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Dražen Petrović (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989.
A star on multiple international basketball stages, Petrović earned two silver medals (
Seeking a bigger arena after his career start in Europe, Petrović joined the NBA in 1989, as a member of the
In 1993, Petrović's
Petrović is considered a crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day mass influx of European players into the NBA,[5] and to this day he is viewed as a national hero in Croatia.[6][7]
Early years
Born in
Šibenka (1979–1983)
At the age of 13, Petrović started playing in the youth selections of the local club
Petrović increased his scoring numbers in each successive season that he played with Šibenka. In the
Rise to European stardom
Cibona Zagreb (1984–1988)
1984–85 season
After a year's mandatory service in the
On 6 December 1984, in the
1985–86 season
On 5 October 1985, in a
Olimpija Ljubljana had failed to fulfill their player registration administrative obligations in time for the game. Olimpija general manager Radovan Lorbek was reportedly late with submitting a registration letter to the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ) headquarters in Belgrade. That rendered their entire men's first team roster ineligible for the Yugoslav First Federal League's regular season opening game, and forced them to instead field players for the game from their youth systems.[19] Olimpija didn't have an under-18 youth squad that season so the club went to Zagreb to play the game with younger players.[19] in the under-16 and under-17 age groups, which included: Igor Đurović, Matjaž Strmole, Jože Maček, Dag Kralj, Tine Erjavec, Jure Zorčič, Gregor Stražiščar, Andrej Novina, and Tine Merzelj.[19][20]
Cibona, for their part, decided to use a mixed roster for the game, consisting of players from their youth system, plus their senior men's team's twenty-one-year-old Dražen Petrović, who broke Korać's single-game Yugoslav League scoring record of 74 points.[21] Petrović scored 112 points in the game; before the game, he had reportedly announced his intention to leave the game once he had surpassed Korać's 74 points record.[19] Petrović was one of only five Cibona players to score that day.[19]
From November 1985, Petrović began partnering in the backcourt with another high-scoring player, newly-arrived shooting guard Danko Cvjetićanin, brought in as replacement for Aco Petrović who was away serving his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) stint.
Overall, over the
On 4 December 1985, in a
Petrović won his second straight FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) title with Cibona, as he scored 22 points in the league's 1986 Final, in which Cibona defeated the USSR Premier League club Žalgiris Kaunas, which starred the legendary Arvydas Sabonis. In the 1985–86 European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) season, Petrović scored a total of 555 points in 15 games played, for a scoring average of 37.0 points per game.
The season ended with Cibona losing the Yugoslav league playoff final series to KK Zadar. Following an opening game win, Petrović controversially sat out game 2 away in Zadar, ostensibly due to a pre-game warm-up injury, leading to accusations of tanking out of desire to win the title on home court in front of their own fans.[25] Cibona lost game 2 thus setting up the deciding game 3 at home in Zagreb at the sold out Dom sportova. However, in one of the biggest upsets in Yugoslav League history, despite having a double-digit lead in the second half, Cibona ended up losing game 3 in double overtime with Petrović fouling out during first overtime with 39 points scored.[26]
1986–87 season
In the
In the 1986–87 FIBA European Cup Winners Cup season, Petrović scored a total of 270 points in 8 games played, for a scoring average of 33.8 points per game.
