinking about basketball. I went to his lectures at the Faculty of Physical Education; I told him that I wanted to be a coach. Dragan Ki\u0107anovi\u0107 and I managed to persuade him in 1992 to come and collaborate with me. He said he wouldn’t be an advisor but that I should address him as if he were my assistant coach. In a year, it happened that I only came to training once before him, even two hours earlier when I came; he influenced me as a coach, a person, and a personality,” said the Partizan basketball coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubravka Nikoli\u0107 thanked the OCS for their great help in making this bust, the City of Belgrade, and SC Ta\u0161majdan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thanks to Maljkovi\u0107, we gathered today to unveil this bust, they were long-time collaborators, and later friends. Thank you to Obradovi\u0107, who, despite his obligations with Partizan, managed to come, with the same club with which he and my father became European champions in 1992. Good things that people achieve are not forgotten so easily, thank you for coming and making this day special,” said Nikoli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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