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Vlade Divac is a Serbian male basketball player and actor. Born in Prijepolje in 1968, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association. His professional career spanned from 1983 to 2005. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers and also played for KK Sloga, KK Crvena zvezda, and KK Partizan.
Divac represented Yugoslavia in international competition, including the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1986 FIBA World Championship. He received the NBA All-Rookie Team, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, and FIBA Hall of Fame honors. He resides in Prijepolje and speaks Serbian.
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Prijepolje, Serbia
Vlade Divac is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. Divac spent most of his playing career in the NBA.
Known for
- The Lost Dream Team — Self2025
- The First Champion's Balcony - From the Hell of War and Sanctions to European Gold in '95 — Himself (archive footage)2025
- If They Are Roses, They Will Bloom — Himself2025
- Hoop Cities - NBA Feature Documentary — Self2023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- 250 Steps — Himself2017
- Tapavica — Himself2016
- Svetislav Pesic, More Than a Coach — Himself2015
- Make It Happen — Himself2013
- There Is a Team — Himself2012
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1999
- Crvena zvezda
- Preceded by
- Ivan Ćurković
- Succeeded by
- Božidar Maljković
- Born
- ( 1968-02-03 ) February 3, 1968 (age 58) , Prijepolje , SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- Basketball player sports administrator basketball executive businessman
- Listed height
- 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
- Listed weight
- 260 lb (118 kg)
- Nba draft
- 1989 : 1st round, 26th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Playing career
- 1983–2005
- Position
- Center
- Number
- 12, 21
- 1983 1986
- Sloga
- 1986 1989
- Partizan
- 1989 1996
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 1996 1998
- Charlotte Hornets
- 1999 2004
- Sacramento Kings
- 2004 2005
- Los Angeles Lakers
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Serbia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Prijepolje
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Participant in
- 2002 FIBA World Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- Yugoslavia
- Mass
- 118
- Image
- Vlade Divac 2016-mc.rs (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 217
- Residence
- Prijepolje
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- Commons category
- Vlade Divac
- date of birth
- 1968-02-03
- drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- name in native language
- Владе Дивац
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ʋlǎːde dǐːʋats]; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and a former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
At 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), Divac played center and, unlike many centers, was known for his passing skills. He was among the first group of European basketball players to transfer to the NBA in the late 1980s and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. He is one of seven players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, and 1,500 blocked shots, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Pau Gasol. Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA. Divac was named to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. On August 20, 2010, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of his play in international competition. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
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