Drazen Petrovic (39pts) vs. Celtics (1992)

[@bogdanbackup]

In the current heavy shooting NBA Drazen would be killing it... Perrenial all star.

[@joesakic91]

Drazen also could've won an NBA ring or two.

[@bogdanbackup]

@@joesakic91 Prob not, depends on the team. Back in the day, paradoxically, the best international players were drafted low and went to the best teams (Divac to LA, Drazen to Portland, Kukoc to Chicago) where they benched them.

[@peterhandke3936]

@@bogdanbackup Divac and Kukoc were not benched, what are you saying?

[@33neptun]

His release was amazing. Nobody ever had faster release...

[@AllinOne-dg3dk]

Drazen Petrovic is a freaking Legend for ever! this is basketball history!

[@Carlospezz]

Petro forever 🏀

[@hagopgulesserian4910]

Drazen was an absolute Sniper ! So sad he died so young he could have a really good career in NBA...RIP Drazen

[@degenerate82]

Petrovic on a great team with the green light to do what Curry does would have been something special. Two legendary shooters/playmakers in different eras.

[@chr15tian22]

Drazen had amazing teammates but they were too lazy especially Coleman and Anderson they should have been a good big three but we all know What happened after 1993 season

[@akrivosdiavolos73]

Drazen was amazing...then the mistake of Portland, and Rick Adelman benching him...for reason, never given a chance, ..then to the NETs where Coleman refused to practice, Anderson, Robinson where jealous...Drazen was on his way back to Europe with Panathinaikos, he had enough..then fate...

[@vristeciorao]

@@akrivosdiavolos73 No. As much as we know he was on the way to New York Knicks. They would be tough nutt to crack. He was just what knicks needed for the champioship win.

[@Imdisappointed]

mozart of basketball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! totally

[@akiltrojani693]

GOD of basketball

[@joesakic91]

Before Dirk Nowitzki and Peja Stojakovic, there was Drazen Petrovic and also Toni Kukoc.

[@11Pruga]

Vlade Divac ?

[@joesakic91]

+11Pruga I should've been more specific: pure shooters from Europe. In terms of all-around skills, Vlade Divac and Arvydas Sabonis are some Europeans come to mind.

[@amando90]

Žarko Paspalj ?

[@joesakic91]

Amando Vasic Zarko Paspalj is another great player in his heyday. I wish he would had a longer NBA stint with the San Antonio Spurs.

[@civoreb]

Kukoc was alright compared to Petrovic. Before Kukoc, there was Divac.

[@iPhoneScreenFix1]

90's where best I was big Chicago Bulls fan Kukoc played there but my favourite player was Drazan Petrovic one and only. MJ was king in NBA but Drazan was European best player ever. If he played longer who know what he would accomplished. RIP DRAZAN

[@matejrantasa5532]

One of the best NBA players!!

[@vamoneygroup]

No he was only good for 2 seasons

[@TommyMartini657_jciridje]

He was getting better and better and he only talked about bb nothing else.​@@vamoneygroup

[@vamoneygroup]

@@TommyMartini657_jciridje he was ok

[@mihaanor515]

Drazen Petrovic my all time favorite player grew up watching him play in Cibona RIP

[@outlander234]

28 when he died... He had prime years ahead and was already 22ppg.

[@theclassicmanila-style8435]

Klay thompson with an attitude and passing game, this dude is deadly

[@high-defRJ]

'Steph Curry' of the 90s. One of the GOATs ever, just tragedy took his chances to prove that he belongs in the mention among the all time greats.

[@vamoneygroup]

No. He had only 2 good seasons out of 7.

[@TommyMartini657_jciridje]

​@@vamoneygroup out of 4 and in Portland Adelman didn't let him play. anyhow a fast progress for a guy who is first time in NBA breaking ground for EU SG and first EU leader of a NBA. That's smth

[@vamoneygroup]

@@TommyMartini657_jciridje "First time in the NBA" . What did Olajuwon do his first season in the NBA? Glen Rice? Mutombo? Etc. He's not an all time great he had 2 good seasons. Don't lower the bar for greatness because of his skin color my brother

[@Dalmatinac3]

Petrovic basically beat the Celtics.

[@akiltrojani693]

poor Larry Bird, just look like woodcutter here. Feel sorry for him to....

[@robertkucko4196]

Največi ikada!!

