i didnt say drazen was BAD player i said MJ is MUCH better btw drazen was scumbag in reallife ( half serbian who hated serbs , worst kind of people existing bcs of him kukoc and radja LEAVE croatia team )
Pocivaj u miru legendo...Bio je jedan od najboljih "belih" igraca u ovom sportu. Kao srednjoskolac voleo sam da gledam Cibonu dok je harala Evropom. A za sve ljude dobre volje koji mozda ovo citaju kao komentar, pozdrav iz Srbije.
Kakvi Dončići, Bogdanovići ,Dragiči......ekipa od 86 ih do 91 godine proslog stoljeca ....... Petrovic( Sretenovic) ,Danilovic( Perasovic) ,Kukoc( Paspalj), Rađa,Divac( Vrankovic) a gdje su jos......Stojakovic,Đorđevic,Bodiroga,Komazec,Zdovc itd itd.
i see a lot of "best euro player" Drazen was one of the best players in the world period. quickest release ive ever seen. super tough, and had he not died at very early age, Drazen was well on his way to HOF. i hate the euro label. RIP
He is in the Hof, he had already many accomplishments. He didn't get it because of his NBA career but because his European career and his impact on the sport
Kakva se košarka igrala tada, ludilo… Ovo danas je cirkus bez igranja obrane. Nije ni čudo da jedan spori i trapavi međed Jokić zabija kako stigne. 90-ih bi grijao klupu i ulazio po 5-6 minuta u igru. Realno.
We went to tons of Nets games during Drazen's time period. He was so good and won so so many games for them with his late game heroics. I remember the disbelief hearing of his death. So sad and beloved by so many fans. 🙏
Lionxheart Yeah understandable. And I got nothing against dirk but, is he truly the best European player? Is anyone left out? I got no issue with dirk being the best, just wondering
many of Dražen fans do not know this....he once scored in one game 112 points! He lived for the game! As we would say in Croatia...Life flys capetain! rip
It was a Yugoslav league game and in that game the opposing team (Olimpija Ljubljana) played their youth team, due to a mistake made by the club administration (their senior squad wasn't registered to play the game). So that is hardly something to brag about.
@@zagrepcanin82 Očito RUclips briše komentare sa linkovima, ali izguglaj "Igor Đurović: Kako nam je Dražen dao 112 poena" za svedočanstvo iz prve ruke o toj utakmici...
Svarog187 actually now is 4rd but still he averages more ppg than kerr and (forgot second place) only Curry averages more ppg with better percentage than Drazen tho Petro played in tougher league
When you make MJ frustrated you know you heck of a player😂. I love his fearlessness and competitiveness. The man was hitting shots on MJ and even smiled in his face. He was a killer fr🔥💯
It was a thrill to play against Dražen. Every time we competed, he competed with an aggressive attitude. He wasn't nervous; he came at me as hard as I came at him. So we've had some great battles in the past and unfortunately, they were short battles. ” - Michael Jordan #WIKIPEDIA
not goed enough. Drazen was more honest and humble, when asked from one of the local tv hosts in Zagreb, a short time before tragic accident......about posible result one o one against Jordan, he answered that could lose 11:0, or could also win an 11:0(today would be 21:0)
Daniel D, Petrovic died before he could make a real impact in the NBA. Sabonis was too old when he came in. 2. Bot of these guys won more medals and personal awards than Dirk on international lvl. 3. When Dirk won the MVP it was already i different game, defence was not nearly as tough as in those guys era. 4. Look at people that Petrovic and Sabonis had in their positions and look at who was DIrk playing against. Sory, but you can be a fanboy all you want I watched all off these players play in their prime, so no, Dirk is not the European GOAT even if he won 3 titles like Kukoc.
Gal1njo the only truth is that the best european players of all time that have made great things in the nba are: nowitzki, pau and marc gasol, sabonis(he went too old and with an injury on his knee and he played like a god), petrovic (he could be a great player with many all stars and maybe he would have won the NBA championship) , parker, kukoc, divac, stojakovic, schrempf and maybe kirilenko. But there are so good european players that didn't play in the NBA because of different reasons, so we must add to the list players like: Navarro (he went 1 year to the nba, he did a good season and he made the 2nd best 3 pointer record in a season for a rookie in the history of NBA), Diamantidis, Teodosic, Spanoulis, Llull (I hope he'll go to the Houston Rockets because he is soooo good), Reyes, Rudy Fernandez, Epi, Jasikevicius, Delibasic, Bodiroga, Arlauckas, etc. There are european players who didn't play in the NBA that are better than players who played in the NBA. For example, in my opinion Navarro is better than Kirilenko. PD: Ibaka, porzingis and antetokounmpo are already young and they can add to the list if they have good careers.
