There is no question that Peja Stojakovic is one of the best players to ever wear a Sacramento Kings uniform. In fact, Sactown Sports conducted an offseason project that ranked the top 40 Kings players in the 40 years since the team moved to Sacramento (I actually helped contribute to this project), and the sharpshooting wing finished third, behind only Chris Webber and Mitch Richmond.
The team has a ton of love for Stojakovic and his family. That is why it is great to hear that his son, Andrej, is doing pretty well at the collegiate level.
Peja's son is a hooper
Andrej Stojakovic started out his college career at Stanford last year. There, he was more of a rotation-level player, playing in 32 games but only starting in ten of them. From there, Stojakovic decided to take advantage of the transfer portal and take his talents over to California to play for the Golden Bears.
This season (Stojakovic's sophomore campaign), he has solidified himself as a marquee player, starting in 28 of the 29 games he played in. On the season, Stojakovic is averaging 17.9 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, and 1.2 BPG on 54% true shooting. He is the team leader in minutes, points, and blocks per game (among other categories).
All this culminated in a monster game against his former team in the second round of the ACC tournament – a game where Andrej looked every bit as dangerous as his old man.
Andrej Stojakovic puts up a career-high against Stanford:
— B/R Hoops (@brhoops) March 13, 2025
37 PTS | 13-22 FG | 4-7 3PT | 5 REB pic.twitter.com/ODtk96csQx
Despite his herculean efforts, California ended up falling to Stanford in a back-breaking 78-73 defeat, which effectively put an end to the young Stojakovic's season.
Don't be fooled by Stojakovic's 4-for-7 shooting from three. He isn't quite the shooter his father was, at least not at this point he isn't. For his career, Peja was a 40.1% 3-point shooter. Meanwhile, this season, Andrej is only hitting 31.8% of his threes.
If he does improve this area of his game, though, Andrej could follow in his father's footsteps into the NBA. He is clearly very skilled, and he has some good size at 6'7. As it stands, some draft websites have him as a possible second round pick in the upcoming draft. We will see if he ends up leaving for the 2025 NBA Draft or if he decides to stay in college for another season.