Bojan Bogdanovic announced his pension on Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six teams, stating injury.
“Sometimes you don’t choose the moment in life. You choose the moment,” wrote the 6-foot-7 striker in a post on social media.
“After 14 months of fighting against a foot injury, two operations and countless efforts to go back to the field, the time has come to close a chapter.”
Bogdanovic, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and played internationally for Croatia, was the number 31 general choice in the NBA design of 2011. He chose to play professionally in the Euro League until 2014 until he became a member of the Brooklyn Nets, who held his concept rights.
He spent the first 55 games of the 2016-17 season with the NETs and then finished the campaign with the Washington Wizards after a trading deal. He also played with the Indiana Pacers (2017-19), Utah Jazz (2019-22), Detroit Pistons (2022-24) and New York Knicks (2024).
He missed the 2024-25 season because of the foot injury. The Knicks exchanged him to the nets as part of a multi-player deal before the 2024 season, and the nets eventually waived him.
Now 36, Bogdanovic has career medicines of 15.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 719 games in the regular season (572 Starts). He on average 39.4 percent from 3-point range.
His younger brother, Bogdan Bogdanovic, is on the Roster of the Los Angeles Clippers.
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