What a different game back then a lot of efficient short rand mid range shooting and taking it to the bucket . No one was jacking up 30 three point attempts a game for 27 percent . God I miss the old NBA!
Man shut the hell up. That’s because they couldn’t shoot efficiently from the three like they do now. Nobody was shooting. Stephen curry was born shooting and just bc eveyrone thinks they are Steph doesn’t mean anything. This style of play is outdated. Never coming back. And it will change again in another 20 years. Shut up and watch
Petrovic had the classic set shot and pump fake that would get you flying......LOL!!! Mannn I never seen Jordan get fazed the way he did in frustrations to Drazen unguardable catch and shoot, that is super duper rare. Mannnn this two team really match up good together or I should say that this N.J team match up really good to the Bulls.
Petro probably the toughest European that have ever played in the NBA. He was respected by his peers because they hated him so much even when they talk about him today.
Scary to think that in less than five years, it will have been thirty years since this era in the NBA, and forty years since the days of Magic and Bird
I am Cratian. Dražen was so amazing even before USA. His story is about work, work (but we all did see his talent), first one before training 6 o clock, and the last one to leave. His talent is so visible and he is unpredictable. Micheael is the best ever. But can you imagine two of them in the same team? wow. Best shooter of any European team ever, along with Jordan. best of the best
So nice to hear good comments from Americans about Drazen, I came to USA (from Croatia) September 93, just few months after his death. There was no internet, we listened to NBA news on the radio, 5 minutes every day, we had no idea what was going on there. Cheers to all Bball fans!
That Petrovic could shoot. Mid 40s from 3, in the non 3 era. He would have been PERFECT for todays game with the no hand checking and three based offenses. Love the fundamentals. Someone taught him the right way to play.
Underrated? He is in the HOF and considered the best European basketball player of all time and one of the best basketball players of all time. And all of this playing just up to 28 years old. Imagine if he could play in the NBA 8 more years. Actually we missed his best years
sctmprn While I agree that he was great, Drazen gets little publicity. When was the last time you heard his name on ESPN? Or any other modern media for that matter? For the best shooters you hear about Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Larry Bird, and Stef Curry lately. But never Drazen. And for best European, Dirk Nowitzki gets all of the love (not that he’s underserving), and now Luka Doncha & Nikola Jokic are the new Euro favorites. Jus’ say’n..
sctmprn ok lets be real. He was a good player but would’ve been a 3x all star max in his career. What helped him look good was the fact that he entered the league at 25 with years of professional experience in Europe. In his last season he was 28 which is where you start your prime and he was averaging 22/3/2 which is good but would probably just be enough for an all star selection. If he hit his peak he would’ve probably averaged 25/4/3 on slightly worse fg% and 3p%. Facts are though is he is an influential player for Europe but not the best. And he isn’t one of best players of all time let alone top 100 player of all time.
@@jackrowell3682 факты таковы, что есть люди-легенды, меняющие историю, идущие по краю и за краем. Это не просто совокупность технико-тактических характеристик, а судьба, миссия. Дражен был таким всю карьеру. Ради красного словца людей Моцартами не называют. Набрал 112 очков в чемпе страны, в финале еврокубка 62 - и это по 40 минут играли, а не по 48! Открыл НБА, не довольствовался ролью запасного как Кукоч или Марчюлёнис, всего себя изменил, чтобы преуспеть в новом месте.
Bruh if that's a foul the whistle could be called on every possession. Phantom call that Jordan got, late call because ref realized he needed to give Jordan the VIP treatment.
Go drive in the lane with a 7-foot 240 pound guy clobbering you to death. But you have to go by a guard that's bruising you with his hands first. Pretty fucking sure the guys who comment here haven't seen 90s basketball. Lmao.
The refs just don't wanna give mj the 3pts play when he shoot and fouled,but when the ball goes airbound,the ref knew he was making a bad decision and immediately call for a foul,that's it.
