Dražen Petrović
“The basketball Mozart”
• Dražen Petrović (Šibenik, october 22nd 1964)
Croatian basketball player.
• One of the greatest Croatian and European
basketball players and one of the greatest
Croatian athlete of all time.
Early life
European clubs Dražen
participated for:
• Šibenka (1979–1983)
• Cibona (1984–1988)
• Real Madrid (1988–1989)
NBA
• Portland Trail Blazers (1989-1991)
NBA
• New Jersey Nets (1991-1993)
National team
Achievements and awards
• Dražen broke many records and won lots
of awards, both with his clubs and national
team
• At that time Dražen was playind the best
basketball of his life. He finally got enough
space to show how good he is.
• But then...
• June 7 1993
• Dražen was comming back home from
Poland where he player for national team,
but he wanted to meet his girlfriend in
Munich so he didnt fly with the team, but
by car.
• Unfortunately, that was his last trip...
The monument of Dražen in
Lausanne
• “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
THE END
Made by:Marin Gović
Zoran Papak
Goran Knežević