Mirza Teletovic is not returning to Europe: Never going to happen

Mirza Teletovic carved out quite a career in Europe as a top scorer and international star, waiting until he was 27 to jump to the NBA and fall out of the Nets’ rotation.

Despite his position near the end of Brooklyn’s bench, the Bosnian said Wednesday he has no intention of returning overseas.

“No,” he said flatly about going back to Europe, where Teletovic was last season’s leading scorer of the Euroleague. “Never going to happen.

“I’m going to prove some stuff.” “The first year I know a lot of European players who came over, even many years before, even the first guys that came over from Yugoslavia -- we have a legend who has his jersey retired and he didn’t play at all,” Teletovic said.

 Teletovic is in the first season of a three-year, $10 million deal, representing one of only five players on the roster signed through 2015.

“I could play both (power forward and small forward),” he said when asked about his potential at a different position. “I never got a chance to play the three, though. But I think I could play both. Of course the match ups are different to guard and everything but I think I’d be capable of playing the 3 too.”