Vlade Divac put Yugoslavian, Serbian and NBA International basketball on the map.
Just at 12 years of age he left home to pursue his basketball career; at 16 he signed his first professional contract with Sloga, Kraljevo and two years later the same with Partizan, Belgrade.
He led the "golden generation" of Yugoslavian basketball stars which dominated globally from 1989 to 1991. In 1989 Vlade left for the NBA where he played his first seven seasons with the LA Lakers, then two with Charlotte Hornets, six with Sacramento Kings and finished his career playing again for the Lakers during 2004-2005 season.
The NBA will remember him as one of the most successful centers, a very charismatic player, one of the three NBA legends (Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul Jabbar) to amass over 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocks.
Dražen became a nationalist, manipulated by politicians. Divac was his friend and he was not to blame for the war. I don't know what Dražen wanted in the first place, that Divac should renounce his Serbian identity, or what?
@@calvinbrice.t2140The father of Drazen was as Serbian as much of the rest of the Serbs in Croatia (before they all got ethnically cleansed in 1995), and there is no difference between Serbs if they are born on the other side of an invented AVNOJ administrative line within Yugoslavia.
our babysitter was my favorite sibling to play with that wasnt a girl until i was caught by surprise by majority of the house with their mom when she came out closet aggressively i was cumming when i got ousted with my once baby brother she is no longer a man our kids her nephews an nieces was heart broke they was two turning three but she was happy an the stress was gone. .homosexuality was rough genre for me for personal reasons none of my once was brothers wanted to be with woman some of em actually made me very sexually active with em versus the taking their sexuality from em some of did get wrestled to the ground an was fully bussed via the entrance an it had lifetime results they are feminine an produce the biggest positive results as houseworkers an mothers of their own the dragic family is the only dragon youll find in the potna dynasty an iont know what made you think my dragons are tiny they have small sausage maybe but tiny naw sincerely with honesty love you good evening-X
The people who commented „ I understand Divac, Divac was right, Drazen was wrong,… SHUT UP You don‘t have a clue what war is, what it is to fight for your freedom against the 4h strongest military in the world. For you is normally to live in a indepedent country. Croats were opressed by all sides. 70% of the politicians were serbian, all the „important“ jobs were controlled by serbians. How can you then talk to somebody who defends aggresion
Volio sam Drazena Kosarkasa vise nego Divca,ali bi ucinio isto kao i Vlade,Postujem Hrvatsku,Srbiju kao Novo nastale Drzave.Ja sam iz Bosne.U to vrijeme svi su igrali za Yugoslaviju i to je logicno sto je Vlade napravio.
please tell me why the 96 lakers lost 3-1 to the rockets while the 97 knicks lost 3-0 to the hornets with star patrick ewing not being as elite as legend hakeem olajuwon
please tell me why the 97 hornets lost 3-0 to the knicks while the 96 lakers lost 3-1 to the rockets despite star patrick ewing not being as elite as legend hakeem olajuwon
They might not have liked it, but Kosovo was a part of Serbia at one time. It will likely have very, very serious consequences if the entire world agrees that Kosovo is its own country. The Russians will use that precedent to annex the ethnic Russian dominant regions of Ukraine into the nation of Russia. Taiwan will then have a precedent to become their own nation. NATO may not have purposely bombed civilians but they definitely killed some at least by accident
Not only that Dražen turn his back to you, Dino Rađa and Toni Kukoč also did that.And the reason is that you was talking LIES in US media about war in Croatia. You was talking about "civil war", and about "big danger" for serbs in Croatia. You was celebrate your points with three fingers pointed high to the sky, together with your teamates in serbian national team, which is the sign of serbian victory, (can't really remember which victory they have), while Dražen hometown was DAILY bombed by YOUR people. It was NOT your parents who had to spend days and nights in the shelter, it was Dražen parents. It was NOT your home town that was bombed every day, it was Šibenik, home town of Dražen. It was NOT Croatian soldiers that came to your country to kill people and destroy your cities, it way YOUR soldiers who came to Croatia, to destroy OUR cities and kill OUR people. And you NEVER find it fair to say that you are sorry, and that you are AGAINST bombing Croatia. Not untill Dražen way already dead. Not even then. But then suddenly, you "recall" that he is your "brother". So for mr, you are nothing but another serbian pathetic and perfidious scumbag. Too late Vlade, WAY too late.....Dražen died knowing that you SUPPORT agression to his hometown and his country. And you didn't try to fix it on time. Now it is YOU who must live with that. EVEN HERE, he still talk about "CIVIL WAR". Everybody in the world know that it was PURE and BRUTAL SERBIAN AGRESSION on CROATIA. There is one BIG achievment of modern age, and its name is CAMERA.
Sabonis is putting the team together now. Kings offense is historically good. 3rd seed in the NBA. Glue of a team. The chemistry what I am seeing this year is unbelievable.
Sabonis is doing what Vlade is doing. I saw what he is doing vs. Wolves. His energy is similar to Vlade. Being a glue of the team. Mike Brown proved to be a perfect fit. They are starting to be real.
How about 2022-23 Kings, they made the playoffs, currently sitting at 3rd seed. All the ingredients how Kings are playing are very similar to early 2000s on how they pass, score, knock down 3 pointer plus some defense. Kings are starting to get real for the first time in a while. Greatest show on court now. 1st in NBA in terms of offense!!! They are having fun.
Now, how about the Kings in the playoffs in 2023. If Fox, Sabonis, and Keegan Murray continue to prove them wrong, work harder, and maybe win a title, they will get their jersey retired. Fox right now has been most clutched in NBA. If he does that 4 years plus, give them 1 ring and go on like an 8 year playoff run along with Sabonis, who broke Kings franchise record for consistently getting triple double. Sabonis is a glue of the team similar to Vlade. Sabonis will only get better as time goes on. Chemistry is there. Most importantly, they are awesome off court.
90s Ex Yugo war destroyed so many lives dreams and families and for what FOR NOTHING till this day they all live same mix religion but live poor and sad, YOU ALL DESTROYED THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY because of POLITICIANS !!!!!!!!!!!
Дражен је показао какав је човек. Чиста нула. Није ми јасно шта данас Рађа, Кукоч и све остале рватине траже у Србији. Имају милион изговора зашто су сишли са подијума, зашто нису причали са српским кошаркашима. Џаба данас покушавају да се оправдају и покажу да су људи. Показали су свој образ. "У добру је лако добар бити, на муци се познају јунаци." То Хрвати никада неће разумети. Дивац је за разлику од овог олоша увек био људина.
Why drazen stop speak with divac? Because serbia attack croatia?i dont think this is the reason,divac falt if the politics of serbia attack to croatia? Something else must be happened (in this subject,serbia-croatia)and makr drazen mad,some comment,some talk about this think?i dont know,
Wtf everyone here Said that vlade throw a croatian flag yes its right but it was a provocation of a fan. Vlade everytime Said that he is yugoslav and every yugoslav would also react like him if someone held a serbian flag or others ist was a normal reaction. Croations here are telling much shit about him but this is what croats could do the best tell much shit. Because of this selfish Nation (croatia) the war started.they never think whats the best for Other people they everytime think whats the best for them. This isnt correct from croatia but okay
