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People[link]

• Alberto J. Mora (b. 1951), General Counsel of the United States Navy (2001–2006)
• Alfonso Mora (b. 1964), Venezuelan former tennis player
• Bruno Mora (1937–1986), Italian football player and coach
• Cristian Mora (b. 1979), Ecuadorian football goalkeeper
• F. Luis Mora (1874–1940), Hispanic American artist and illustrator
• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934), Hungarian writer
• Georges Mora (1913–1992), German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaurateur
• Jim E. Mora (b. 1935), former National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League head coach
• Jim L. Mora (b. 1961), former NFL head coach, son of Jim E. Mora
• Jim Mora (broadcaster), New Zealand television and radio presenter
• Jo Mora (1876–1947), American artist from Uruguay
• Joaquín Mora Fernández (1786–1862), provisional head of state of Costa Rica in 1837
• José Mora (1638–1725), Spanish sculptor
• José Francisco Mora (b. 1981), Spanish footballer
• Juan Mora Fernández (1784–1854), Costa Rica's first elected head of state, brother of Joaquín Mora Fernández
• Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814–1860), President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Juan Luis Mora (b. 1973), Spanish retired football goalkeeper
• Melvin Mora (b. 1972), Venezuelan professional baseball player
• Miguel Mora Porras (1816–1887), President of Costa Rica in 1849
• Mirka Mora (b. 1928), French-born Australian visual artist
• Naima Mora (b. 1984), Americas Next Top Model Cycle 4 winner
• Néstor Mora (1963–1995), Colombian cyclist
• Octavio Mora (b. 1965), Mexican former footballer
• Philippe Mora (b. 1949), French-born Australian film director
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• Sergio Mora Sánchez (b. 1979), Spanish footballer
• Tiriel Mora (b. 1958), Australian television and film actor
• Víctor Mora (b. 1931), pseudonym of Eugenio Roca, a Spanish writer of comic books
• Víctor Mora (athlete) (b. 1944), Colombian long-distance runner

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• Mora (drink) in Costa Rica, a drink consisting of blackberry juice, water and sugar
• Mora IK, Mora Ishockeyklubb, a Swedish professional ice hockey club
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• Mora (mythology), in Slavic mythology
• Mora (plant), a genus of plants in the pea family Fabaceae
• Mora (ship), the flagship of William the Conqueror
• Mora, a villain from Power Rangers: S.P.D.

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• Morra (disambiguation)

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Dražen Petrović

Dražen Petrović with the New Jersey Nets.
No. 44, 3, 4, 10, 5
Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born	(1964-10-22)October 22, 1964 Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Died	June 7, 1993(1993-06-07) (aged 28) Denkendorf, Germany
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 60th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	1979–1993
Career history
1979–1983	KK Šibenka (Yugoslavia)
1984–1988	KK Cibona (Yugoslavia)
1988–1989	Real Madrid (Spain)
1989–1991	Portland Trail Blazers
1991–1993	New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
6× European Player of the Year: 4× Euroscar Award (1986, 1989, 1992–1993) 2× Mr. Europa Award (1986, 1993) All-NBA Third Team (1993) FIBA World Championship MVP (1986) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) #3 Retired by the New Jersey Nets
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,461 (15.4 ppg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Dražen Petrović (pronounced [drǎʒɛn pɛ̌trɔʋit͡ɕ]) (October 22, 1964 – June 7, 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989. Petrović died in a car accident at the age of 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 six European Player of the Year awards (four Euroscar Awards, and was named Mr. Europa in basketball twice). In 1985 he received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia.

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. While starting for the Nets, he became one of the league's best shooting guards.

Petrović is considered the crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day mass influx of European players into the NBA.^[1] Petrović's #3 was retired by the Nets in 1993 and in 2002, he was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.^[2]

Early years[link]

Born in Šibenik, Yugoslavia (today Croatia), Dražen Petrović was the second child of Jovan and Biserka Petrović. His father was born in the village of Zagora, near Trebinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of Serb origin.^[3][4][5][6] His mother was born in Bilica, near Šibenik, of Croat origin.^[7] The couple's first child, Aleksandar, would be the first one to tread the basketball path, providing a lead for young Petrović to follow.

