The late great Dražen Petrović
After winning everything and breaking almost every record there is in europe Dražen, often called "the basketball Mozart", came to NBA in 1989. He played five years in the association totaling for 290 NBA games. First two seasons he spent as part of the Portland Trail Blazers. After not playing much in Portland he was traded to New Jersey Nets during the '90-'91 season. As a member of Nets he showed why he was regarded as one of the best europeans that played the game. During his time at New Jersey he played 195 games averaging 19.5 points per game shooting an astonishing 43.7% from beyond the arc. Petrović died in car accident during the national team meet up in 1993. Leaving us wondering what could have been?
NBA career accolades
1992-93 All-Star
Number 3 retired by New Jersey Nets
#3 all-time in 3pt shooting percentage
I haven't read a ton about petrovic but I saw there's a 30 for 30 on him. Gonna watch that. Have u seen it?
I have not seen it. However, I was born and raised in the same city Petrovic is from so i like to think that i know everything there is to know about him. Also, I think that either me or my friend @purpleandgold will write a more detailed post about his career so stay tuned. :)
Oh that's cool you're from the same city. You should watch it and see if you really know everything about him, maybe they'll have some stuff that you didn't know.
Will do!