{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F64a6c6d6-44bf-4c47-98ef-90265ae18e83","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 150: Ognjen Stojakovic, NBA Player Development","description":"Guest: Ognjen Stojakovic, Denver Nugget's Director of Player Development\n\n\n\n\nIn this week\u2019s basketball coaching conversation, Denver Nugget's director of player development Ognjen Stojakovic joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss the NBA skill development and teaching decision-making.\n\n\n\n\nCoach Stojakovic has been with the Denver Nuggets for eight years and has recently been promoted to director of player development. This comes after the Nugget's success over the past two seasons despite being one of the youngest teams in the league. During that time the Nuggets went to the conference semifinals and the conference finals in a stacked western conference. Stojakovic also has been influential in the player development of young stars like Nikola Jokic, Michael Porter Jr, and Jamal Murray. Along with skill development, Ognjen thrives in developing his players to have a high basketball IQ.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\nBefore being the director of player development he was an assistant and a video coordinator with the Nuggets. During 2013-2018 Ognjen Stojakovic got a feel for the NBA game, learned what skills were needed, and what opportunities there were to give Denver an edge on the competition. All of these were things Stojakovic applied to his coaching and made a winning impact on the team. Before the NBA, Ognjen was a youth coach with FMP a club team in Belgrade, Serbia.\n\n\n\n\nOgnjen Stojakovic has played a major role in growing the sport in Serbia. Today basketball is a part of Serbian culture and the nation frequently has success in basketball around the globe. Serbia is currently a pipeline for NBA talent with players like Nemanja Bjelica, Boban Marjanovic, and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Stojakovic's Serbian roots helped get his name out for the Nuggets job. He shares the same nationality as Nikola Jokic and Nuggets head coach Mike Malone has coached and consulted for the Serbian National team.\n\n\n\n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - Role with the Denver Nuggets\n\n4:00 - Rise of Serbian Basketball\n\n6:00 - Fun and Productive Games\n\n8:00 - Developing Positional Players\n\n11:00 - Underrated Skills in Basketball\n\n20:00 - Blocked Repetition Type of System\n\n24:00 - Perceptual Cues\n\n27:00 - Perspective on the Youth Level\n\n31:00 - Shaping a Certain Behavior\n\n36:00 - Role Identification\n\n39:00 - NBA Player's Dream Goals\n\n44:00 - Development in Off and On Season\n\n49:00 - Communicating a Player\n\n52:00 - Conclusion\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOgnjen Stojakovic\u2019s Bio:\n\nBio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ognjen_Stojakovi%C4%87\n\n\n\n\nBasketball Immersion\n\nWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion\n\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion\n\n\n\n\nBetOnline Website:\n\nWebsite: www.betonline.ag\n\n\n\n\nBest in the West Video Series\n\nBest in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/\n\n\n\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/37cdeed7-8079-4583-8a46-9719f804eefc/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}