He is the second cousin of the Serbian basketball player Dejan Bodiroga.^[7][8]

Šibenka[link]

At the age of thirteen, Petrović started playing in the youth selections of the local BC Šibenka; at the age of fifteen he had already made the first team, just as Šibenka earned a place in the national first division. With young Petrović as the star of the team, Šibenka reached the final of the Radivoj Korać Cup twice (1982 and 1983), losing to CSP Limoges both times. In 1983 the 18 year-old Petrović hit two free throws for Šibenka's victory over BC Bosna Sarajevo in the final playoff game of the Yugoslavian club championship, but the title was taken away from Šibenka the next day by the national basketball federation with irregularities in refereeing cited as the reason, and awarded to Bosna after Šibenka refused to show up for the repeat match.^[9]

Rise to European stardom[link]

Cibona[link]

After spending a year serving the mandatory time in the military, Petrović followed his brother's footsteps and moved to BC Cibona Zagreb to form, at that time, the best backcourt duo in Europe. The very first year in Cibona he won both the Yugoslav League championship and the national cup. To top it all off, the 87-78 victory over Real Madrid, to which Petrović contributed with 36 points, brought him and Cibona their first European Cup title. The second came the following year, as Petrović scored 22 points and Cibona defeated BC Žalgiris Kaunas, which starred the legendary Arvydas Sabonis. The same year brought another national cup title for Cibona, seeing Petrović score 46 against the old rival Bosna. In 1987 Petrović earned his third European trophy: a European Cup Winners Cup title against Scavolini Pesaro, whose net he filled with 28 points.^[10]

Petrović's scoring average during the four years with Cibona stood at 37.7 points in the Yugoslavian first division and 33.8 in European competitions, with personal one-time bests of 112 and 62 points, respectively.^[11] His scoring sheet was often known to show 40, 50, even 60 in a single game; in an 1986 European League game against Limoges, Petrović scored ten 3-pointers, including seven in a row during a first half stretch, for a final tally of 51 points and 10 assists;^[12] the same season he scored 45 points and dished out 25 assists against the reigning Italian champions Simac.^[13][14] Self-admittedly, Petrović needed new challenges, which Cibona and the Yugoslavian league could not offer. Across the Atlantic, the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA had already used their third round pick on young Petrović in 1986. However, he decided to postpone his departure to the United States and in 1988 signed with Real Madrid instead, for at that time a hefty sum of around US$ 4 million.^[15]

Real Madrid[link]

The 1988–1989 season saw Petrović wear the colors of the Spanish basketball club Real Madrid Baloncesto. Although the national championship barely escaped them, as they lost to Barcelona in the fifth and decisive game of the final series, Petrović helped Real to the King's Cup title over their Catalonian rivals. Petrović also led the club to victory in the European Cup Winners Cup final against Snaidero Caserta by tying his previous best scoring performance in European competitions (62 points).^[15] His first season in the ACB was also his last, but he still holds ACB single performance bests in a final series game in points made (42) and three-pointers made (8).^[11]

Motivated by the challenge and pressured by the Portland Trail Blazers, who had drafted him 60th overall back in 1986, Petrović finally stood firm in the decision to try to establish himself in the NBA. He left Spain rather abruptly at the end of the season; the Blazers assisted in buying out his contract with Real (for as much as US$ 1.5 million)^[16] and Petrović joined the Blazers for the 1989–1990 season.

NBA period[link]

Portland[link]

In his many statements prior to arriving in Portland, Petrović voiced lack of playing time as the only possible obstacle to his success in the NBA;^[15][17] in his first season with the Blazers, those concerns were realized. With Portland's starting backcourt of Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter already established, the reigning La Gazzetta dello Sport Euroscar European Player of the Year was reduced to playing 12 minutes per game - minutes collected largely in "garbage time" - allowing him a mere 7.4 points per game.^[18] The beginning of the 1990-1991 season brought Petrović's frustration to a climax, as his playing time dropped to 7 minutes a game.^[18] At his insistence, 38 games into the season (in 20 of which Petrović didn't see any playing time), a three-way trade with the Denver Nuggets sent him to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for a first-round pick in the following draft.^[18][19][20]

New Jersey[link]

Dražen Petrović's Nets jersey; his number 3 was retired by the team following his death

