TB EXCLUSIVE | Nikola Kalinić: Before Obradović, I was treating basketball as a hobby. It’s a job now.”

We, TrendBasket, recently made a 10-question quiz about yourself, and you got nine questions correct. We all wonder here: Which question about yourself did you get wrong? 

I don’t know… 

Is it something about the stats? 

Probably about the stats but I don’t know. I didn’t check which one I did wrong. I didn’t check, sorry. I just did it and I had to go somewhere and I saw nine out of ten.

🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂 I got 9 of 10 right, and you ? https://t.co/Mkg38BSA9E #wpquiz

— Nikola Kalinic (@nikola_kalina) February 7, 2019

If you don’t know which one, could you do it again and tell us what it is? (Laughs) 

Maybe. Or I can check it if I can. It was on Twitter, right? 

Yes. 

I am gonna try to find it. 

This is kind of out of curiosity: Over the last couple of years, several NBA players like J.J. Redick, Richard Jefferson, Kent Bazemore have launched podcasts where they chat with other players and it shows people off the court a different perspective to read the game. As you’re a media-friendly guy who likes to speak, have you ever thought of going into that or are you going to? 🙂

No, I don’t find that interesting. I always think of myself as a guy who doesn’t like media. Thank you for saying that I’m media-friendly… 

We like you. 

Thank you. To be honest, I don’t like media, especially when somebody always asks the same question and didn’t do research. If you ask something interesting, I will give you an interesting answer. And about podcast, I don’t know. Maybe when I’m older, I will think about it but right now, I don’t find it interesting. 

What are your plans after you retire? Are you still planning to open a Turkish restaurant? 

I don’t remember saying that but maybe I said it. I had some ideas but from this perspective, I would like to open a kindergarten or some school for the kids. I like kids and I think it’s a nice thing to do and it’s kinda unique. That’s one of my ideas. You gave me an idea now: Maybe to open some international cuisine restaurant. 

Lastly, do you have any message to the fans? 

Keep on doing your job. (Laughing) We feel really proud because they’re with us all the time at home or away games. I think they are doing a great job. I don’t like inviting fans to the games or anything like that. I think whoever comes here gives %100 of their abilities. They’re gonna keep coming. We’re gonna do our job, and if they do their job, I think everybody is gonna be happy and we can do great things together. 

They seem like they are really happy, though… 

I can’t promise that we’re gonna win or lose but I promise we will fight until the last minute, until the last drop of our – I don’t wanna say blood – sweat. If we win, it’s even better.