An overview of the childhood and early education of Vlade Divac, highlighting the experiences that shaped the journey.
Vlade Divac is a Serbian former professional basketball player and executive. He most recently served as the vice president of basketball operations and general manager for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. Divac had a successful playing career, notable for his international play and contributions to the NBA, primarily with the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings.
On February 3, 1968, Vlade Divac, the Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, was born.
The 2015-2016 season was the Sacramento Kings Final Season in Sleep Train Arena, the team's home since 1988.
During the 1989 EuroBasket, Vlade Divac lifted his teammate Zoran Radović for a slam dunk.
When FR Yugoslavia won gold and Croatia won bronze at the EuroBasket 1995, Croatia walked off the podium during the medal ceremony because they were at war with Serbs.
Along with six Serbian basketball teammates, Divac established the charity called Group Seven in 1997, later renamed to "Divac's Children Foundation".
In 1999, Vlade Divac appeared in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains, where he spoke about the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
From September 21 to 23, 2007, Vlade Divac officially bid farewell to his basketball career in his hometown Prijepolje and Belgrade, promoting the "You Can Too" campaign with a gathering of friends and 10,000 people outside the National Assembly building.
In 2007, Belgrade band Deca Loših Muzičara, who wrote the song "Vlade Divac" about his move to the Lakers, finally met Divac and performed the song with him at his farewell party.
In 2008, Vlade Divac appeared as a special guest on Eurovision, where he threw a ball into the audience to begin the televoting process.
In 2012, when the NBA instituted anti-flopping penalties, Divac expressed his support, stating that players were overdoing the flopping.
On January 7, 2014, Vlade Divac's father, Milenko, passed away due to injuries sustained in a car accident.
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