I start to love the game after i saw Dražen Petrović play with Cibona-Zagreb,the best basketball team in Yugoslavia in these years82-86,they smash all European basketball clubs (amathers)and they won the European champions cup for 2 time in 2 years,and Cibona took these cups,very easy.Remember one thing,in these years Europe basketball teams was very good and stringa,almost all clubs was good,and a lot od players who play in these years signed for NBA teams,and this was the first time that NBA took some players who cames outside of USA.Ok Dražen was the machine and others of his team mates was good,beacose the national basketball team of Yugoslavia was one od the best in the world.They won every cup what exist in basketball, the Olimpic games too!!!!They always play and fight in the finale of all of these cups and won against Russia- SSSR,Lithva too.And this dominant era contine from the 70's to the and,when Yugoslavia stop to exist in bloody war,even the first and defenitely the best,USA basketball DREAM -TEAM in Olimpics od Barcelona 92'(Magic,Jordan,Barklay,Ewing,Bird,Stocton,Drexler,Malone....)almost lose and that game against Yugoslavia was very,very hard for the NBA stars and Yugoslavia make a hard time for Dream-team shooting grom the distance for 3 points,NBA teams and a few players practice this style od playing in these years.Yugoslavia players was the masters for distance shooting,and they shoot for 3 points all the time.Afther Barcelona Olimpic games in 92'nothing remain the same in basketball world.USA recognize one thing: basketball exist not only in NBA leage,good teams and exelent players exist and play in others countrya too.When some of this players came in NBA its not easy for them in first years.The style,the rules and kind od playing was two different world,but Dražen Petrović,Toni Kukoč,Vlade Divac....make to NBA stars a hard time.But Dražen leave us too soon and too young.He die in car acident in 1993.He show more od his magic and that is for sure.😭😓😞😡😡
Just to correct you: In 1992 Dream Team didn't play against Yugoslavia, it played against Croatia so it wasn't the full force Yugoslavia team (no Divac for example). But one of the reason that Dream Team came to be WAS that Yugoslavian team which was regularly beating all of the USA selections before that in various competitions. So they had to send the absolute best to beat them. And were comparing 18 mil people country against 300 mil people.
I'm really loving this matchup. Petro's playing him without fear. A lot of times guys kind of just play too worried when going against MJ. On offense and defense Petro going hard. Also shot out to a few Derrick Coleman highlights. Always loved his game.
Beautiful fundamental basketball to watch, High IQ basketball with intensity and skill to match... I can't stand watching the modern day game, it's complete rubbish in comparison
Kakva tragedija za sport,za kosarku,da je takav igrac nastradao i otisao tako rano! Ja sam iz srbije,mi ovde smo uvek voleli drazena,virtouz sa loptom u ruci! Pocivaj u miru legendo,nikad neces biti zaboravljen!
Petro, and Barkley were my favorite player in the NBA at this time. A few more years of NBA experience, and Petro would have taken teams to championship games. What a huge loss that was. The original dream team had problems with Petro
I love Drazen but anyone who called him the Jordan stopper was an idiot. They played 11 games in the regular season with MJ going 10-1 and averaging 30 on 50%. They also played in the gold medal game in the Olympics and while Drazen out scored Jordan with 24 points, USA won by 32…
5 best European players who played in the NBA: 1 Mozzart (Petrović) 🇭🇷, 2 Pink Panther (Kukoč) 🇭🇷, 3 Blue Angel (Dirk) 🇩🇪 4 Sabonis 🇱🇹 and now the name is on the trail of Luka D. 🇸🇮
Larry Bird comparó a Jordan con Dios una vez qué le enfrentó. Yo vi a Drazen en una final meter 62 puntos creo. Lo qué sentí aquel día, no lo he vuelto a sentir. Y habrá jugadores mejores qué él, pero por juego, estética y carácter para mí es el más grande.
That's was true NBA defense. On both ends of the floor from start to finish. N it intensified against the great Micheal Jordan n the Chicago Bulls. Thts what I miss about the game. Every night teams went hard at each other. 1 or game 82. Every team wanted a chance to dethrone the Champs.
What a tragedy that we lost Drazen so young. He was a pioneer and an amazing player.
And what a personality! There are so many stories about him in Europe....legend
Drazen Petrovic is overrated player Stephen Curry is better than him
Knight Curry is an overrated player. Magic Johnson is better than him.
KING OF KINGS why u so mad
Atlas Lion nice try kid
Respect for Drazen....he gave Jordan problems.....he's a true competitor....RIP DP !
noone in MJ playing time couldnt stop MJ --- maybe if he have bad day but that was rarely
You are a millennial and never saw MJ play really? MJ wasn't a god.
i didnt say drazen was BAD player i said MJ is MUCH better btw drazen was scumbag in reallife ( half serbian who hated serbs , worst kind of people existing bcs of him kukoc and radja LEAVE croatia team )
JPLMONEY23 he had 16 pts how tf did he gave him problem ?? 😂
Ti znas kakav je Drazen bija u stvarnom zivotu.?????..smeće jedno malo traktoraško šugavo....
