drazen petrovic

[King Emmanuel]

so what's the deal with people saying that this croatian nigga is the best european player ever- over dirk- and he could've been on michael's level? does anyone actually think a 6 5 white shooting guard can dominate in the nba

i mean really 17.3 PER in his last season lol he woldve been 90s klay thompson

[Malik Hairston]

Everybody is always overrated when their career ends prematurely, tbh, whether it's sports/music, whatever it is..

[lefty]

Drazen scored 101 pts once in Europe :lol

And the fact that he averaged 22 ppg while playing with idiots like DC, Chris Morris and Kenny Anderson is mind blowing tbh :lol

[spurraider21]

once in Europe
:lmao

[lefty]

:lmao

What is Dirk's best performance in Europe ? :lol

Tbh if Petro played today with that zone D and soft officiating he would be averaging 35 ppg :lol

[spurraider21]

What is Dirk's best performance in Europe ?
its irrelevant. lets talk about high school accomplishments while we're at it :lol

[ambchang]

The guy can score. He was never going to be greater than dirk. In fact, I'd pick Manu over him due to a better all around game. But petro was shooting lights out back then, and his game was on the upswing when he got killed in a traffic accident.

Petro could've been a 25ppg scorer in his prime, nailing long range bombs all day long on a contender team. He was one of the first players who would stop and pop 3 pointers on wide open fast breaks because he can make those shots like normal players make layups.

Also, he led the nets to the playoffs. That alone propels him into legend status. I can't find a present day equivalent. Maybe a bigger Stephen curry with less passing?

[100%duncan]

its irrelevant. lets talk about high school accomplishments while we're at it :lol

Lol thinking highschool crap is comparable to european pro ball

[Venti Quattro]

Lol thinking highschool crap is comparable to european pro ball

Euro ball in Drazen's time was virtually non-existent compared to today. Back then all the US team had to do was show up and they'd win by 30 minimum.

They can still win by 30 today... just that they'd have to exert more effort on both ends.

[100%duncan]

Euro ball in Drazen's time was virtually non-existent compared to today. Back then all the US team had to do was show up and they'd win by 30 minimum.

They can still win by 30 today... just that they'd have to exert more effort on both ends.

Yeah i know but the fact that raider thougt the two were comparable was idiotic at best

[Infinite_limit]

5 Seasons

FG%: .506
FGA: 11.6
3P%: .437
FT%: .841

[Calispursfan11]

Best ever euro hands down. I'd want to give it to manu but that would be biased so Drazen it is. Best ever player from Europe and possibly on par with MJ, truly tbh.

[Raven]

perennial overrated. He was just a shooter and nothing else.

[Raven]

Best ever euro hands down. I'd want to give it to manu but that would be biased so Drazen it is. Best ever player from Europe and possibly on par with MJ, truly tbh.

manu is from argentina.

[szumi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgYzdn-ch-s

[hsxvvd]

Do yourself a favor and watch the 92 Dream Team final v. Croatia. Drazen went toe to toe with Jordan and arguably got the better of him.

[lefty]

Drazen in today's NBA would average 35 ppg tbh :lol

Zone D : bomb away
softer officiating: more FT's

[Franklin]

shooting above 50% from the field by itself is impressive enough for a guard (check Kobe's SG%) not to say 45% 3pt shooting. So sad dude's career and life ended too early. There's a reason some people consider him even better than Dirk, though in my opinion Dirk is still the best european basketball player of all time.

[99 Problems]

Drazen could play. Not a lot of minutes when he first came over until somehow they noticed he could ball.