Meet Vlade Divac - The guy who was traded for Kobe Bryant

[@BasketballFundamentals]

You mean Vlade Divac - A Hall of Famer and two time World Champion?? Very disrespectful to base his career on a trade for a teenager Kobe Bryant.

[@jamesbrickner5159]

Its the title of the video, don't comment unless you actually watch it. This guy does a real thorough job on every video.

[@BasketballFundamentals]

@@jamesbrickner5159 I know Im subscribed and I love his vids.

[@tjplaya5898]

He won zero championships, and was a 1-time all-star. He did have a good career, though. Got drafted in '89, just after the Lakers 5 championships in the 80s (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988).….

[@tjplaya5898]

It's not disrespect... Kobe became a great player, and won 5 championships in LA... I think Vlade was okay with it, as the Lakers had just signed Shaq as a free agent.

[@aleksandar8090]

@@tjplaya5898 he said two world championship!!!Not NBA!America is not world! And if vlade was not have good career,you know soo much about basketball, there is no point talking anymore!

[@chefqxe]

Divac was always very clever with the pass. I'm a big fan of his game.

[@samuelsholder2789]

I bet Kobe would have agreed

[@Jburg15]

@MUFC No

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

Vlade the LEGEND.RIP Kobe.That news hit hard here in Serbia.

[@aguilareal1725]

Vlade Divak great Los Angeles Laker player, he was part of L.A. Laker history.

[@nikolaradulovic5283]

@Steve Jobs lool you must be fun at parties

[@Mitke420]

@Steve Jobs well at least we have our own players we don't need to put African migrants in our team to be first

[@stefansmyname215]

Steve Jobs hahahha and what have u done in your life loser? I can buy u lmao

[@AkiFrm63]

@Steve Jobs Pravis fake akaunt da kenjas o svojim ocevima(srbima) mali hrvat misli da je mudo neko hahahahah

[@confucius2616]

Divac was a hell of a player. Can’t take anything away from him

[@scottipippen6554]

For all you kids out there: watch "Once Brothers", a documentary about the friendship between Vlade and the late Drazen Petrovic. Two heros of European Basketball!

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

very nice and wise words of great Scotti Pippen xD

[@destinyrose2967]

seen it not better than kobe movie tho

[@jawa2685]

As a kid I always ALWAYS loved DIVAC . That's my dude

[@darlynvuksanovic2151]

BIG RESPECT FOR DIVAC!!!! 🇷🇸

[@poeticjustice8339]

@MUFC get the frick outta bruh

[@danilomomcilovic1481]

Slatka sii sve ti kiselo

[@SinicizedTurk]

I am glad that Divac was an NBA All Star to add to his wonderful list of accolades. Always a fan of his

[@edvardthomson7264]

Divac was a very very solid player. Respect to Divac

[@THUG4LIFEBABYYY]

solid ? :S

[@JayJay-xy5ch]

@@THUG4LIFEBABYYY yes.

[@THUG4LIFEBABYYY]

@@JayJay-xy5ch personally i dont agree with your epithet .. he wasnt olajuwon but i think that he was more than solid ... bogdanovic is solid hahah

[@strahinjastevic7480]

A Hall of Famer can't be just "solid"

[@green285]

Vlade, great passing, post moves and great flops

[@toamataafa9463]

Always admire Vlade’s game..much respect. RIP KOBE “MAMBA” and Princess GIGI🙏🙏❤️

[@sheldonharvey8306]

I see a lot of Magic Johnson influence in Vlade's game.

[@smokesgtp]

Always loved Vlade's game. Was a heavy smoker too and still balled out.

[@Nikola-if5jm]

8:27 "Šta drkaš dole nanan trojci... šutiraj odma jebote" xD legenda

[@cocosloan3748]

What did he say? "I will fuck up Kobe's "bird" one day-you will see" ? And he did it! Serbian mafia never forget!

[@Nikola-if5jm]

@@cocosloan3748 What the hell are u talking about!? He litteraly said "Why are you jacking off on 3 pointer.. Just take a fucking shot" Something like that. There is no reason to blame him for that wtf

[@milanmihajlovic8569]

Hahahaha kratko i jasno.

