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How Illinois' Andrej Stojakovic is related to one of NBA's best shooters ever, Peja Stojakovic

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The basketball ability runs in the blood.

How Illinois' Andrej Stojakovic is related to one of NBA's best shooters ever, Peja Stojakovic originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Andrej Stojakovic is already a well-traveled college basketball player.

After spending time on the west coast at both Stanford and Cal, Stojakovic has ventured to the Midwest this season to play for Illinois. The Fighting Illini are happy to have him. He's one of their most gifted scorers as they try to put together a run in March Madness to journey further into the NCAA Tournament.

It makes sense that Stojakovic can put the ball in the basket. After all, his father was quite good at that back in his day. MORE: Ranking the best nicknames of Robbie Avila Is Andrej Stojakovic related to Peja?

Andrej Stojakovic is the son of long-time NBA sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic. Andrej's father finished as high as fourth in the NBA MVP voting, when in 2003-04 he averaged 24. 2 points per game and shot 43.