Former Pro Basketball Player - Nikola Stojakovic - Ep19

Nikola Stojakovic is a former Division 1 Basketball player who
played for Morehead State. We talk about his remarkable
basketball journey from Serbia to D1 basketball in the US. 


0:00 Intro 2:20 Nikola Tells Us About Developing As A Young
Basketball Player In Serbia 6:40 Was Basketball The Original
Sport Nikola Wanted To Excel At 9:15 Nikola Talks About His
Former Team FNP and The Soon To Be Pro Players He Met 11:13
Teodosic and Aleksandar Pavlovic Were One Of The Best Players
Nikola Played With Growing Up 16:38 Nikola Tells Us About The
Politics Behind Basketball and His Road To The USA 24:23
Finishing Highschool, Writing American SAT’s and University Of
UIC Offers 31:23 Moving To Illinois At 19 And Playing Basketball
For A Community College 35:29 Nikola Talk About Some Of The
Racism He Faced While Being In The States As A Serb 37:15 How
Nikola Dealt With A Loss Of Confidence And Struggling To Rebuild
43:30 Moving From Community College Basketball To Division 1
Morehead State 48:00 When Nikola Went Back To Serbia He Partied
For 25 days Straight and Gained 25 Pounds 51:30 Nikola Talks
About How Different NCAA Basketball Is Structured For
Players/Students 57:20 The Assistant Coach At Morehead State
University Thought Nikola Was Going To Quit The Team 59:33
Nikola’s Back In Shape And Attending His First Year Playing
Division 1 Basketball 1:07:48 Nikola Discusses His First Big
Injury, A Sports Hernia While Continuing To Play 1:13:48 Nikola
and His Final Year Of University Playing Basketball. Becoming 6th
In All Time Assists 1:18:53 Nikola’s Thoughts On The Team During
That Season And More Injuries 1:25:40 What Were Nikola’s Thoughts
Coming Into His Final Year Of College Basketball And What Was He
Going To Long Term 1:27:14 Did Nikola Make A Mistake Selecting
His Agent? 1:30:36 What Almost Made Nikola Cry? Spain? Agent?
Money? 1:36:56 Nikola Talks About His Experience In Romania
1:40:02 If Nikola Could Go Back In Time Was There Anything He
Could Do To Alter His Basketball Career Path? 1:47:14 When Did
Nikola’s Confidence Start To Suffer And When Did He Fall Out Of
Love With Basketball 1:48:42 What Did Nikola Do After He Retired
From Professional Basketball And Does He Miss Basketball 1:53:35
Outro