Pocivaj u miru legendo...Bio je jedan od najboljih "belih" igraca u ovom sportu. Kao srednjoskolac voleo sam da gledam Cibonu dok je harala Evropom. A za sve ljude dobre volje koji mozda ovo citaju kao komentar, pozdrav iz Srbije.
Nije on bio on jeste i biće najbolji ikada i jedini koji je mogo da trpa svemoćnog džordana.Počivaj u miru majstore.
Kralj ❤
Idol mog djetinjstva. Pozz za tebe🙂
Arsenal Bismarck Dončić kažeš ;)
Kakvi Dončići, Bogdanovići ,Dragiči......ekipa od 86 ih do 91 godine proslog stoljeca ....... Petrovic( Sretenovic) ,Danilovic( Perasovic) ,Kukoc( Paspalj), Rađa,Divac( Vrankovic) a gdje su jos......Stojakovic,Đorđevic,Bodiroga,Komazec,Zdovc itd itd.
Doncic mu nije bio ni do koljena vidi protiv kojih faca Petrovic blista
Dražen Petrovič basketball Mozart one of the greatest ever...
Druze ne znas ni napisat prezimr
@Melanie L he is talking about time in europe
@Melanie L also miller said he was one of the fastest shooters bjt i get your point
THE greatest!
Mario Mrakovic Oh hell to the no
Big legends Michael Jordan and Dražen Petrović
i see a lot of "best euro player" Drazen was one of the best players in the world period. quickest release ive ever seen. super tough, and had he not died at very early age, Drazen was well on his way to HOF. i hate the euro label. RIP
HallWayGang
Drazen is a HOF member!
He is in the Hof, he had already many accomplishments. He didn't get it because of his NBA career but because his European career and his impact on the sport
Reggie Miller himself said that Petrovic's release is quicker than Steph Curry. a great great player, and fitting he got 40 on Jordan.
Chosen One I agree not because am Croatian but it’s true .
NameCallingIsWeak even though that is false 😪
Život leti kapetane... :'(
Kakva se košarka igrala tada, ludilo… Ovo danas je cirkus bez igranja obrane. Nije ni čudo da jedan spori i trapavi međed Jokić zabija kako stigne. 90-ih bi grijao klupu i ulazio po 5-6 minuta u igru. Realno.
Not many could steel the ball from M.J. Drazen was one of them! He was a great player, legend.
We went to tons of Nets games during Drazen's time period. He was so good and won so so many games for them with his late game heroics. I remember the disbelief hearing of his death. So sad and beloved by so many fans. 🙏
The European GOAT
Lionxheart yeet boi. I'm from Europe and I know that Dirk can't be the greatest European player
Lionxheart Yeah understandable. And I got nothing against dirk but, is he truly the best European player? Is anyone left out? I got no issue with dirk being the best, just wondering
you are not familiar with petrović's career ... "didn't play long enough" lol
*laughs in Dejan Bodiroga*
*relaughs in Aleksandar Djordjevic*
marin chaps What he meant GOAT stands for Greatest Of All Time, not goat literally...
many of Dražen fans do not know this....he once scored in one game 112 points! He lived for the game! As we would say in Croatia...Life flys capetain! rip
It was a Yugoslav league game and in that game the opposing team (Olimpija Ljubljana) played their youth team, due to a mistake made by the club administration (their senior squad wasn't registered to play the game). So that is hardly something to brag about.
@@nikolaradosavljevic6839 ne nego u spanjolskoj
@@zagrepcanin82 Očito RUclips briše komentare sa linkovima, ali izguglaj "Igor Đurović: Kako nam je Dražen dao 112 poena" za svedočanstvo iz prve ruke o toj utakmici...
Sports in general will
Always miss a man like Drazen Petrovic... RIP
Petrovic is currently the 3th Best 3point% Shooter in NBA history!
Svarog187 Naw that belongs to Steve Kerr
3rd, not 3th
Steve Kerr is 1st, Petrović 3rd
Svarog187 actually now is 4rd but still he averages more ppg than kerr and (forgot second place) only Curry averages more ppg with better percentage than Drazen tho Petro played in tougher league
Can you show to me where you see that? Link address...? I search on google but cant find Drazen, in top 10 or 20 best NBA 3Pt Shooters.