[@MrAitraining]

The net teams of the early 90's were super fun to watch.

[@TheSpookyDuke]

Sad, but proud, proud but sad, our captain forever ...

[@jessicaquinones2700]

Point machine Drazen Petrovic

[@AGoat1971]

Best Yugoslav player of all time.

[@Riles3152]

It's weird and a bit sad watching Reggie Lewis guarding Drazen Petrovic. Both would be gone the very next year ...2 really good players that were still in there prime.

[@CroPETROforeverNBA]

Great upload!

[@thierrysimon5378]

Drazen is playing with GOD, and he wins. Thanks Drazen for this good times.

[@OnFight1997]

Release time puts Steph to shame. Dude already has it calculated, as soon as the ball gets to his hands it's in the hoop.

[@giacomobenedetti7177]

MITICO DRAZEN IL MOZART DEL BASKET 🧡🏀 MITO ETERNO

[@euniceenriquez3470]

Quick release accurate shooters. Hard to guard that

[@toofast7789]

Jordan even said Petrovic gave him problems

[@milosobrenovic1241]

If he had lived just one year more, he would have given him ultimate problems in the NBA finals.

[@vdLeo-je6os]

If he lived he could have become the second super star of the NBA avg 26-28 ppg Just for fun!

[@akiltrojani693]

@@vdLeo-je6os no, no, no,......38-45, just for fun....be sure

[@vdLeo-je6os]

@@akiltrojani693 Drazen was great but those days ( I mean in the 90s) very few players could avg more than 25 p. Never the less Drazen was a superstar.

[@tubenachos]

I think he would've been Top 10 SG easy if he played on

[@jessicaquinones2700]

Drazen great

[@antonijajelic2575]

Drazen was born in Sibenik 🇭🇷 Šibenik is an old Croatian Mediterranean royal city from at least 9 centuries, with 2 National Parks and about a hundred islands 🌞

[@intersanctum]

Prekrasan grad.

[@Milan1502]

@@intersanctum Nothing Croatian is old. Croatia didn't exist back then.

[@cinemaparadiso-c6p]

He was a serbian Warrior. Genética , character, skills, And cousin 2grade of dejan bodiroga.

[@marios8120]

@@cinemaparadiso-c6p Dalipagić was an croatian Warrior. Genetica, character, skills.

[@jblackj600]

nije kazes ...mora da si jako pametan neki srpski patriota kad takve glupe izjave dajes ..To sto ste vi bili pod Turcima znam da te boli,jebes Srbina koji ne Laze ..Odi ti u pasaluk turcine,a mi ćemo opet po svoje

[@timnic9242]

Petrovic is the only player in the Nets that tries to win a game... all other Nets players were pretty much mediocre player, they dont understand how to win a game.

[@MichiganHendough]

Derrick Coleman wasn't mediorce

[@timnic9242]

@@MichiganHendough why ?

[@mister_bailey]

Homie was a cold piece of work, man. 😇

[@mr.stereotypes3674]

so sad that he passed away at such a young age. Honestly, I would bet all the money in the world and beyond he would be a hall of famer, and poassibly even an mvp.

[@Borkic.na.aparatima.]

He is hall of famer😎

[@SDSOverfiend]

The Precursor to Steph Curry

[@dave474c]

+SDS Overfiend Exactly bro, exactly. Although I believe that Petrovic had more talent that Curry. Purer shooter than Curry.

[@SDSOverfiend]

dave474c Lol I'll say they are both talented...

[@dave474c]

SDS Overfiend Yeah. Curry's having a hell of a season so far. It's almost like his shooting has actually gotten better.

[@SDSOverfiend]

dave474c True... A year wiser and team chemistry is at an all-time. The team is so good.. They go into game feeling no pressure. Having good Player plays a big part knowing your gonna win atleast 90% of the time.

[@dave474c]

SDS Overfiend They're the form team right now, that's for sure. I just want Cleveland to get healthy so we can see how they play as a unit with all their key players on the court. Good to see K.Love playing well. And LeBron is just being LeBron, as expected. Smith should be back soon. Shumpert's out for about the next 3 months. God knows when Kyrie will be back. Better to have injury problems at the start of the season than at the end I guess.

