Remembering Dražen Petrović

On what would have been his 50th Birthday... We remember the late, great Dražen Petrović
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[@JayRicci7891]

"It was a thrill to play against Drazen. Every time we competed, he competed with an aggressive attitude. He wasnt nervous; he came at me as hard as I came at him. We had some great battles but unfortunately, they were short battles." Michael Jordan.

[@stefanpapdi5151]

Damn jordan played till 40, This week is a sad one for basketball fans I wear 44 and 3 in honor of Dražen

[@miguelgarcia21446]

This guy was like the MJ in European basketball.. Could easily average 40 points a game and then came to the NBA and barely got playing time. Once he became a Net he showed people that he could score, average over 20 points a game I believe. Sucks that he died at such a young age, could of been one of the best players ever. RIP

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

He could average 25 if he didn't die.

[@seal3081]

This is the guy that Reggie Miller said is the best shooter he has ever seen in his life. Even better than Ray Allen.

[@ushaeibrahim2214]

Not better than curry he to inspirational

[@alencavlek5134]

Drazen Petrovic ..the best Europien player all the time

[@clarkchestermayordo8520]

This is the guy who 1v1 MJ 💯

[@redant2630]

@@ushaeibrahim2214 he gave me I hard time what about curry???

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

Honestly, I do think he is better shooter than Ray Allen, he just didn't shoot soo many times like Allen did, but they are really close for me. But Curry is without competition.

[@JuXiiii]

People see him only like a shooter, but he was more than that, he could score on so many different ways, i still remember what he did to Hakeem. Život leti kapetane.

[@Hrcko29]

Thank you NBA from Croatian people

[@ChironAce]

He played with so much emotion and passion. He enjoyed being on that court, and putting on a show for basketball fans in Europe and in the States. It broke my heart when he passed away, he was one of my favorite players in the 90's

[@Seljaman]

Da nije poginuo,postao bi bolji nego Dzordan.Neka pociva u miru

[@someone-eo5cd]

ne znam bi li bio bolji od Jordana ali bi bio kao Kobe Bryant

[@fall3ndestroyer661]

Captain, you'll always be our no. 1, we all miss you so much...

[@trollgrade5897]

R.I.P. Just found out about him, read about him some and he seems like a guy who could've been the GOAT.

[@bazinwaz6883]

The man with the 100_+ point game! one of the best shooters to ever play! and one of the best passers, if he would've had more play time people would call him the goat

[@PWNED5805]

He didn't have an 100+ point game atleast not in the NBA

[@toniparada24]

basketball is not just in nba pwned5805

[@skelata]

He scored 112 points here in Europe in one game which is 40 minutes, not 48 like in the NBA. I'm Croatian and I miss him so much... Život leti kapetane!

[@xxa5]

HAHAHHAHAHA he is not passer he is most selfish player you could ever see, great offensive player but no defense and he would never pass ball.

[@lukamartinko2821]

@@xxa5 you must be Serbian

[@high-defRJ]

Imagine his career starting in the NBA and having about 13~16 year career. No doubt that he would've been a player with: multiple All-Star appearances; a title of best shooter ever; likely mention as a second best shooting guard in the 1990s behind MJ (alongside Drexler and Miller); a possible MVP candidate; a definite mention as one of the greats to ever play the game; and possibly be able to come close to winning the championship (Conference Finals at least). But regardless of what could have been, I'm glad to have watched him play. He's my favorite player of all time.

[@AM45HR]

Nets number 3 forever. We love you Dražen.

[@tmc02086]

Reggie Miller: Dražen Petrović, The best shooter I've ever seen in my life.

[@edstababy]

Never knew him but R.I.P just a pure baller.

[@joesakic91]

Before Dirk Nowitzki and Peja Stojakovic became lethal sharpshooters, Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc led the way.

[@joshycasuga2555]

He is one of the greatest player ever

[@lukasnikolic2923]

Croatian Nets fan here. Dražen was without a doubt, the best players of our country in the post-yugoslavia era and is sadly gone too soon. Laka ti je zemlja Dražene, rest in peace🙏🏻.

[@DurkMcGerk]

I started watching Dražen when he came to Portland. He could easily back up Clyde at that position but yeah, sadly he got short minutes. But they were dynamite minutes. I was sad to see him leave for the Nets because Portland's bench just got weaker, but really happy for him because I knew he would have a chance to shine on another team. I liked hearing Clyde talk about the Blazers "Dražen watch" where they would all talk about watching his most recent game.

