Dejan Milojevic’s initials will be on their jerseys and court for the rest of the season by Golden State Warriors in tribute to the Serbian coach after his shock death last week.

The Golden State Warriors will wear ‘DM’ patches on their jerseys for the rest of the NBA season as a tribute to coach Dejan Milojevic, who tragically died last week.

The Serbian assistant coach suffered a heart attack while dining in Salt Lake City with his fellow Warriors coaches and some players before the game against the Jazz.

The incident occurred at Valter’s Osteria, a popular Italian eatery frequented by NBA teams, and the Warriors had two games postponed in the days after the incident.

Milojevic, 46, was part of the coaching staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship.

As a tribute, Steve Kerr’s team will also have ‘DM’ painted on the court for all remaining home games at the Chase Center.

‘It’s hard to describe the week – heartbreaking, devastating,’ Kerr told reporters on Monday as he wore a shirt which read ‘BROTHER’ in Serbian. ‘It’s just the saddest thing I’ve ever been a part of in the NBA.

‘Where we lose someone who’s so close to us and then more importantly, seeing his family suffer. So this last week has been… full of all of the above. The shock, the emotion, the extreme outpouring of love from all over the world.

‘He was just a guy who constantly saw the good in people and the joy in life… when you’re coming into a season that goes from seven to nine months, that’s exactly the kind of person I wanna be with every day,’ Kerr later added of Milojevic.

‘We got a better sense of just what Deki meant to his countrymen,’ Kerr said.

Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic, who is also Serbian, dedicated his team’s win last Wednesday to his late friend.

And reigning NBA champion Nikola Jokic also paid tribute to Milojevic, posting a picture of himself with the coach, writing: ‘Deki, rest in peace! Condolences to the family!’

Kerr, who lost his own father when he was 18 years old, said he unde