[@dejanpanic3114]

forever and one

[@plonkerification]

Holly shit, what a man. Čovječe :)

[@cronikcro]

Drazen croatian legend 🇭🇷

[@velglavan6855]

Jordan doesn’t say much he just dose it. Just like petrovic

[@elcanaldejohnbo-linemanpue3143]

El mejor tirador de todos los tiempos

[@ricardolopez1228]

sin ningun tipo de duda, increible!... nada mas se la pasan, zasca!!!!!. sinceramente no he visto a nadie jamàs, màs ràpido!!!!!!

[@vaibanez17]

What a game, Drazen was a game changer. I see Luka as a clone. Drazen 2.0

[@matrix_x_]

Drazen was better player. Luka have a ball of team on him. Drazen did must earn each ball. Its totaly different time for european players today.

[@outlander234]

Completely different style of play. Petrovic was quick release shooter, can play effectively both with ball and off ball, both midrange and 3pt, which is really unique and not seen often. Is really fast pace runner, runs fast breaks very well, also and puts a good defensive effort. Of course killer instinct like the best of them. He was already 22ppg in his last season and over 50% from the field so in todays game teams would fight to get a hold of him, its like his game was built for today.

[@NPI-iz7bg]

ty Lamar for video..when u watch how Draz play 25 years ago and now GSW it's same game..sorry for bad eng. ..Happy New 2017 Year :)

[@pointgreece4331]

Yugoslav basketball school, amazing.

[@matrix_x_]

He didnt use even 5% of his talent in this game. He was great shooter but even more great technical player.

[@manuelalvarez4318]

Sam Bowie was an intelligent passer!

[@athloscore3302]

Drazen the myth !

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

Drazen Amadeus Petrovic ❤❤❤ Rip legend 😢😢😢

[@danijelhrup9715]

I didn't know that he played great defense

[@vamoneygroup]

He didn't

[@antefran238]

In today NBA that is 39+20

[@axlegallardo]

Is that sam "1985 2nd overall pick" Bowie @ 2:59?

[@MrAitraining]

Yes. Bowie had his best 3 yrs or so with the Nets. Stayed pretty healthy too. This Nets team had talent for sure. Derrick Coleman, Drazen, Kenny Anderson. Fun team to watch then.

[@TRJ2241987]

Is this Larry Bird's final game played in Hartford, Connecticut?....a photo from this game was also used on the cover of Sports Illustrated that month "Is There Life After Larry?"

[@joelb9]

European G.Shooter.O.A.T. . He would be NBA All Star but he has no-slot for All-Star line-up that days. It means walang slot. Skillwise, he would be an NBA All Star even overrated in 2000’s and todays. 🐐 Greatest European Of All Time 1. Sabonis 2. Drazen Dirk is no. 5

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

For me ,the five all time all stars are P.guard Drazen S.guard Nick the Greek S.Forward. Toni Kukoc P.Forward Dino Radja Center. Arvidas Sabonis

[@george.dim_1]

Nick Galis and Drazen the best european player all time

[@waratahfilm2350]

Drazen destroyed the legend Bird

[@dusanmaruncic1966]

Petro forever👑🇭🇷♥️👍

[@marzilyas]

Imagine if Petrovic had been playing with Sabonis instead of Chris Dudley here lol

[@rosrebel]

Regardless that petro was so good offensively ...his generally playmaking and defense was high quality .....

[@hectorecasaus2022]

The night Petrovic humiliated the great Bird!!!

[@akrivosdiavolos73]

Dude..please...it was Bird's last year, guy could hardy run or walk, back injuries.. see Celtics vs Real Madrid (with Drazen) Bird torched Drazen and Madrid....

[@tinsunara8811]

@@akrivosdiavolos73 So, he still humiliated him, you can't disagree.

[@milosobrenovic1241]

@@akrivosdiavolos73 Now you compare eggs and planes. Real Vs Celtics? Common man, MJ and Drazen together wouldn't have help Real won the Celtics back then, the other players in Real were much below NBA class of that time. This is a game of two NBA teams of similar quality while Nets where playing on the side. You're being subjective.

[@bobdole4916]

@@tinsunara8811 He won by 2 points, and it only took Bird being on his way out of the league due to massive back problems. Not really a "humiliation" there - you know? He played great, had an awesome game, but take away Bird's back problems, not even his age, just his back problems, and can you say it'd be the same outcome? I don't know that you could.