Gone so young... Drazen... 25 yrs ago just like one day.. we r missing u, man
RIP DRAZEN...WE STILL REMEMBER Y...FROM GREECE
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When you make MJ frustrated you know you heck of a player😂. I love his fearlessness and competitiveness. The man was hitting shots on MJ and even smiled in his face. He was a killer fr🔥💯
Petro had one of the most ruthless head fakes and up and unders I have ever seen from a guard. Literally got the defender every time.
Such intensity. Real defense. Better than all of the NBA playoffs and finals combined over the past 10 years.
Had a privilege of watching him live in his prime when he played for Cibona. The best European player ever.
It was a thrill to play against Dražen. Every time we competed, he competed with an aggressive attitude. He wasn't nervous; he came at me as hard as I came at him. So we've had some great battles in the past and unfortunately, they were short battles. ”
- Michael Jordan #WIKIPEDIA
not goed enough. Drazen was more honest and humble, when asked from one of the local tv hosts in Zagreb, a short time before tragic accident......about posible result one o one against Jordan, he answered that could lose 11:0, or could also win an 11:0(today would be 21:0)
Best European Basketball player of all time.
How about dirk
He`s the European player that gave the most in the NBA. I would venture to say 3. best European player of all time... After Petrovic and Sabonis.
That is a really quality answer. You gave a lot of reasons with that nope.
Daniel D, Petrovic died before he could make a real impact in the NBA. Sabonis was too old when he came in. 2. Bot of these guys won more medals and personal awards than Dirk on international lvl. 3. When Dirk won the MVP it was already i different game, defence was not nearly as tough as in those guys era. 4. Look at people that Petrovic and Sabonis had in their positions and look at who was DIrk playing against. Sory, but you can be a fanboy all you want I watched all off these players play in their prime, so no, Dirk is not the European GOAT even if he won 3 titles like Kukoc.
Gal1njo the only truth is that the best european players of all time that have made great things in the nba are: nowitzki, pau and marc gasol, sabonis(he went too old and with an injury on his knee and he played like a god), petrovic (he could be a great player with many all stars and maybe he would have won the NBA championship) , parker, kukoc, divac, stojakovic, schrempf and maybe kirilenko.
But there are so good european players that didn't play in the NBA because of different reasons, so we must add to the list players like: Navarro (he went 1 year to the nba, he did a good season and he made the 2nd best 3 pointer record in a season for a rookie in the history of NBA), Diamantidis, Teodosic, Spanoulis, Llull (I hope he'll go to the Houston Rockets because he is soooo good), Reyes, Rudy Fernandez, Epi, Jasikevicius, Delibasic, Bodiroga, Arlauckas, etc. There are european players who didn't play in the NBA that are better than players who played in the NBA. For example, in my opinion Navarro is better than Kirilenko.
PD: Ibaka, porzingis and antetokounmpo are already young and they can add to the list if they have good careers.
Gone but never be forgotten. Dražen Petrović.
Drazen was beast. He died WAY to early. Would have been up there with the best 3pt shooters ever. Deadly! Loved seeing this, thanks!
Rano si otiso i puno mi je zao legendo Drazene Petrovicu.Kao dijete uzivo sam gledajuci kako igras.
What a different game back then a lot of efficient short rand mid range shooting and taking it to the bucket . No one was jacking up 30 three point attempts a game for 27 percent . God I miss the old NBA!
Man shut the hell up. That’s because they couldn’t shoot efficiently from the three like they do now. Nobody was shooting. Stephen curry was born shooting and just bc eveyrone thinks they are Steph doesn’t mean anything. This style of play is outdated. Never coming back. And it will change again in another 20 years. Shut up and watch
В нынешней НБА Дражен был бы как Карри.
I was still sadness in my eyes when i remember Drazen!!
Just R. I.P in heaven!!
We missed so many great battles between Petro and MJ. They always gave each other fits. RIP
3:27 - that smile, the play after - damn, that's some great basketball!
Gran momento !
Petrovic had the classic set shot and pump fake that would get you flying......LOL!!! Mannn I never seen Jordan get fazed the way he did in frustrations to Drazen unguardable catch and shoot, that is super duper rare. Mannnn this two team really match up good together or I should say that this N.J team match up really good to the Bulls.
16 points LMAOOOO
@@columbusohio72 16 points are bad or sth i dont understand
Petro probably the toughest European that have ever played in the NBA. He was respected by his peers because they hated him so much even when they talk about him today.
