No. 44, 3, 4, 10, 5
· 3x Olympic Medal
· 2x FIBA World Championship Medals
· 2x FIBA European Championship Medal
· 2x Universiade Medal
· 2× Euroleague Champion
· 4× Euroscar Award
· 2× Mr. Europa Award
· 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
· Basketball Hall of fame
· FIBA Hall of Fame induction
· First Euro player to be drafted in NBA
· 100 points in one game
· # 3 Retired by Brooklyn Nets
· # 10 retired by Cibona Zagreb
all this before age 28 when it all ended in VW Golf on German Autobahn
Drazen "Amadeus" Petrovic
The Man
The Myth
The Legend
I'll quote his brother Aleksandar when he passed away
"It's hard for you to imagine here in America, because you have so many great players,
but we are a country of four million; without him, basketball takes three steps back."
It actually took 10 steps back
Our basketball NEVER recovered from that blow
I wrote about him once
http://timeout.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-686/pi-3723496/ti-595281/s--41/
What Nike Air Jordan's was in States that was Adidas Drazen's in Croatia ... must have!
(His mother holding pair of his)
What is amazing for me apart all his hallmarks in basketball is how modest he was
so here is my modest mouse for this melancholic weekend some 10 hours to racking balls
Regards
Damjan
P.S. Funny thing Art is that I planed to prepare post regarding him ...now you gave me deserved push
Thank you