Dražen petrović biography
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Dražen Petrović
Yugoslav-Croatian basketball player (–)
Petrović with the New Jersey Nets in | |
| Born | ()22 October Šibenik, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
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| Died | 7 June () (aged&#;28) Denkendorf, Germany |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Listed height | 6&#;ft 5&#;in (&#;m) |
| Listed weight | &#;lb (88&#;kg) |
| NBA draft | 3rd round, 60th overall pick |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | – |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 4, 9, 10, 5, 44, 3 |
| – | Šibenka |
| – | Cibona |
| – | Real Madrid |
| – | Portland Trail Blazers |
| – | New Jersey Nets |
• CLUBS AND NATIONAL TEAMSDražen PetrovićDražen Petrović's biography reveals an exceptional career rarely seen in the history of Croatian sport since it developed in a steady ascent. He was born on 22 October in Šibenik and his basketball career started in a small local club, only to move to the strongest basketball league in the world – NBA. As a year-old in the autumn of he became a member of BC Šibenka's senior team. With this club he played twice in the Radivoj Korać Cup finals, in and in In he signed for BC Cibona with which he won a Yugoslav Championship (), three Yugoslav Cups (, , ), two European Champions Cups (, ) and one Cup Winners Cup (). Dražen moved to Real Madrid in the autumn of and with the Royal club he captured Spanish Cup and Cup Winners Cup. He is the first Croat who played in the NBA. His first team were Portland Trail Blazers for which he played since the beginning of /90 season. In January of he was traded to New Jersey Nets. • Legends profile: Drazen PetrovicDrazen Petrovic averaged career highs of points on % shooting in his final season, hitting % of his 3-point attempts. Drazen Petrovic was the advent of one of the most far-reaching changes in the makeup of the NBA &#; the international influence. During the s, significant numbers of talented European players arrived in the league, a migration greatly accelerated by the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe. But no arrival from the former Soviet bloc was more eagerly anticipated than that of Petrovic. The Croatian native led the national team of the former Yugoslavia to gold medals at the European and World Championships and a silver medal at the Olympics before developing into one of the NBA’s top shooting guards with the New Jersey Nets. However, tragedy cut his career short when he died in an automobile accident in Germany at His success elicited tributes like this, from NBA Commissioner David Stern: “Drazen Petrovic was an extrao | |