[@GoranArsic76]

@@cocosloan3748 wtf???

[@kalinamarsenic6732]

@@cocosloan3748 he didnt said that.,dont need to be ride😉

[@ExceptionalPleb]

Thank you for this video! That laker team with Vlade, Elden Campbell, Cedric Ceballos, Eddie Jones, and Nick Van Excel was favorite. I remember stories of Vlade running out of GW Forum during halftime and smoking a cigarette! LOL He was European to the bone

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

True

[@samhamza4691]

He can be anything but European serbs are mongols they came to that part of Europe with turks

[@prodajemnekretninu5623]

@@samhamza4691 you are mongoloid!!

[@warriorsonly9966]

Preach!!! Awsome team bro.

[@wddub9075]

Exceptional Pleb That was a nice team to watch. Who was the coach then?

[@rasras21a]

Excellent English in his first year ... Vlade is truly legend in Serbia.He was legend here years before Kobe started to play in NBA. Of course trade with Charlotte was a brilliant job for Lakers.

[@forgoatusbm5674]

While he was in Charlotte, he had the reputation as one of the nicest guys in town.

[@systematicjim9295]

Great tribute to Vlade. He earned it.

[@mladen83db]

Vlade divac was best of the best , yugoslavian champion , european chapion , world chanpion , , and legend in NBA

[@Bojser]

So sorry Sacramento didn't won championship, one of best teams ever!

[@carrrexx7190]

Didn't won? Come on, you're better than that junior.

[@rmarley2100]

😭😂🤣😭

[@carrrexx7190]

I really hate language incompetence. These phuckers think it's cool to speak like a jerk off. Rap shit is a cancerous low life acceptable failure of millennials........ Whew, I feel better. ☺ Lol, blow me junior!

[@nikolaradulovic5283]

@@carrrexx7190 ever thought that maybe English is not their first language? lol

[@nikolaradulovic5283]

@@carrrexx7190 also you're talking like a real boomer

[@raketa90]

Rest in peace Kobe! 😔

[@cocosloan3748]

Yeah Probly Divac fucked up his "bird" Serbian never forget-remember that :)

[@dragob7780]

Great player and a nice guy. You can also check the documentary ONCE BROTHERS about Divac and Drajen Petrovic.

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

Drazen*

[@madnessblood92ifg]

Divac is not going to be remembered as the guy who was traded for kobe..dont disrespect him like that..he will be remembered for the kings and laker battles..his name is a candidate for the hall of fame this year

[@aleksjeff3088]

He already got into the HoF.

[@madnessblood92ifg]

So im off a couple months...he got in earlier this year

[@aleksjeff3088]

@@madnessblood92ifg Yea it's official.

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

i cant agreed more with you.Vlade je LEGENDA

[@branislavjankovic9707]

Great video! Thanks for this!

[@filippanic3113]

🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸4ever divac & pedja stojakovic

[@TheJoker-dn9nb]

Tako je

[@SrbinHercegovac]

Sacramento Kings was best team when Divac played there. But somehow they always lose from Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich. I hated it. Now it's been 20 years since then wow time goes fast, very fast.

[@MuddyPoppins]

Robbed...Sactown and Vlade deserved that ring!! The “greats” conversation would be much different, peppered with mentions of Webber, Peja, and Vlade,...forever secured with that Ring.

[@FrederickFokker]

Robbed is right. And it wasn't even like it was subtle. They were robbed and millions of people saw it live.

[@JohnEpi]

When you remember Divac is like when you remember that there were no good power forwards in Europe , and then there was him . Even his name is legentary . I would have him anyday instead the Shaq of potatoes they had as a center ...

[@FrederickFokker]

I know you're giving respect to Vlade (and he sure as hell deserves respect) but picking him over Shaq AKA Godzilla is a bit of a stretch. I mean the NBA changed the rules of the game (zone defense) because Shaq was unstoppable. The reason every NBA game is now a 3 point shooting contest is because of the change to zone defenses, and the reason we have zone D is because of Shaq. Not trying to start shit, just saying...Vlade and Shaq were not interchangeable. A better comparison would be taking Vlade over a toxic piece of shit like Dwight Howard.