Facts
Ko ih jebe!Petrović King!
Any player nowadays can brag about faking Olajuwon, Pippen, steal from Jordan? Naaah cmon Dražen is the European GOAT!
Drazen Petrovic Croatian legend and NBA legend
Život leti kapetane...
RIP DP ❤
Scary to think that in less than five years, it will have been thirty years since this era in the NBA, and forty years since the days of Magic and Bird
I am Cratian. Dražen was so amazing even before USA. His story is about work, work (but we all did see his talent), first one before training 6 o clock, and the last one to leave. His talent is so visible and he is unpredictable. Micheael is the best ever. But can you imagine two of them in the same team? wow. Best shooter of any European team ever, along with Jordan. best of the best
He was definitely the first European player that attracted everyone's attention. Gone way too soon. RIP.
Dražen Petrovič the best Balkan player ever and forever ❤Šibenik his Hometown him love and adore
So nice to hear good comments from Americans about Drazen, I came to USA (from Croatia) September 93, just few months after his death. There was no internet, we listened to NBA news on the radio, 5 minutes every day, we had no idea what was going on there. Cheers to all Bball fans!
Croatia's basketball, Croatia's sport never recovered from the loss of their finest of athletes.
I stopped following NBA after Draz'ens death and only started watching again now because of Luka Donc'ic.
@@michaelcoceski5442 Luka is playing with the spirit of Drazen, no doubt of that.....
Не надо было рваться на клочья и воевать друг с другом. Это не грубость, это сожаление. Югославия дала бы Дрим тим настоящий бой.
Michael Jordan was the only player who people used to cheer for when they were not playing at home! Absolutely Amazing!!
Yeah but not in this arena ;)
Drazen Legend..!!!
Covek koji je uneo novu dimenziju u kosarku. Pocivaj u miru veliki covece.
PETRO was an amazing player .
Drazen is the bat European ever!!!
That Petrovic could shoot. Mid 40s from 3, in the non 3 era.
He would have been PERFECT for todays game with the no hand checking and three based offenses.
Love the fundamentals. Someone taught him the right way to play.
I know it goes unnoticed because of his unbelievable athleticism and skills. But DAM, he was so fundamentally sound.
You can tell Petrovic loved the game of basketball.
3:30 Drazen abusing MJ, using nothing but his head. Like a boss.
I used to go to Nets games as a kid to watch him, he made things exciting
112 points in one game.Drazen Petrovic RIP
I remember when his hometown team Shibenik got promoted to the Yugo first league.Drazen was a sensation and so young.Best player of all time!!!!!
Big player.Talented.Hard worker and resilient.ONE OF THE BEST YUGOSLAVIA PLAYERS OF ALL TIME!
Yugoslavia and Europe and east
The best in the world, drazen petrovich
Hugh,hugh tragedy.Great man,Great player,great sportsman.TRAGEDY.Veliko postovanje za ovog momka.Pozdrav iz Srbije
i want a MOVIE from DRAZEN PETROVIC!
I can't belive that this fantastic player is from my country
3:27 when they exchange smiles, they had so much fun playing together...
Drazen Petrovic is very underrated. Sad to see him go so eairly :(
Underrated? He is in the HOF and considered the best European basketball player of all time and one of the best basketball players of all time. And all of this playing just up to 28 years old. Imagine if he could play in the NBA 8 more years. Actually we missed his best years
sctmprn While I agree that he was great, Drazen gets little publicity. When was the last time you heard his name on ESPN? Or any other modern media for that matter? For the best shooters you hear about Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Larry Bird, and Stef Curry lately. But never Drazen. And for best European, Dirk Nowitzki gets all of the love (not that he’s underserving), and now Luka Doncha & Nikola Jokic are the new Euro favorites. Jus’ say’n..
sctmprn ok lets be real. He was a good player but would’ve been a 3x all star max in his career. What helped him look good was the fact that he entered the league at 25 with years of professional experience in Europe. In his last season he was 28 which is where you start your prime and he was averaging 22/3/2 which is good but would probably just be enough for an all star selection. If he hit his peak he would’ve probably averaged 25/4/3 on slightly worse fg% and 3p%. Facts are though is he is an influential player for Europe but not the best. And he isn’t one of best players of all time let alone top 100 player of all time.
You don't have a clue what kind of player and human Petrovic was. Slightest clue.
