Mirza Teletovic admits he had it easy as an NBA rookie. The Bosnian forward didn't enter the NBA until he was 27 years old and had years of professional basketball under his belt. And Europe, he says, doesn't sport the same rookie pranking values as the NBA.
The good-natured Teletovic admitted he likes NBA rookie traditions better, especially after dealing a car-full of it to first-year teammate Devin Booker. The 19-year-old guard, fresh off practicing for the three-point contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto, found his vehicle stuffed to the roof with packing peanuts.
Teletovic was quickly identified as the perpetrator.