The Petrovic-Divac friendship that was “broken” together with Yugoslavia and the meaningful hug in the friendly for Drazen

To her credit 60th anniversary since his birth Drazen Petrovicthe packed Arena Zagreb welcomed numerous Croatian and European basketball stars to a friendly match. Among others, were found there Luka Doncic, Boban Marjanovic, Ivica Zubac, Dario Saricwhile veteran players also appeared.

The show-stealing scene of the night took place between the deceased athlete’s mother, Biserka Petrovichand of the once great tall Vlade Divac. The two of them they embraced warmlyin one move with meaning, as it exists intense past between Divac and Drazen.

The two excelled with her national of Yugoslaviapaved the way for the rest Europeans in the NBA, but their relationship was dragged down by the vortex of conflict dividing them into camps Serbia and Croatia respectively. The death of Petrovich the 1993 in a car accident he never gave the possibility to the two old friends to find each other…

Nevertheless, Mr Divas for years he has put the past behind him and always refers to Petrovich as his brother, constantly emphasizing the fact that the latter’s death never let him rebuild his relationship with him.

“Unfortunately, he left us young. He was the best among us, I am glad to be here today. It is sad that he is not with us, but it is nice that with this kind of event we remember the best among us, that these young people know who Drazen was, that he opened the door for all of us, and that this memory never fades.

Drazen was above all a worker. We all had talent, but he reached the heights with his work. He never gave up, he was a fighter. Unfortunately, he left when he should have realized his dreams and become one of the best players in the NBA, even though he wasn’t an All-Star, he was for me.”said Divas on camera for his old friend, showing that even war he never actually managed to separate them…