On January 23, 1991, Petrović became a member of the New Jersey Nets. Petrović was now a part of a team that featured two of the best young prospects in the league, Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman - but a team that had not reached the playoffs since 1986. He immediately responded to increased playing time (20.5 minutes per game), holding a scoring average of 12.6 points per game in 43 games with the Nets. In the 1991-1992 season, his first full season with the Nets, Petro, as the Americans had dubbed him, averaged 20.6 points in 36.9 minutes on the floor, nearly leading all NBA guards in field goal percentage (51%). He did not miss a single game; he established himself as the team leader; and he was named team MVP. More significantly, his success translated into team success, as the Nets recorded 14 more wins than the season before and made the playoffs. The following, 1992-1993 season, Petrović increased his scoring average (22.3, 11th best that season) and repeated his three-point field goal percentage from the previous season (45%), again nearly leading all guards in field goal percentage (52%). American media honored him with a selection to the All-NBA 3rd Team. However, a failure to receive an invitation to the 1993 All-Star game came as a great disappointment to Petrović; among the top 13 scorers in the NBA that season, he was the only one not invited.^[21][22]

National teams[link]

Medal record
Basketball
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia
Silver	1988 Seoul	Yugoslavia
FIBA World Championship
Bronze	1986 Spain	Yugoslavia
Gold	1990 Argentina	Yugoslavia
FIBA European Championship
Bronze	1987 Greece	Yugoslavia
Gold	1989 Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia
Competitor for  Croatia
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Croatia

Petrović's national team debut came at the age of 15, at the U-18 Balkan Championship in Turkey, where the Yugoslavian junior team won the bronze. The young man regularly played for the Yugoslavian national team in the Balkan Championships, also winning gold with the junior team and silver with the senior team. In 1982 he also brought back the silver from the European Championship for Junior Men in Greece.

The 1984 Summer Olympics were Petrović's first competition of a grand scale with the senior national team, and the bronze medal won in Los Angeles that summer became his first Olympic trophy. Third place was also earned at the World Championship in 1986, remembered for the last minute thriller in the semi-final game against the Soviet Union. From the European Championship in 1987 Petrović again returned with bronze, as Yugoslavia lost to the hosts and gold medalists Greece. The University Games, held in Zagreb in 1987, saw the Yugoslavian squad with Petrović win the gold. In the 1988 Summer Olympics Yugoslavia with Petrović earned 2nd place, as they lost once more to the Soviet powerhouse.^[10]

An excellent club season with Real Madrid was topped by Petrović's 1989 accomplishment with the national team: at the Eurobasket in Zagreb the young Yugoslavian team went all the way, defeating Greece more than comfortably in the championship game. Petrović was the tournament's second leading scorer and most valuable player. The very next year, the summer in between the two most frustrating seasons of his professional career, as he struggled for playing time with the Trail Blazers, Petrović was again making history with the national team, as Yugoslavia became world champions, beating the Soviet Union for the gold in Buenos Aires.^[23]

The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona marked the first summer olympiad featuring the independent Croatia, and Petrović was the leader of the Croatian national basketball team at the Olympic basketball tournament. Losing only to the American Dream Team in round-robin play, a strong and inspired Croatian team emerged victorious from the semi-final against the revamped Soviet team thanks to clutch free throws executed by Petrović, and faced off against the Americans for the gold. Urged on by Petrović's competitiveness and confidence,^[1] the Croatians fared well in the first ten minutes of the game, taking a 25-23 lead on a Franjo Arapović dunk and the subsequent free throw.^[24] As the game progressed, however, the now-legendary team composed of NBA stars proved too tough for Croatia: the Americans won 117-85, sending Petrović, the game's leading scorer with 24 points, and his teammates home with silver medals.^[1][25]

In the period during which Petrović played for the Croatian national team (from 1992 to 1993), he appeared in 40 games and scored 1002 points. His highest point tally came against Estonia on May 31, 1993 (48 points).^[26]

Death and posthumous glory[link]

The grave of Dražen Petrović.

Monument of Dražen Petrović in Lausanne.

In the summer of 1993, after his best NBA season and the Nets' first-round elimination by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Petrović traveled to Poland, where the Croatian national team was playing a qualification tournament for the 1993 Eurobasket. He was contemplating departure from the Nets, disappointed with tension between himself and, to his belief, envious teammates, as well as the fact that the Nets had not yet extended his contract. He told American reporters that the lack of recognition in the league had him also considering leaving the NBA completely and playing club basketball in Greece; there were at least two Greek clubs ready to offer Petrović three-year contracts worth US$7.5 million.^[20] It was rumored that Petrović verbally agreed on terms with Panathinaikos BC; these rumors gave rise to the story of PAO's owner, Pavlos Giannakopoulos, allegedly offering the Nets' star a signed contract with blank salary terms, which became a part of Petrović's legend. Petrović decided to skip the connection flight back to Zagreb and drive with his girlfriend back to Croatia.

