Julian AndrewsWeb Editorial AssociateTwitter
With Jimmy Butler sidelined, Nemanja Bjelica has been seeing more time on the
court, but it wasn’t his increased role that has earned him headlines lately.
At the free-throw line in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against the
Jazz, Bjelica inexplicably dropped his shorts to his knees to tuck in his
jersey. While the Serbian forward was wearing tights underneath, the move still
elicited quite a reaction from the announcers and the crowd.
Did you happen to see the full moon in Utah last night? #Shaqtin @NemanjaBjelica
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Twitter predictably blew up, and Bjelica confirmed that he had more messages
than usual waiting on his phone after the game.
“My parents called me like ‘What are you doing?’ my wife was laughing, people
from Serbia too,” he said with a laugh after Monday’s practice.
While most of us might thing twice about pulling our pants down in front of
18,000 people, Bjelica didn’t seem too bothered by it.
“Maybe I pulled my shorts way down but I have my tights so… I tried to pull my
shorts inside my jersey, and you know, here in the USA, they make jokes from
anything.”
NBA players are famous for their pre-free-throw rituals; no word yet on whether
the pants-drop will make it into Bjelica’s permanent routine. He did hit the
shot though, so anything is possible.
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