1987–88 season
With Cibona, Petrović again won the
During his four seasons with Cibona, Petrović scored a total of 3,911 points, in 106 games played in the national
With both Šibenka and Cibona, Petrović's career scoring numbers in the Yugoslav First Federal League were 5,113 points scored, in 197 games played, for a career scoring average of 26.0 points per game. In the top-level European-wide club competition, the
Real Madrid (1988–1989)
After his string of very successful seasons with
At that time, Yugoslav sporting laws stipulated that players could not professionally move abroad until they had reached the age of 28. Petrović was still only 23 when he signed with Real Madrid. In 2014, José Antonio Arízaga, the sports agent who played a key role in Petrović's 1988 summer transfer from Cibona to Real, recalled a few details from the transaction: "I spoke to Mirko Novosel, Dražen's head coach at Cibona, and he told me two things. One, every problem in Yugoslavia can be taken care of with the right amount of money, and two, if Dražen leaves, every other player under 28 will be leaving and it'll be chaos. So, you can imagine all the individuals I had to bribe and all the places where I had to pay up, in order to circumvent this law".[30]
1988–89 season
Petrović helped Real to win the title of the
In European-wide club competition, Real Madrid competed in the European secondary level
Petrović was pressured to join the
NBA career
Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1991)
This section possibly contains original research. (August 2015) |
The Blazers valued Petrović as a shooter, but were concerned that he might not possess the quickness to play guard or the foot speed to play defense. They brought him onto the team primarily as an outside threat to shoot three-pointers. In the Blazers' offensive scheme he was to set up behind the line, receive a passed ball and go directly up to release his shot. Petrović was an aggressive, attacking player who was used to creating his shot and shots for his teammates. Taking the ball out of his hands and making him a static shooter was foreign to him. Making matters worse, the Blazers already had a full rotation of guards, with a starting backcourt of Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter, and with veteran Danny Young as a reserve. Consequently, the reigning La Gazzetta dello Sport Euroscar European Player of the Year saw limited playing time. He had difficulty being productive in the limited role the Blazers had for him. In his rookie year during the 1989–90 NBA season, he averaged 7.4 points in 12 minutes per game.[33]
The following season, veteran guard Danny Ainge was added to the team, and Petrović's playing time dropped further to 7 minutes a game.[33] In many statements made prior to arriving in Portland, Petrović had said he saw a lack of playing time as the only possible obstacle to his success in the NBA.[29][34] He was determined to be a success in basketball's highest arena. His lack of playing time during his second season in the league brought Petrović's frustration to a climax: "I have nothing to say to Adelman any more and vice versa. Eighteen months have passed by, too long. I have to leave to prove how much I am worth. Never in my life did I sit on the bench and I don't intend to do that in Portland."[35]
At his insistence, 38 games into the season (20 of which held no playing time for Petrović), a three-way trade with the
New Jersey Nets (1991–1993)
On 23 January 1991, Petrović became a member of the
On 6 December 1992, he was named MVP of the Week.
In an interview on the Scoop B Radio Podcast, Petrović's Nets teammate, Chucky Brown marveled at Petrović's healing ability. Brown told Brandon Scoop B Robinson that he remembered Petrović spraining his knee and was slated to miss two months. Petrović rehabbed so hard that he ended up only missing two weeks.[43]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1989–90 | Portland | 77 | 0 | 12.6 | .485 | .459 | .844 | 1.4 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | 7.6 |
1990–91 | Portland | 18 | 0 | 7.4 | .451 | .167 | .682 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | 4.4 |
1990–91 | New Jersey | 43 | 0 | 20.5 | .500 | .373 | .861 | 2.1 | 1.5 | .9 | .0 | 12.6 |
1991–92 | New Jersey | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | .508 | .444 | .808 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.3 | .1 | 20.6 |
1992–93 | New Jersey | 70 | 67 | 38.0 | .518 | .449 | .870 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | .2 | 22.3 |
Career | 290 | 149 | 26.4 | .506 | .437 | .841 | 2.3 | 2.4 | .9 | .1 | 15.4 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1990
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Portland | 20 | 0 | 12.7 | .440 | .313 | .583 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | 6.1 |
1992
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New Jersey | 4 | 4 | 40.8 | .539 | .333 | .846 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 24.3 |
1993
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New Jersey | 5 | 5 | 38.6 | .455 | .333 | .800 | 1.8 | 1.8 | .4 | .0 | 15.6 |
Career | 29 | 9 | 21.0 | .474 | .324 | .696 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .4 | .0 | 10.2 |
EuroLeague
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high | † | Won a EuroLeague championship |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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1984–85 †
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Cibona Zagreb
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15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.9 | — |
1985–86 †
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Cibona Zagreb
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15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37.0 | — |
Career | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
National team career
Yugoslavia
Petrović's national team debut came at the age of 15, at the Under-18 Balkan Championship in Turkey, where the Yugoslavia junior team won the bronze. The young man regularly played for the Yugoslavia national team in the Balkan Championships, also winning gold with the junior team and silver with the senior team. He also brought back the silver from the 1982 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Bulgaria.