Petrović died as a passenger in a car involved in a traffic accident on the rain-drenched Autobahn 9 when a semi truck cut the car he was travelling in off at Denkendorf, near Ingolstadt, in the German state of Bavaria, at approximately 17:20 on June 7, 1993, four and a half months before his 29th birthday.

According to the report of the Ingolstadt police, that afternoon a truck broke through the Autobahn median; the truck driver was trying to avoid a collision with a personal vehicle in his own lane and lost control of the truck, crashing through the median barrier and finally coming to a stop blocking all three lanes of traffic in the opposite direction (Munich). It was seconds later that the VW Golf carrying a sleeping Petrović in the passenger seat crashed into the truck, killing only him, and leaving the driver - Klara Szalantzy, a German model and female basketball player with whom Petrović was romantically involved - and Hilal Edebal, a female Turkish basketball player, with grave injuries.^[20][27] It was established that visibility on the road was very poor and that Petrović was not buckled with a seatbelt.^[1]

Petrović's tomb 45°50′22″N 15°59′00″E / 45.83947°N 15.98328°E / 45.83947; 15.98328 at Mirogoj Cemetery had instantly become a sanctuary for his compatriots. The Cibona stadium was renamed the Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall on October 4, 1993, and the city of Zagreb dedicated a square in his name. The Nets retired his number 3 jersey on November 11, 1993. Since 1994, the MVP award at the McDonald's Championship has borne the name Drazen Petrovic Trophy. On April 29, 1995, a statue commemorating Petrović's significance to the world of sports was erected in front of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, thus making him only the second athlete to receive this honor. On July 9, 2001, having defeated Patrick Rafter to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević dedicated the win to his late friend Petrović;^[28] Ivanišević wore Petrović's Nets jersey amidst the 100,000 strong crowd celebrating his victory in Split.^[1] Petrović was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2006, the 13th anniversary of Petrović's death was marked with the opening of the Dražen Petrović Memorial Center in Zagreb, a grand temple dedicated to Petrović's person and achievements, with ten themed galleries of multimedia content outlining his entire career. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.^[29]

The 2010 documentary Once Brothers (part of the ESPN 30 for 30 series) portrays the achievements of the Yugoslavia national basketball team in the late 1980s and early 1990s and how the Yugoslav Wars tore the team apart. It explores Petrović's broken friendship with Serbian/Yugoslav player Vlade Divac. Anthony Morrow of the Nets wore Petrovic's name on his jersey to honor him during the 2012 Three-Point Shootout.

Reactions[link]

Accomplishments and awards[link]

Club competitions[link]

• YUBA most points scored by an individual in a league game (112)

• ACB most points scored by an individual in a final series game (42)^[11]

• ACB most 3PT field goals made by an individual in a final series game (8)^[11]

• NBA 1991-92 second highest 3PT field goal percentage (.444)^[18]

• NBA 1991-92 fourth highest field goal percentage among guards (.508)

• NBA 1992-93 second highest 3PT field goal percentage (.449)^[18]

• NBA 1992-93 second highest field goal percentage among guards (.518)^[32]

• NBA third best career 3PT field goal percentage (.437)^[18]

National teams[link]

• Balkan Championship for Junior Men 1982 Best Player

• World Championship 1986 MVP^[14]

• European Championship 1989 MVP

Dražen Petrović Memorial Center[link]

A museum named "The Dražen Petrović Memorial Center" was founded in his honor, and constitutes a co-operative effort led by the Dražen Petrović Foundation in conjunction with the Croatian government, the city of Zagreb and the Croatian Museum of Sports. The memorial center idea originated from Petrović's parents, Biserka and Jole Petrovic, and was supported with the contributions of Croatian architects Andrija Rusan and Niksa Bilic. All of the articles presented in the center have been collected and categorized by the Croatian Museum of Sports. The organization and operations of the center have been provided by the Dražen Petrović Foundation, which is led by Petrović's family. The Center contains his No. 3 New Jersey Nets jersey and the watch that stopped when he died in a car crash. The center features 1,000 memorabilia items and a video of his basketball highlights.^[33]

The official opening of the museum was held on June 7, 2006, while the official opening of the center to the public began at the end of December 2006. The square on which the center is operated upon has been renamed to Plaza Dražen Petrović in his honor.^[34]

See also[link]

Biography portal

• List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Freeman, Mike (June 9, 1993). "Details Emerge, but Petrovic's Death Still Baffles". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/09/sports/pro-basketball-details-emerge-but-petrovic-s-death-still-baffles.html?pagewanted=print. 
• Huber, Jim (January 12, 2006). "Drazen Petrovic". Inside the NBA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvTPx9rfT7U. 
• Hawkesworth, Celia (2007). Zagreb: a cultural and literary history. 

