He made his first professional team at just 15 years of age and quickly became one of the biggest stars in Europe. On June 7, 1993, Drazen Petrovic was killed in a car accident in Germany, abruptly ending a career that truly hadn’t even really begun, despite all the success he’d already attained. He also spent one season with Real Madrid in Spain, averaging 28.5 points per game. On 7 June 1993, one of the greatest basketballer players to ever come out of Europe, Dražen Petrović, was tragically killed. NETS' PETROVIC DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Drazen Petrovic - An unfinished symphony.
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He was a standout for KK Cibona, averaging 37.7 points in his four years with the team, also winning multiple titles in numerous competitions throughout Europe. He had established himself as one of the top scorers in the NBA and was also one of the league’s best three-point shooters.
June 8, 1993. Drazen's cause of death was car accident.
Drazen Petrovic, the New Jersey Nets' 28-year-old guard and the team's leading scorer, was killed yesterday in an automobile accident in Germany, according to his father. Since his death, the European wave has taken the NBA by storm as the likes of Toni Kukoc, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, and Luka Doncic are just a few of the many players from overseas that have come to the U.S. and thrived. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., JUNE 7 -- New Jersey Nets star guard Drazen Petrovic, among the top shooters in the National Basketball Association and a third-team all-NBA selection this season, was killed instantly today when a car he was riding in smashed head-on into a truck near Frankfurt, Germany, his agent said.Petrovic, 28, was traveling home to Zagreb, Croatia, from the qualifying tournament for the European basketball championships in Wroclaw, Poland. Radja, a former Boston Celtic living in Croatia, heard the news from Novacek.
Race car driver Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash in April and Iowa basketball star Chris Street was killed in a car accident in January.The first news of Petrovic's death reached the United States when his Croatian teammate, Dino Radja, contacted his New York-based agent, Marc Fleisher, tonight. He said he heard of the accident while watching the ESPN sports network. Drazen Petrovic’s No. Since his death, the European wave has taken the NBA by storm as the likes of Toni Kukoc, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, and Luka Doncic are just a few of the many players from overseas that have come to the U.S. and thrived. The death of Drazen Petrovic, ... Chris Dudley, the Nets' free-agent center, was Petrovic's best friend on the team.
Both women also reportedly were killed in the accident, which occurred late this afternoon.In Wroclaw, Petrovic had played for Croatia, leading his team into the European championships later this month in Germany.Petrovic averaged 22.3 points on 52 percent shooting for the Nets this season. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. She only recently recognized it was the same car crash that killed Drazen Petrovic. Petrovic was also the biggest star on the Yugoslavian national team that at various times included a number of future NBA players, including Vlade Divac and Seeing the talent he possessed, the Portland Trailblazers drafted Drazen Petrovic in the third round of the 1986 NBA draft, although he didn’t make his NBA debut until the 1989-1990 season.
The one who uttered it, before a group of journalists at a game in Belgrade, was Zoran "Moka" Slavnic, who by then was a player-coach at Sibenka. NETS' PETROVIC DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Drazen Petrovic, who left the United States a few weeks ago unsure if he would return to the New Jersey Nets, was killed in an automobile accident in Germany on Monday, his attorney said. Coming off the bench on a guard-heavy Blazers team that featured The following season, Danny Ainge joined the team and Petrovic saw his already-limited playing time dwindle to just over seven minutes per game and was averaging just 4.4 points.
According to Croatian national coach Mirosav Novacek, Petrovic was traveling with two women, one of whom was driving the car. He was a standout for KK Cibona, averaging 37.7 points in his four years with the team, also winning multiple titles in numerous competitions throughout Europe.