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Ceremony Held to Retire Peja Stojakovic’s Jersey

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Updated 2 years ago on October 15, 2021 • 1 min read

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Amid cheers of “Peja! Peja!” the third jersey number from the best time in the Sacramento era was retired at Sleep Train Arena.

Peja Stojakovic’s No. 16 was retired at halftime of the Kings’ game Tuesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“This is an unbelievable moment for me and family,” Stojakovic said during the ceremony.

Stojakovic joins teammates Chris Webber (No. 4) and Vlade Divac (No. 21) with retired numbers from the Kings’ teams from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-blog/article4544419.html#storylink=cpy

via Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee

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