What made Drazen Petrovic groundbreaking and unforgettable

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22590062/zach-lowe-drazen-petrovic-lasting-basketball-legacy-nba

 

[riverman]

This guy was special.....one of the purest shooters ever....great, great talent cut short by tragedy...loved his game

 

[SportsAndWhine]

"Portland traded him in January 1991 to New Jersey in a three-team deal for Walter Davis -- who was then 36. (Ainge was, and remains, aghast at the trade. "We all knew Drazen was a great player," he says.)"

I remember hating that trade at the time.

 

[andalusian]

Spent a lot of time watching basketball in Europe in the 80s. Hated him. He was very very good.

 

[Boob-No-More]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22590062/zach-lowe-drazen-petrovic-lasting-basketball-legacy-nba

Great read. Thanks for posting the link. Hard to believe it's been 25 years since he died.

BNM

 

[riverman]

Goran Ivanisevic was his best friend...wore his Nets jersey after winning Wimbledon in respect to him....

 

[Haakzilla]

Great read. Thanks for posting the link. Hard to believe it's been 25 years since he died.

BNM

...what's also cool is that ESPN actually had this as their NBA cover story for most of yesterday! RIP Drazen.

 

[trailblazer18]

I remember running around the gym for warm-ups in PE class in elementary school asking my buddy if he had heard the news that Drazen died. For some reason, I can remember that moment very clearly.

 

[BBert]

"Portland traded him in January 1991 to New Jersey in a three-team deal for Walter Davis -- who was then 36. (Ainge was, and remains, aghast at the trade. "We all knew Drazen was a great player," he says.)"

I remember hating that trade at the time.

I was super bummed that we traded Drazen.

Making matters worse, Davis was a Blazers killer when he played for Phoenix, but once we got him he was trash. So I guess he was still a Blazers killer.