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Petrović | A. Petrović | Knego | Čutura | M. Nakić | Ušić | Vukićević | Arapović | I. Nakić | Bečić | Lukaćić | Coach Novosel v t e Cibona Zagreb 1985–86 Euroleague Champions D. Petrović | A. Petrović | Cvjetičanin | Čutura | Arapović | M. Nakić | Ušić | Vukićević | D. Pavličević | I. Nakić | Bečić | Šoštarec | Coach Z. Pavličević v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1986 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal 4 D. Petrović (MVP) 5 A. Petrović 6 Divac 7 Čutura 8 Petranović 9 Mutapčić 10 Radović 11 Vranković 12 Radovanović 13 Arapović 14 Dalipagić 15 Cvjetičanin Coach: Ćosić v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1987 – Bronze medal 4 D. Petrović 5 A. Petrović 6 Đorđević 7 Kukoč 8 Paspalj 9 Grbović 10 Radović 11 Vranković 12 Divac 13 Radovanović 14 Rađa 15 Cvjetičanin Coach: Ćosić v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1990 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal 4 Petrović 5 Perasović 6 Čutura 7 Kukoč (MVP) 8 Paspalj 9 Zdovc 10 Obradović 11 Ćurčić 12 Divac 13 Komazec 14 Jovanović 15 Savić Coach: Ivković v t e 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia D. Petrović A. Petrović Zorkić Žižić Sunara Mutapčić Hadžić Knego Radovanović Nakić Dalipagić Vukićević Coach: Novosel v t e 1988 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia Petrović Radulović Čutura Kukoč Paspalj Obradović Zdovc Vranković Divac Arapović Rađa Cvjetičanin Coach: Ivković v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1989 – Gold medal 4 Petrović 5 Radulović 6 Čutura 7 Kukoč 8 Paspalj 9 Zdovc 10 Radović 11 Vranković 12 Divac 13 Danilović 14 Rađa 15 Primorac Coach: Ivković v t e 1992 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Croatia Petrović Perasović Cvjetičanin Kukoč Alanović Arapović Tabak Vranković Gregov Komazec Rađa Naglić Coach: Skansi v t e FIBA Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player Award 1950: Furlong 1954: Minter 1959: Pasos 1963: Marques 1967: Daneu 1970: 22x20px Belov 1974: Kićanović 1978: Dalipagić 1982: Rivers 1986: Petrović 1990: Kukoč 1994: O'Neal 1998: Bodiroga 2002: Nowitzki 2006: Gasol 2010: Durant v t e FIBA EuroBasket Most Valuable Player Award 1935: Martín | 1937: Talzūnas | 1939: Lubinas | 1946: Németh | 1947: Lõssov | 1949: Öztürk | 1951: Mrázek | 1953: Konev | 1955: Greminger | 1957: Baumruk | 1959: Zubkov | 1961: Korać | 1963: Rodríguez | 1965: Paulauskas | 1967: Zedníček | 1969: Belov | 1971: Ćosić | 1973: Brabender | 1975: Ćosić | 1977: Dalipagić | 1979: Berkovich | 1981: Kićanović | 1983: Corbalán | 1985: Sabonis | 1987: Galis | 1989: Petrović | 1991: Kukoč | 1993: Welp | 1995: Marčiulionis | 1997: Đorđević | 1999: Fučka | 2001: Stojaković | 2003: Jasikevičius | 2005: Nowitzki | 2007: Kirilenko | 2009: Gasol | 2011: Navarro v t e FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA Europe Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Dalipagić Ivo Daneu Mirza Delibašić Vlade Divac Dragan Kićanović Radivoj Korać Toni Kukoč Dražen Petrović Dino Rađa Petar Skansi Zoran Slavnić Alexander Belov Sergei Belov Stepas Butautas Otar Korkiya Šarūnas Marčiulionis Anatoly Myshkin Modestas Paulauskas Arvydas Sabonis Alexander Volkov Viktor Zubkov Wayne Brabender Francisco Buscató Juan Corbalán Juan Antonio San Epifanio Clifford Luyk Fernando Martín Emiliano Rodríguez Pier Marzorati Massimo Masini Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Stanislav Kropilák Ivan Mrázek Jean-Paul Beugnot Alain Gilles Nikos Galis Georgios Kolokithas Willy Steveniers Atanas Golomeev Ferenc Németh Miki Berkovich FIBA EurAmericasope Teófilo Cruz Ricardo Duarte Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Wlamir Marques Bob Morse Amaury Pasos Oscar Schmidt FIBA Oceania Andrew Gaze v t e Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors List 35 Players Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis 10 Coaches Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz 5 Referees Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Yvan