European Championship reimbursement! Bogdan s injury, what impact does it have on Serbia and the Clippers?

The 2025 European Championship tour belonging to Bogdan ended early.

Reports from Serbian media that due to hamstring problems (tearing muscles on the back of the leg), Serbian men's basketball captain Bogdan Bogdanovic was directly reimbursed for this European Championship.

Bogdan's injury occurred in the second round of the group stage against Portugal. At that time, Bogdan only played the first half. He wounded his leg in a fast break one minute before the second quarter, and then took the initiative to signal for a break, and never returned to the court.

Before being injured, Bogdan only played 3 of 4 shots, scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal; in the first two group stages of this European Championship, Bogdan averaged 20.1 minutes per game, scored 9.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists, and his shooting percentage was as high as 77.8%.

This is undoubtedly a major loss for the Serbian men's basketball team.

Just look at Bogdan's performance in the previous two World Championships (World Cup + Olympics):

-2023 World Cup, averaging 19.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting percentage of 52.6%, and three-point shooting percentage of 42.3%, leading the Serbian men's basketball team to runner-up (Jokic is absent)

-2024 Olympics, averaging 18.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.8 Assisted, shooting percentage is 47.6% and three-point shooting percentage is 46.2%, leading the Serbian men's basketball team to a bronze medal (small hit the United States in the semi-finals)

Going forward, Bogdan was absent due to injury in the 2022 European Championships. Although the Serbian men's basketball team, which had Jokic, won all the group stages that year, they were upset by Italy as soon as they entered the knockout stage and finally stopped in the round of 16, which also shows the importance of Bogdan to the Serbian men's basketball team.

For Bogdan, this injury is really a pity, because this may be the closest he has to be the champion of the three international competitions (European Championships + World Cup + Olympics). Since the 2013 European Championships, he has played for the national team and has achieved second place in different competitions:

—2014 World Cup, runner-up (losed to the United States in the final)

—2015 European Championships, fourth place

—2016 Olympics, runner-up (losed to the United States in the final)

—2017 European Championships, runner-up (losed to Slovenia in the final)

——2023 World Cup, runner-up (losed to Germany in the final)

——2024 Olympics, third place (losed to the United States in the semi-final)

Serbian men's basketball team is considered to be the biggest favorite in this European Championship. The team's strength list in the past four periods ranked first. Without an outside firepower point like Bogdan, it will definitely be a big loss. If you want to win the championship, it will focus on how Jokic let go -

The third game of the group stage, Bogdan was absent, Jokic scored 39 points in the whole game, and then led the team to narrowly defeat Latvia 84-80. Such a high-score stalemate should appear next.

Back to Bogdan, his injury is also bad news for the Clippers.

During the Hawks last season, Bogdan missed many games due to a hamstring injury, and his game status also fell to a low point, averaging 10.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 37.1%, a three-point shooting percentage of 30.1%, and a real shooting percentage of only 50.2%. His scoring, rebounds, assists, shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage and real shooting percentage are all the lowest in his career. Before the transaction deadline, Bogdan was treated as a negative asset by the Hawks and sent it to the Clippers with three second round picks, while the Hawks got Mann and Hyland in the transaction.

After joining the Clippers, Bogdan's performance rebounded, averaging 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. The shooting percentages of the three events are 47.4%/42.7%/87.5%, and the real shooting percentage is 60.8%.

However, because Bogdan's performance declined again, he averaged only 6.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting percentage of 36.4%, three-point shooting percentage of 29.2%, and real shooting percentage of 47.8%. The Clippers also lost to the Nuggets in the first round.

Bogdan's big problem with the Clippers is that Tyron Lu doesn't seem to be good at using him very much, but even so, his performance in the regular season is still worthy of recognition. Even in the Clippers next season, it will be at least a stable rotation with about 20 minutes of playing time, and his salary is not low, with an annual salary of 16 million next season and next season.

The good thing is that the Clippers' lineup depth next season is good, with Leonard, Harden, Zubac, Bill, and Collins starting the game, Paul, Lopez, Jones, Batum, and Dunn, so if Bogdan is absent for a short period of time, others can also take over.

But in the long run, the Clippers' lineup is seriously aging, and injuries must be avoided at any time. Also, Bogdan is 33 years old. How much impact will this injury have on him? If the decline is severe, what should we do if his contract is dealt with?