[@cav65]

Vlade Divac was great ..gr8 trade for both r.i.p to all heli victims.

[@supersonic5792]

Vlade is a nice guy and very clever.

[@Coach_Vedo]

4:41 he stayed in LA till 1996, not 1986..

[@rjgamble2551]

Vlade very much so a Legend no doubt

[@chaz200711]

I think Jokic definitely took a few pages from his book on passing lol

[@notoriousb.i.z.5342]

I remember him from the movie Eddie!

[@GaborSzitas22]

love the vids keep it up!

[@rice6682]

Divac and Sabonis were 2 of the best

[@Latro84]

I loved when Serbia played lituania .. two strong basketball nations

[@aleksandar8090]

Great video man!

[@partizanovacpartizanovcic2018]

divac the best

[@FreddieBlaze]

Awesome Bro, Love All Your Videos!✊

[@aleksrako2302]

3 things made him special in that age He had God given Hands, One of the best IQ's just below jokic level, He played the game weather it was the world championships or NBA finals he played it like a KID he was the guy who made the game fun he played as if he was in his back yard playing with his friends no mater what.

[@rotgreen8102]

I think they were the 90s Golden State Warriors. So much love, enthusiasm, finesse, for the game and for eachother. By they way thank you Chris Webber to pull up your heart after that trade and be the man for the Sacramento Kings.

[@Shadow_2055]

Awesome video!!!

[@ralphnuolo3359]

We love Kobe Bryan but cmon , this warrior was another beast , respect

[@BrandonHardy100]

Who's kobe Bryan

[@OVERSEEROFRAP]

I was so glad he got traded he didn’t sign my program book at the forum

[@eduardonavarro1873]

I loved Vlade on my Lakers team

[@Icecodes]

Divac was unpredictable clutch

[@DHANK88]

Vlade and the Kings were a pretty good team

[@zeberdee83]

What is the name of the song?? 1:00 at the start:) great tribute btw:)

[@stojanmartic]

Legenda

[@darj617]

There's been controversy in the Balkans since Dino Radja was inducted into the HoF before Kukoc and Divac, lot of heated debate whether it was deserving and whatnot.

[@NehemiahRyan]

How about the controversy that Vlade got in before CWebb?

[@rankoorovic7904]

@@NehemiahRyan Divac and Radja got in in the international category not in the NBA one. They would never qualified in the NBA category.

[@strahinjastevic7480]

@@NehemiahRyan C Webb has a controversies stuck to his name, that's probably why but as said before vlade is in the international category and certainly is was HoF materia, if you dissagree you're just ignorant.

[@KhiryDoom]

I remember Vlade

[@alxnd_r6345]

How can you put this title? Vlade Divac the guy?

[@df4480]

Vlade Divac > Dwight Howard

[@luisclaudioneves2559]

Divac was the first foreigner player to understand the level of NBA.Oscar Shimity was responsible for the first dream team When Brasil Won Pan American 1989 but Divac despite never won a championship he had to learned a lot of things and he did like no one.

[@kray97]

Vlade almost killed the trade by threatening to retire. Jerry West had to talk him back.

[@stefandrakche]

I'm from Serbia and love him, but let's be real, he was a chian smoker and a party man. No way to be consistent. He would win European cup or the world cup but get waisted afterwards. Moments of graitnes in between

[@benblexbenblex]

Do a video on van excel, ceballos, and cambell lakers

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

2 minute mark: Curtis Mayfield Sample: "Give me your love". phat, I like it.

[@77iam97]

Legend

[@hanj31]

They would become teammates later down the line as he would return to LA

[@whiteknight7227]

When Women in LA used to love Man

[@marcoverdejo8235]

Dirac is amazing

[@ncburg0s]

7:20 -the way basketball should be... missing 90s basketball...

[@immediamalcoccinello483]

Didn't know Jean Reno was a baller

[@rokirambo648]

Divac is my hero as i child. But Divac did not pick Luka.😭😭😭 This will hunt him for a long time.