@@jackrowell3682 факты таковы, что есть люди-легенды, меняющие историю, идущие по краю и за краем. Это не просто совокупность технико-тактических характеристик, а судьба, миссия. Дражен был таким всю карьеру. Ради красного словца людей Моцартами не называют. Набрал 112 очков в чемпе страны, в финале еврокубка 62 - и это по 40 минут играли, а не по 48! Открыл НБА, не довольствовался ролью запасного как Кукоч или Марчюлёнис, всего себя изменил, чтобы преуспеть в новом месте.
Drazen Petrovic is a LEGEND!
The "Petro Pump fake" freezes all the Bulls everytime
Always great to see highlights of Petrovic at his peak, but it's even better to see Dudley and Morris together again. Comedy gold...
Had Petrovic lived, I think he and Jordan would have had some legendary match-ups, similar to Bird and Magic.
Petro would have been the best player in the NBA in no time. What a talent.
No.
Not a talent, a hard worker. Kukoc was pure talent.
Hell no
no
@@rundanerun yesssss
what a call jordan got at 7:20 , classic all star nba treatment
Bruh if that's a foul the whistle could be called on every possession. Phantom call that Jordan got, late call because ref realized he needed to give Jordan the VIP treatment.
Corey Brewer had a 51 point game, your point?
Go drive in the lane with a 7-foot 240 pound guy clobbering you to death. But you have to go by a guard that's bruising you with his hands first. Pretty fucking sure the guys who comment here haven't seen 90s basketball. Lmao.
The refs just don't wanna give mj the 3pts play when he shoot and fouled,but when the ball goes airbound,the ref knew he was making a bad decision and immediately call for a foul,that's it.
random gaming videos You're dumb. That was foul. Jordan can't airball this shot if nobody touches him
Really Sad he passed. If he had lived he could of joined the bulls.
Or beat the bulls
Impresionante. Grande Petrovic, le planta cara a todo un Michael Jordan. Iba andando hacia mi habitación y me han pitado falta. 2 tiros para Jordan...
Drazen zlatna ruka ...hvala za sve
najveci bijeli svih vremena. nikad te necemo prezaliti!
1:27 - going for the actual shot attempt instead of jumping into the defender!
I start to love the game after i saw Dražen Petrović play with Cibona-Zagreb,the best basketball team in Yugoslavia in these years82-86,they smash all European basketball clubs (amathers)and they won the European champions cup for 2 time in 2 years,and Cibona took these cups,very easy.Remember one thing,in these years Europe basketball teams was very good and stringa,almost all clubs was good,and a lot od players who play in these years signed for NBA teams,and this was the first time that NBA took some players who cames outside of USA.Ok Dražen was the machine and others of his team mates was good,beacose the national basketball team of Yugoslavia was one od the best in the world.They won every cup what exist in basketball, the Olimpic games too!!!!They always play and fight in the finale of all of these cups and won against Russia- SSSR,Lithva too.And this dominant era contine from the 70's to the and,when Yugoslavia stop to exist in bloody war,even the first and defenitely the best,USA basketball DREAM -TEAM in Olimpics od Barcelona 92'(Magic,Jordan,Barklay,Ewing,Bird,Stocton,Drexler,Malone....)almost lose and that game against Yugoslavia was very,very hard for the NBA stars and Yugoslavia make a hard time for Dream-team shooting grom the distance for 3 points,NBA teams and a few players practice this style od playing in these years.Yugoslavia players was the masters for distance shooting,and they shoot for 3 points all the time.Afther Barcelona Olimpic games in 92'nothing remain the same in basketball world.USA recognize one thing: basketball exist not only in NBA leage,good teams and exelent players exist and play in others countrya too.When some of this players came in NBA its not easy for them in first years.The style,the rules and kind od playing was two different world,but Dražen Petrović,Toni Kukoč,Vlade Divac....make to NBA stars a hard time.But Dražen leave us too soon and too young.He die in car acident in 1993.He show more od his magic and that is for sure.😭😓😞😡😡
Just to correct you:
In 1992 Dream Team didn't play against Yugoslavia, it played against Croatia so it wasn't the full force Yugoslavia team (no Divac for example). But one of the reason that Dream Team came to be WAS that Yugoslavian team which was regularly beating all of the USA selections before that in various competitions. So they had to send the absolute best to beat them. And were comparing 18 mil people country against 300 mil people.
92. olimpycs final
Usa vs Croatia ( not Yugoslavia )
I'm really loving this matchup. Petro's playing him without fear. A lot of times guys kind of just play too worried when going against MJ. On offense and defense Petro going hard. Also shot out to a few Derrick Coleman highlights. Always loved his game.