[@tinsunara8811]

@@bobdole4916 I didn't ask bro.

[@mikefolknation2851]

I always wonder what if Portland didn't get rid of Drazen for Ainge and Walter Davis. He was exactly what they needed too. A guy who could create and make clutch shots.

[@ראשאלקטרוני]

He could be a game changer vs the bad boys

[@gogalevus]

Rick Adelman just couldn't figured out how to use Drazen. Drexler, T. Porter, Ainge, Davis. Too many guards. The first year with Portland, Drazen played 12 minutes per game.

[@Michael00743]

Petrovic , Doncic , Bodiroga , kukoc , Jokic …. Five Star… bench = Stojakovic, Danilovic, Radja, Divac , G. Dragic, Aleksandar Đorđević, and Žarko Paspalj/ … Bogdanović..both / Vucevic , Delibasic, Dalipagic , Tomasevic , Zeljko Rebraca, Milos Teodosic, Miroslav Raduljica , Boban Marjanovic, Radulovic, Komazec,Perasovic, Ivanovic , Savic, Vrankovic, Vucevic , Cvjeticanin, Cutura, Radivoj Korac , Cosic , Jusuf Nurkić, Saric , Vasilije Micić…… ufffff

[@vamoneygroup]

Half of these guys are cheeks but ok I get it.

[@fluffynoses]

does anyone know why they were playing at the hartford civic center?

[@TRJ2241987]

Celtics played about a half dozen regular season games in Hartford, CT for over 20 years every single season from the 70s to 1995....once Boston Garden closed in '95, Madison Square Garden group bought the rights to the Hartford Civic Center, which meant Connecticut received Knicks local broadcasts instead of Celtics. The Celtics won about 70% of their games played in Hartford. Ever since then, the Celtics have played all of their regular season games in Boston. Once in a great while they will come up to Manchester, NH and play a preseason game at the Verizon Center.

[@HeresTheThingOfItYoutube]

Had he lived, this team would have won a title

[@tomfilus6030]

Drazen was incredible. The NBA lets a lot of overrated internationals play in the NBA who stink in order to "broaden the brand" but Drazen could hoop with anybody.

[@General_Aladeen]

better than Klay Thompson

[@gablen23]

more consistent shooter for sure, weaker defender though

[@gilbertovillarroel5604]

Obvious

[@robertchflynn]

no...

[@domagojecimovic6683]

Do you have this game saved somewhere? I'm trying to find this full game, but I don't know where to look anymore and I want to watch the whole game.

[@Zo_1987]

Offensive Juggernaut

[@kaleosin7871]

TBH this vid makes me wanna cry. Seeing what Petro could've been and Larry Legend during the end. His back made him look pathetic on defense.😞

[@albertotomba4345]

Reggie Lewis couldn't touch him this game. Such a shame for both

[@HRG75]

Why did they play in Hartford ??

[@damirgrlac3034]

Najbolji bijeli košarkaš

[@matrix_x_]

Yes. Toni Kukoc was better creator and passer but Drazen was hard working technical player and great shooter, probably best technical player on world, on same level like Jordan just not so much physically superior like Jodan was.

[@jordan7985]

I just watched Klay Thompson of the 90s

[@mUrKMusIc]

@AJ totaly agree. its too bad we never get to see his full potential. He pass away in such a young age. I said it was really the year where hes was going into his prime

[@kirksdva8310]

Legend

[@Corleone-px3nx]

Bravo

[@RiMa607]

actually his carrer high is not desrcribable in two digits :)

[@АликЖажиев-ь3т]

Любил родину

[@zukabazuka1594]

Magg najveci

[@tubenachos]

Sad to see an ailing Larry Bird here

[@kasmeria]

Was that an exhibition game? That's not an NBA arena.

[@TRJ2241987]

It was an NBA arena. Boston Celtics played in Hartford Connecticut multiple times a year every single season from the 70s to 1995. When Boston Garden closed, Madison Square Garden group bought the rights to the Hartford Civic Center, which meant the Celtics no longer played there, and Connecticut received local Knicks broadcasts instead of Celtics.

