Remembering Dražen Petrović

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

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[JayRicci]

"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.

[seal]

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

[miguelgarcia]

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

[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.

[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

[squad]

The best of the best! Allways in my heart!

[joesakic]

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

[AMHR]

Nets number 3 forever. We love you Dražen.

[fallndestroyer]

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

[trollgrade]

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

[tmc]

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

[bazinwaz]

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

[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.

[edstababy]

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

[marinjo]

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

[heyjorn]

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

[heyjorn]

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

[lukasnikolic]

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🙏🏻.

[christianmelendez]

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.

[fraerot]

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