[@SrbinHercegovac]

Three things I remember from that time are Sacramento, Madonna and Naseem Hamad😄😄😄😄😄

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

gde se seti Hamada jbt hahahahah

[@fireman12redsusman28]

This guy obviously wasn't around when Divac was. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY who watched this guy play remembers him as the guy who was traded for Kolbe.

[@Uchiha267]

Divac kralj.

[@Aircholo]

3:56 B-REAL FROM CYPRESS HILL

[@geeknows2189]

Vlade stayed in 1986? Man, he was drafted in 1989, maybe it was 1996.

[@notoriousb.i.z.5342]

R.I.P.

[@noegojimmy]

Not all Chetniks were funny, but this one was clown class.

[@noegojimmy]

@Anti Sjw What the fuck has the fuck of mine to do with yours?

[@noegojimmy]

@Anti Sjw Sorry... I've forgotten to claim I am a communist and You are delusional.

[@noegojimmy]

@Anti Sjw Thank You.

[@Official_RhinoGames]

13 February yust like Hajduk Split

[@mitr0785]

Ofc when he is from Serbia , #ripkobe

[@ChikaNeca]

Divac was pure talent, guy had questionable work ethic (to say the least) and smoked cigs, true Serbian domaćin

[@PaulJackson729]

You can't really blame the Hornets. They had just lost Larry Johnson to free agency. So, do they go with a veteran 7ft center at a position of need, or do they take a chance on a young 18-19 year old straight out of high school who has yet to prove himself in the NBA? I don't fault the Hornets at all for that trade. Very few predicted that Kobe would be the player that he would eventually become.

[@FrederickFokker]

I dunno...being traded for Kobe is hardly an insult. Being traded for someone like...Christian Laetner? THAT would be insulting.

[@adamfeldman8713]

Very🆒👍

[@damirnukovic]

He's from Prijepolje

[@icxcnikasrb]

Jeste

[@icxcnikasrb]

Ivanje 😁

[@lukad332]

The title makes it seem like Vlade was shit .. he's a legend !

[@jayvous5957]

Vlade was good too

[@houseWorkOnly]

meet vlade divac hahah

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

hahah Dejan Dimovski,nmg da verujem,kao moj najbolji ortak.Jos mi reci i da te zovu DIma! hahahaha ludilo

[@houseWorkOnly]

@@TheDreserDeviant69 a eto brate, ima nas dosta cak 🙂 ja sam Dime uglavnom

[@tayeebhussain5014]

Why do they trade a centre for a shooting guard is it not meant to be a like for like trade.

[@ivanmrdja061]

In today NBA he would be a beast... Just look Jokic. Divac could do all that just much faster.

[@williamlee7672]

In hindsight of course it was bad to trade. But if we could all see in hindsight the teams before Charlotte should have drafted Kobe too.

[@iggymarr]

Divac useed his wit (not 195kg)u know what i mean

[@sunshine-hp3wj]

What do you think about Dani avdija?

[@adnansehovic3260]

Jokic before Jokic

[@shaktiwarrior3450]

Vlade whyd you have to tip it to Horry.........................

[@kd6dash3dot7]

He passes

[@balkanshorts44]

Potpisao priznanje Kosova da bi sačuvao suprugu zatvora... Jaka ličnost.

[@balkanshorts44]

@Fuck Everybody daleko bilo, da dođe neko da me tera iz rođene kuće, daleko bilo.

[@mustang7603]

Floppy Divac!!! Best trade the Lake show ever made!!!

[@gearzone2611]

Professional flops to Vlad. Ugly fake flops to Lebron.

[@patrickwilliams1624]

He was good but great, I don't think so!!! I apologise, I know he wasn't great!!!

[@bogibatina6979]

RIP VLADE DIVAC

[@michaelpetrovich5353]

He is not dead.

[@giovanigrande7239]

Sex droga bodiroga

[@samhamza4691]

You take your orthodox head out you guys have no idea what you’re grandfathers did in Balkans

[@yowhatsmyname]

Slow rebounder. Stop doing random players.

[@lux637]

Binh Nguyen get the fuck outta here!😭