Minnesota Timberwolves fans are getting excited about Nemanja Bjelica, and for good reason. On Saturday at EuroBasket, Bjelica scored 24 points in Serbia's 80-70 win over Spain and teammate Miroslav Raduljica -- yes, the center who played for the Milwaukee Bucks a couple of years ago -- called him "the professor of big shots."
On Sunday, the professor of big shots followed that up with the biggest shot of the tournament so far. Here's his game-winning floater against Germany:
Bjelica scored seven of his 12 points in the fourth quarter against Germany, and also had three rebounds and three assists. If it wasn't clear already, the 27-year-old forward is good enough to warrant serious playing time in Minnesota. He was Euroleague MVP last season, and he should fit in well as a stretch 4 next to Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns in the frontcourt immediately.
Of course, the Wolves have a long list of other bigs: Kevin Garnett, Nikola Pekovic, Gorgui Dieng, Anthony Bennett, Adreian Payne and Damjan Rudez. Head coach Flip Saunders will figure the rotation out somehow, though, and it seems unlikely that Bjelica will find himself out of the picture.