[@christianmelendez6787]

I think I've heard of this guy. My dad had mentioned how great of a player he was and that he got killed in a crash on the Autobahn. I still really don't know a whole lot about him though.

[@croKingRIncho93]

Kapetan!!! RIP

[@heyjorn2461]

Oh Petrov the Scoring Machine what a energetic player he was dope!

[@marinjo036]

because of him, I started playing basketball..legend..

[@takermyfriend]

One of the best! RIP.

[@heyjorn2461]

Petrovic led the nba in 3pts % from 1991-1993 he was like Curry before Curry. He was the first european star first guy who surprised ppl in USA. Remember in that time not even coatches didnt believe in euro players it was not like right now and talking about players Drazen had to go against dope. That fake he did to Hakeem like beat him in his own style of play that was just genious epic

[@fraerot]

ooo this guy was a scoring phenomenal ...killer machine

[@xevan]

R.I.P. He could've been the GOAT if he kept playing.

[@pistolpete6796]

+AddictedToGreatness yes he would be the G.O.A.T because he was Michael Jordan in Europe and had amazing numbers in the nba he would have been probably one of the best in his position

[@snjezakucko8258]

Najbolji ikada!!

[@RejectAllCookies13]

shame he died so young,he would have been maybe the greatest european player to play in the NBA,my idol

[@EminemRapper9]

jimmyy13 he is the best european player to ever play in the NBA

[@Proka99]

Stvarno lepo hvala nba

[@luisbaez87]

My favorite player

[@mjvcaiisme2010]

One of the best European players to ever play in the league! R.I.P.

[@thefunnysportsman774]

Man that guy was great!

[@saelind73]

I'll take that @0:13 against a 3pts shoot anytime. What a beauty!😍 The Mozart of Basket, we used to call him. I grew up watching him play here in Europe and loved him ever since. His premature death was a shock. 😢

[@ThaTruth223]

you probably weren't born when he was alive in the league.so with that being said,if you haven't witnessed what he use to do to jordan or in a game in general then you should never say he's overrated

[@wl77185]

Miss you Mozart !

[@jugoslavsubotic4776]

Lično mi je pružao ruku. Bio sam mali pionir 😢😢😢

[@lshooterl]

Never let a girl drive when you sleeping RIP Petrovic.

[@tsmo2235]

"no matter how much they dont like it there is room for europeans in the nba"-DraZen Petrovic

[@yohjia4481]

If you wanna see a good story! look up 30 for 30 friends forever! Drazen and Vladde!

[@giltpr]

i just saw it. thank you for the info brother

[@akinth55589]

ricardo gil how the hell did you see it if you commented 12 minutes after him and the vid is about 42 min

[@dirknowitzki6974]

akinyele thomas Hit e'm with the bruh button! LMAO

[@jay-rreyes1808]

akinyele thomas he didn't say he saw the whole video. he might mean he saw the title with the thumbnail on you tube.

[@OvieKovy]

Unbelievanle shooter

[@TheEmperorOfTheWorld]

Best European player of all time and would've ended up being a top 10 player of all time

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

Maybe not top 10 of all time, but he could definitely be one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA.

[@felixdefrance4430]

Best player ever!

[@tiborkalovics9589]

Drazen Petrovic and Wilt Chamberlain talking in basketball-heaven. WC: I scored 100 points in one game. DP: Hold my beer! Drazen was the greatest european player of all time.

[@samcapper3750]

Great ❤

[@jrreeseii]

Who’s here from it is what it is 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@WafeWegu]

Happy birthday captain and thank you!

[@KreyzAim]

I feel like he could've been known as the Jordan stopper. Once Petrovic had the ball, Jordan couldn't defend him.

[@3AsianBoi]

***** But Drazen destroyed the 1988 Olympics I believe

[@3AsianBoi]

I know, but still beat them and no country was as good as USA in Olympics in basketball in my opinion once they let players who weren't rookies to play in it

[@3AsianBoi]

Yeah my mistake haha! One of my favourite players haha

[@russellrv]

***** At that time you could not be a full time professional and participate in the Olympics which the U.S. were perfectly happy with as long as they were winning. As soon as they started losing the U.S. forced through the changes to allow full time players to participate and hence the "DREAMTEAM" was born.