Mainini • Costas Rigas v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2002 Players Magic Johnson Dražen Petrović Coach Larry Brown Lute Olson Kay Yow Teams Harlem Globetrotters v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Based in Springfield, Massachusetts Members   Coaches (86) Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nikolić Novosel Olson Ramsay Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Taylor Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens Williams Winter Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players   Contributors (58) Abbott Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Colangelo Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Gavitt Gottlieb Gulick Harrison Hearn Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish Jones Kennedy Lemon Liston Lloyd McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Reid Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Taylor Teague Tower Trester Vitale Wells Wilke Zollner   Players (149) Guards Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers Monroe Mullin Murphy Page Petrović Robertson Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Steinmetz Stockton Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West Wilkens Woodard Wooden Forwards Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson Lucas Luisetti K. Malone B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen Miller Pettit Phillip Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman White Wilkins Worthy Yardley Centers Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Bellamy Chamberlain Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Murphy Olajuwon Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches   Referees (13) Enright Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh   Teams (8) 1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters New York Rens Original Celtics Texas Western Awards Bob Cousy Award Curt Gowdy Media Award John Bunn Award Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Official website v t e FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees   Coaches (16) Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Smith Soares Yow Žeravica   Contributors (31) Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Wahby Yoon   Players (31) A. Belov S. Belov Chazalon Ćosić Cruz Dalipagić Daneu Delibašić Divac Furlong Galis González Kićanović Korać Maciel Marcari Martín Marzorati Meneghin Meyers Miller Pasos Petrović Robertson Rodríguez Ronchetti Russell Sabonis Schmidt Semjonova Zassoulskaya   Technical Officials (11) Arabadjian Bain Belošević Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Righetto v t e Croatian Sportsman of the Year Duje Bonačić / Petar Šegvić / Mate Trojanović / Velimir Valenta (1952) Perica Vlašić (1953) Žarko Dolinar (1954) Bernard Vukas (1955) Krešo Račić (1956) Hrvoje Kačić (1957) Joško Murat (1958) Duje Smoljanović (1959) Željko Perušić (1960) Boro Jovanović (1961) Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) Josip Gjergja (1963) Nikola Pilić (1964) Andro Depolo (1965) Cvjetko Bilić (1966) Nikola Pilić (1967) Dragutin Šurbek (1968) Dragutin Šurbek (1969) Petar Skansi (1970) Mate Parlov (1971) Mate Parlov (1972) Mate Parlov (1973) Luciano Sušanj (1974) Antun Stipančić (1975) Matija Ljubek (1976) Joško Alebić (1977) Milan Janić (1978) Dragutin Šurbek (1979) Krešimir Ćosić (1980) Dragutin Šurbek (1981) Matija Ljubek (1982) Dragutin Šurbek (1983) Vlado Lisjak (1984) Dražen Petrović (1985) Dražen Petrović (1986) Ivan Šabjan (1987) Zoran Primorac (1988) Toni Kukoč (1989) Toni Kukoč (1990) Toni Kukoč (1991) Goran Ivanišević (1992) Goran Ivanišević (1993) Goran Ivanišević (1994) Željko Mavrović (1995) Goran Ivanišević (1996) Željko Mavrović (1997) Davor Šuker (1998) Gordan Kožulj (1999) Nikolaj Pešalov (2000) Goran Ivanišević (2001) Ivica Kostelić (2002) Ivica Kostelić (2003) Duje Draganja (2004) Ivan Ljubičić (2005) Ivan Ljubičić (2006) Ivano Balić (2007) Filip Ude (2008) Ivica Kostelić (2009) Ivica Kostelić (2010) Ivica Kostelić (2011)