Offensive Game
Elite pure scorer with one of the most beautiful and efficient shooting strokes of his era. Could score from anywhere on the floor at will.
Career Journey
Portland Trail Blazers
1989-1991
Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989.
Offensive Game
Elite pure scorer with one of the most beautiful and efficient shooting strokes of his era. Could score from anywhere on the floor at will.
Defensive Game
Competitive defender who used his athleticism and basketball IQ to contest shots and create deflections.
Intangibles
Trained in the European tradition under legendary coach Krešimir Ćosić, Petrovic's basketball IQ was world-class — a complete player who understood every dimension of the game.
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Drazen Petrovic's #3 hangs in the Nets' rafters as a monument to the Mozart of Basketball — a Croatian pioneer who proved European players belonged in the NBA, then died at 28 just as he was becoming one of its finest.
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1991-1993
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