[@russellrv]

It was only not fair when the US started losing. The majority of international players were still semi-professional or had to be fully supported by their governments (ie living in sports institutes). When the dream team went to the Barcelona games they hired out the whole hotel, every other team stayed in the village. You can't even compare them to each other.

[@laggysaggy]

i heard he dropped 100 +pts one game in europe

[@ziginaigra]

112

[@miha7477]

He dropped 112 for croatian nacional team

[@washingtonteodoro8712]

jogador espetacular.

[@anishkhajuria4494]

The documentary was 👌

[@seal3081]

Wow he is really good.

[@SkidZChannel]

It's all about gettin buckets and this man got a lot of buckets.

[@MegaDAli95]

He made a killer combo with Divac and Kukoc

[@jscide3671]

BRUH THIS DUDE SHOULD BE 99

[@FBL619]

Zivot leti kapetane !

[@andrijamartinec8082]

Time flies captain...

[@ziginaigra]

in top 10 sg-s ever

[@MBogdos96]

Together with Sabonis they make the most unlucky duo to ever play in the NBA. If they had a chance to work in the NBA environment like young guys today, MJ may not be considered the greatest of all time.

[@8RuTu5]

dont know about MJ but they would definitely be up there at the very top if it wasnt for stupid politics

[@MBogdos96]

8RuTu5 That's just my opinion. And it wasn't only a matter of politics, Sabonis came back from a completely torn Achilles tendon twice.

[@break5033]

MBogdos96 i love drazen but dude comparing him to mj is silly,u obviously arent old enough to make such statements

[@MBogdos96]

Child in time No no no, you don't understand, the whole point of the comment lies in the IF!

[@joejohnson6013]

Child in time sabonis can be compared to Michael imo

[@Fllemingo]

They didn't show how he FAKED Olajuwon the fuck out.

[@Buraztebra]

Dražen Petrović počivao u miru RIP

[@user-gf9eo3vj9n]

R.I.P

[@enverhasi3574]

He even Played Jordan out. Best Basketball Player ever

[@helf8509]

Petrooo for 3!

[@trvspvrk]

Nets Legend

[@daviderossi1675]

love you forever aza

[@veledj]

❤❤❤

[@MrAlisted619]

RIP Drazen ur were a good point :(

[@SquattingxBear]

That's why you dont let women drive.

[@nikolalazic8638]

Legenda kosarke!!

[@blackops2435]

Rip my man

[@ToxaKastela]

last 2 pictures makes me totally sad.. :(

[@UrsulaKeko]

The first one who showed that is not just only for black Guys Balkan Power bro no limit

[@MRRACC0]

What a beast

[@GamingSk1llz]

R.I.P

[@markonikolovski4502]

Drazen and Vlade !

[@antonivtiradv302]

#HALA #MADRID 🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🌐

[@davidbyron7155]

The most toughest and aggressive white guy on court ever. Rip

[@quintinbrown3632]

When they say remembering makes me think that he died ans thats sad

[@TheMostAmazingTroll]

R.I.P.

[@dwade9]

Rest in peace

[@GOKU8831]

RIP🙏🙏

[@paintballJohn2]

RIP

[@markovangjeli7982]

Allah bless Drazen Petrovic

[@Diari]

Can't believe he died so young and early in his career :/

[@MrAntjw23]

Rip :(

[@ShotDead247]

He was the defenses PET peeve!

[@Magicstockton]

Can't believe his life ended as a passenger in a VW Golf. Just bogus.

[@jerado14]

He and I have our Bday on the same day

[@fawazza]

The Michael Jordan embarrasser! It seems like all the players who owned MJ would die. Like Reggie Lewis :(. The best always die first in all sports.

[@AnontheGOAT]

I recommended everyone watch ESPN's 30 for 30 on him and Vlade Divac.

[@TimMiami44]

+Ryder Nelson Yes, he died at 28 years in 1993 of a car accident....

[@Yoner07]

¿No ponen los increíbles movimientos que hacía?

[@carnagewolf1]

Rip

[@antonivtiradv302]

00:47

[@liviucalmuschi2089]

What's the song?

[@SV-bx5lr]

he made 199 free throws in a row in a practice once

[@waratahfilm2350]

Drazen was much more spectacular when he played for Cibona with his afro

[@Titova-prababa]

Best Croatian player ever

[@poopoojoel123]

How did he pass he was really good

[@robertmatthews4752]

Car accident

[@lokesh5600]

Hi

[@TimMiami44]

+flpsyco03 Yes, he died at 28 years in 1993 of a car accident....