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Chapters: Dražen Petrović, Žarko Paspalj, Toni Kukoč, Željko Obradović, Žan Tabak, Dino Rađa, Željko Rebrača, Stojko Vranković, Dejan Tomašević, Krešimir Ćosić, Branislav Prelević, Predrag Danilović, Velimir Perasović, Jure Zdovc, Dragan Tarlać, Mirza Delibašić, Dušan Ivković, Svetislav Pešić, Aleksandar Nikolić, Arijan Komazec, Vatroslav Piacun, Zoran Savić, Dragan Kićanović, Aleksandar Petrović, Saša Obradović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Zoran Radović, Ivo Daneu, Duško Ivanović, Franjo Arapović, Haris Brkić, Zdravko Radulović, Žarko Varajić, Mirko Novosel, Vinko Jelovac, Miroslav Pecarski, Zoran Čutura, Aleš Pipan, Ivica Maric, Davor Pejčinović, Emilio Kovačić, Ivica Žurić, Slaviša Koprivica, Darko Pahlić,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dražen Petrović, (October 22, 1964 - June 7, 1993) was a professional basketball player from Croatia. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989. Petrović's life and career were cut short by an auto accident in Germany when he was 28. A star on multiple stages, Petrović earned two silver medals and one bronze in Olympic basketball, a gold and a bronze in the FIBA World Championship, a gold and a bronze in the FIBA European Championship, earned four Euroscar Awards, and was named Mr. Europa in basketball twice. Seeking a bigger arena after his career start in Europe, Petrović joined the National Basketball Association in 1989 as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. After playing mostly off the bench that year, Petrović experienced a break-out following a trade to the New Jersey Nets, starting and becoming one of the league's best shooting guards. Petrović is considered the crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day ...http://booksllc.net/?id=679825 ... Read more