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Jun 11, 2023 · The Toronto Raptors have found their new new head coach, naming Darko Rajaković to the job on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Dec 20, 2023 · Rajakovic faces a fan and fellow countryman in Nikola Jokic on Wednesday when the 11-15 Raptors host the defending champion Denver Nuggets at Scotiabank Arena ( 7:30 ET, League Pass ). “ [I hope]...
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Darko Rajakovic is a native Serbian with almost 30 years of coaching experience. Born Feb. 22, 1979, in Cacak, Serbia, the 44-year-old Rajakovic is among the NBA's youngest coaches. He is just the second European-born head coachin NBA history. The first was Igor Kokoskov, who coached the Suns during the 2018-19 season.
According to a 2016 feature by Vice, Rajakovic began his coaching career in 1996 when, at age 16, he led the Borac Cacak youth system in Serbia. In 1999, a 20-year-old Rajakovic was named head coach of the Crvena zvezda youth system in Belgrade, Serbia, a position he held until 2007. From 2004-11, Rajakovic served as a scouting consultant and NBA S...
As reported by Wojnarowski, "(T)he Raptors wanted a coach whom they believed could coach a contending team should the franchise stay on its current path with veterans, or a rebuilding roster should they eventually transform the roster to younger players and draft assets." TSN's Josh Lewenberg later reportedthat Rajakovic is "widely regarded as one ...
Rajakovic brings 27 years of coaching experience to Toronto, including more than a dozen years as a head coach. 1. 1996-99: Borac Cacak (Serbia) youth head coach 2. 1999-2007: Cervena zvezda (Serbia) youth head coach 3. 2004-11: San Antonio Spurs scouting consultant/Summer League assistant 4. 2012-14: Tulsa 66ers head coach 5. 2014-19: Oklahoma Cit...
Per the Grizzlies' 2022-23 media guide, Rajakovic is pronounced: "rye-ahk-oe-vich". You can hear Rajakovic pronounce his name at the beginning of this video from 2020.
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Apr 13, 2024 · Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic ripped the officiating following his team’s 132-131 loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, as Dave McMenamin of ESPN relays. Toronto carried a narrow lead into the fourth quarter, but the Lakers eked out a win after going 19-of-23 from the foul line and scoring 44 points in the final frame.
Jun 14, 2023 · Published June 13, 2023 6:31 p.m. PDT. Share. Darko Rajakovic may not yet be a familiar name in Toronto, but he has a coaching pedigree that spans almost three decades from Serbia, to Spain, to...
Jun 13, 2023 · The Toronto Raptors introduced new head coach Darko Rajakovic at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon at Scotiabank Arena.
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Jun 13, 2023 · Rajakovic, 44, replaces Nick Nurse, who was fired on April 21 after Toronto went 41-41 and lost in the opening round of the play-in tournament.