Beautiful fundamental basketball to watch, High IQ basketball with intensity and skill to match... I can't stand watching the modern day game, it's complete rubbish in comparison
Kakva tragedija za sport,za kosarku,da je takav igrac nastradao i otisao tako rano! Ja sam iz srbije,mi ovde smo uvek voleli drazena,virtouz sa loptom u ruci! Pocivaj u miru legendo,nikad neces biti zaboravljen!
Hvala!
Que grande drazen !!!
Petro, and Barkley were my favorite player in the NBA at this time. A few more years of NBA experience, and Petro would have taken teams to championship games. What a huge loss that was. The original dream team had problems with Petro
He over scored MJ in Barcelona 92 Final
Jordan got 5-8 points a game from the free throw line for plays like the one at 7:11. Jordan always just that phantom call. Great D by Petro!
It's called critical thinking
DJ B Plus Jordan was favored by the Refs since the beginning but more so in the 90's when David Stern made sure he started to win NBA Championships.
Yep!
IBlewUponYourFace idiot
drazen was fearless💔
Petrovic and Teodosic, my personal favourite players from Croatia and Serbia. Great guys and awesome players.
Drazen Petrovic is an serb too, hes born in croatia but hes an serb (same as nikola tesla)
ТУРБО СРБИН his dad is serb but mom croatian
Thats 50 50
And hes from croatia
Making him a croat
his dad from montenegro and mom croatia just like Novak Djokovic Croatia and Montenegro not serbian
Serbs would claim shit as their own if it was worth anything
Nikola Jokić is a great Serbian player too
Drazen Petrovic 1000 times better!
Love to him from Italy.❤❤❤
Best european player ever and best shooter at that time in nba legend Petro
Petrovic, the greatest european player vs Jordan the greatest american player. What a game!
Drazen had a wicked pump fake.
the sibenik devil!
meg yep and up and under too. Absolutely filthy with that move.
That Drazen pumpfake was deadly.
Sad to hear he died so tragically, way before he could really do some damage in the NBA.
Amazing to see how Drazen gets under the G.O.A.T skin...what a legend...Rip Mr Petrovic ...
Not just Jordan he did that to Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond, Clyde Drexler and Dan Marjle. He didn't back down from anyone...
He could have been an All-time great. honestly he got that old school type of play and euro step.
He was a future all-star in the making
Ahead of his time, genius, zero fear, True F Legend!!
One of the greats , no doubt. RIP
27 years has passed today but we will never forget you dear Captain
DP was probably the only person who gave zero F about MJ trash talking him
Drazen Petrovic,era un tirador fantástico
his career was really peaking that year too
One of the best European players of all time.
He was called the Jordan stopper back in the day , that’s why the mafia terminated him
I love Drazen but anyone who called him the Jordan stopper was an idiot. They played 11 games in the regular season with MJ going 10-1 and averaging 30 on 50%. They also played in the gold medal game in the Olympics and while Drazen out scored Jordan with 24 points, USA won by 32…
5 best European players who played in the NBA: 1 Mozzart (Petrović) 🇭🇷, 2 Pink Panther (Kukoč) 🇭🇷, 3 Blue Angel (Dirk) 🇩🇪 4 Sabonis 🇱🇹 and now the name is on the trail of Luka D. 🇸🇮
Divac and Detlef Schremp were really good too.
Simplemente el más grande que existió.
Larry Bird comparó a Jordan con Dios una vez qué le enfrentó. Yo vi a Drazen en una final meter 62 puntos creo. Lo qué sentí aquel día, no lo he vuelto a sentir. Y habrá jugadores mejores qué él, pero por juego, estética y carácter para mí es el más grande.
That's was true NBA defense. On both ends of the floor from start to finish. N it intensified against the great Micheal Jordan n the Chicago Bulls. Thts what I miss about the game. Every night teams went hard at each other. 1 or game 82. Every team wanted a chance to dethrone the Champs.
Jordan puteaba a Drazen, pero Drazen era un guerrero y ni Michael podía pararlo...Petrovic fue un jugador excelso y todos lo echamos de menos ..
Oj sibenska pismo moja.... A true legend. 🇭🇷
We miss him a lot...every croatian❤️
Drazen, Tony kukoc, novitzki, Pau gasol, Tony parker top 5 European players
your videos would be better if you just left the black bars, this isn't an improvement on 4:3