[@33bigmoney]

like klay Thompson

[@trstenik100]

stats: www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199203130BOS.html

[@cflo1386]

Automatic

[@tolistolis8277]

If adelman use him in 90 finsls around 20 min in every match ,blazers gonna take the title,they lost 4 matches with close score gap, in 92 are different finals if portland have petrovic,bulls stop the run na gun portland game ,with attacks near on end of any 24 sec offence,

[@xk3051]

Americans can only pronounce names of up to 2 syllables, lol

[@bobdole4916]

Yeah! Isn't it weird that they're only good with Spanish and French (the languages spoken in neighboring countries)? Over in Europe is so much better because they can handle so many more languages (from neighboring countries)! p.s. - you're an idiot.

[@Hezva]

i feel like they killed him

[@hansjakobli78]

Great shooter but not as good as Reggie Lewis back then in terms of overall play

[@milosobrenovic1241]

Says who, you?

[@tinsunara8811]

@@milosobrenovic1241 Pozdrav Vođo drugog Sprskog ustanka u 19.stoljeću.

[@pierovittori1076]

drop the alchool man

[@hansjakobli78]

@@pierovittori1076 haha

[@robert-alankucko2561]

😅😅😅😅

[@chucamilo]

.

[@dalecvetkovic7975]

Good player....and also a big serbhater

[@plonkerification]

good player and a good man. unlike you.

[@damyr]

LOL He was a great and righteous man. Of course he didn't hate anyone, especially not Serbs, because his father was a Serbian from Montenegro (Jovan Petrović). But he stood up and opposed against the unrighteous war when Serbs wanted to invade and enslave Croatia.

[@iiwill]

Ne brukajte se glupani.

[@ohrid59mk76]

ne verujem da je mrzeo Srbe , pa on je sam Srbin po ocu , majka mu je Hrvatica , a kako se on osjecao i deklarirao to je vec njegova privatna stvar , isto tako veroispovest je li4na stvar , ne znam jel bio katolik ili pravoslavac al je meni to nebitno , to su intimne stvari svakog coveka .

[@ohrid59mk76]

@@damyr Petrovic family have Montenegrin roots but oficially they are from village Zagora near Trebinje in east Hercegovina .

[@mmdjuric]

The worst NBA Hall of Fame member. Never best in any way any time

[@mmdjuric]

@@borkic.na..aparatima Petrovic je po ocu bio Srbin. Jos uvijek daleko od Jokica, Divca, Stojakovica u NBA

[@mmdjuric]

@@borkic.na..aparatima Aha. A sto kaze NBA statistika: prosjek cijele karijere: 15.4 poena, 2.3 uhvacenih lopti, 2.4 asistencija, 0.9 ukradenih lopti, 2.1 presjecenih lopti, 0.9 blokova po igri. Danas, a i u njegovo vrijeme, je moguce naci bar 50 NBA igraca cija je statistika bolja od Petroviceve a nisu u NBA Hall of fame.

[@mmdjuric]

@@borkic.na..aparatima Ja gledam oficijelnu NBA statistiku. Portland tada nije bio najjaci NBA tim Pored toga, spanjolski sportski list "AS" rangira Petrovica kao sutera na 15 mjestu a Stojakovica na 11. mjestu. Po sumarnoj statistici Stojakovic je ispred Petrovica. Jokiceva NBA statistika i cinjenica da je dvaput bio NBA MVP, pet puta All-star igrac cini Petrovica patuljkom u usporedbi sa Jokicem.

[@mmdjuric]

@@borkic.na..aparatima Jokic danas ima 27 godina i 7 godina NBA karijere, nekoliko rekorda NBA lige (najbolje ikad placen NBA igrac, izmedju ostalog). A ti citas necije jeftine komplimente o Petrovicu pa te to cini sretnim. Igrao je Portland finale (Petrovic sjedio na klupi) ali nije bio najbolji tim 1990, 1991 nije igrao finale. Jokic je igrac svih pozicija a Petrovic je bio samo shooting guard. Komplimenata na racun Jokica ima na desetine a od najvecih igraca i trenera NBA. Jokic nebo, Petrovic zemlja. Jokic danas protiv Thunder-a: reb 13 ast 14 to 10 pts 15

[@mmdjuric]

@@borkic.na..aparatima Eto ti sad! Jokic nesto kao trenutno dobar igrac Barselone a Petrovic rame uz rame sa Maradonom! A gledas i pratis kosarku!!! Hvala ti na ovoj zabavi.

[@rafaelsegovia6127]

Michael Jordan wanted him to join the bulls.