The
An excellent club season with Real Madrid was topped by Petrović's 1989 accomplishment with the Yugoslavia national team: at the EuroBasket in Zagreb, the young Yugoslavian team went all the way, defeating Greece more than comfortably in the championship game. Petrović was the tournament's second leading scorer and Most Valuable Player. The very next year, the summer in between the two most frustrating seasons of his professional career, as he struggled for playing time with the Trail Blazers, Petrović was again making history with the national team, as Yugoslavia became world champions, after beating the Soviet Union for the gold in Buenos Aires, at the 1990 FIBA World Championship.[44]
Overall, Petrović represented Yugoslavia's senior national team in 155 games, in which he scored a total of 3,258 points, for a career scoring average of 21.0 points per game.[45]
Croatia
The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, marked the first summer Olympics featuring the independent Croatia, and Petrović was the leader of the Croatian national basketball team at the Olympic basketball tournament. Losing only to the American Dream Team in the group stage, a strong and inspired Croatian team emerged victorious from the Semifinals against the revamped Soviet team, thanks to clutch free throws executed by Petrović, and faced off against the Americans for the gold. Urged on by Petrović's competitiveness and confidence,[5] the Croatians fared well in the first ten minutes of the game, taking a 25–23 lead on a Franjo Arapović dunk and the subsequent made free throw.[46] As the game progressed, however, the now-legendary team composed of NBA stars proved too tough for Croatia: the Americans won 117–85, sending Petrović, the game's leading scorer with 24 points, and his teammates, home with silver medals.[5][47]
In the period during which Petrović played for the senior Croatian national team (1992–1993), he appeared in 40 games and scored a total of 1,002 points, for a career scoring average of 25.1 points per game. His highest single-game point tally came against Estonia, on 31 May 1993 (48 points).[48] Counting the senior national team games that he played in with both Yugoslavia's and Croatia's national teams, Petrović scored a total of 4,260 points in 195 games played, for a career scoring average of 21.8 points per game.
Death and legacy
In the summer of 1993, after his best NBA season and the Nets' first-round elimination by the
Petrović died in a traffic accident at about 5:20 p.m. on 7 June 1993. On the rain-drenched
Petrović's tomb 45°50′22″N 15°59′00″E / 45.83947°N 15.98328°E at
The 2010 documentary,
Reactions
"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."
"You know, there is a saying that we have about JFK, John F. Kennedy – 'You know, Johnny, we never got to know you.' And I kind of feel that way about Dražen. I felt that the whole year that I was with him went by too fast and I really never got to know him the way I would have liked to."
"Dražen and I were very good friends. I was one of those people who welcomed him to Portland when he came from Europe. We talked about his family a lot in his restaurant, and he enjoyed his friends and he enjoyed the game of basketball. I really respect him because he worked very, very hard. Each and every day in practice he would be the first guy to come and the last guy to leave the gym. So anybody with that kind of dedication...you have to have a lot of respect for him."
"Dražen Petrović was an extraordinary young man, and a true pioneer in the global sports of basketball. I know that a lasting part of his athletic legacy will be that he paved the way for other international players to compete successfully in the NBA. His contributions to the sport of basketball were enormous. We are all proud of the fact we knew him."
"It was a thrill to play against Dražen. Every time we competed, he competed with an aggressive attitude. He wasn't nervous; he came at me as hard as I came at him. So we've had some great battles in the past and unfortunately, they were short battles."
Accomplishments and awards
Club competitions
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Dražen Petrović Memorial Center
A museum named "The Dražen Petrović Memorial Center" was founded in his honor, and constitutes a co-operative effort led by the Dražen Petrović Foundation in conjunction with the Croatian government, the city of Zagreb and the Croatian Museum of Sports. The memorial center idea originated from Petrović's parents, Biserka and Jole Petrovic, and was supported with the contributions of Croatian architects Andrija Rusan and Niksa Bilic. All of the articles presented in the center have been collected and categorized by the Croatian Museum of Sports. The organization and operations of the center have been provided by the Dražen Petrović Foundation, which is led by Petrović's family. The Center contains his No. 3 New Jersey Nets jersey and the watch that stopped when he died in a car crash. The center features 1,000 memorabilia items and a video of his basketball highlights.[63]
The official opening of the museum was held on 7 June 2006, while the official opening of the center to the public began at the end of December 2006. The square on which the center is operated upon has been renamed to Dražen Petrović Square in his honor.[64] In 2013, former NBA MVP Derrick Rose visited the museum.[65]
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career 3-point field goal percentage leaders
- List of basketball players who died during their careers
- List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game
- Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders
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ignored (help) - Spehr, Todd (2016). The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic. Sports. ISBN 978-1613219171.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Drazen Petrovic Museum
- Drazen Petrovic Yugoslavia FIBA Profile
- Drazen Petrovic Croatia FIBA Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Drazen Petrovic at the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Euroleague.net 50 greatest contributors
- In Honor of Dražen Petrović
- FIBA Hall of Fame profile
- Drazen Petrovic at Olympics.com
- Drazen Petrovic at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Drazen Petrovic at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dražen Petrović at Olympedia
- Dražen Petrović at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)