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Vlade Divac

Vlade Divac
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Divac in 2007
Sacramento Kings
Position General Manager
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1968-02-03) February 3, 1968 (age 48)
Prijepolje, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight 243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career 1983–2005
Position Center
Number 12, 21
Career history
1983–1986 Sloga
1986–1989 Partizan
19891996 Los Angeles Lakers
19961998 Charlotte Hornets
1999 Crvena zvezda
19982004 Sacramento Kings
2004–2005 Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 13,398 (11.8 ppg)
Rebounds 9,326 (8.2 rpg)
Blocks 1,631 (1.4 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ʋlǎːde dǐːʋats]; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings.

Divac spent most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 7 ft 1 in, he played center and 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, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol and Hakeem Olajuwon. Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA. On August 20, 2010, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of his play in international competition.

Aside from being noticed for his basketball abilities, Divac is also known as a humanitarian, helping children in his native country of Serbia, and in Africa. In October 2008, he was appointed as government adviser in Serbia for humanitarian issues. In February 2009, he was elected President of the Serbian Olympic Committee for a 4-year term and re-elected in November 2012. In 2013, Divac received an honor from the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.


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