Vlade Divac
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Vlade Divac is a Serbian professional basketball executive and a former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the Nati
Divac in 2026
Divac (fourth from right, at centre) with the Yugoslavia team that won the EuroBasket 1989.
Divac is one of seven players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, and 1,500 blocked shots.
Vlade Divac (rear, center) alongside Crown Prince Alexander II in 2005, at an event for World Heart Day
Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Black Mamba", he played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association. Br
Vlade Divac
…in a manner analogous to diving in FIBA games. On July 1, 1996, Divac was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the draft rights to future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant. Decades later, the trade would be seen as lopsided in favor of the Lakers. After initially considering retirement upon being traded to the Hornets…
Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014
Bryant's retired No. 33 jersey and banner at the Lower Merion High School gym in Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Bryant taking a shot in a game against the Boston Celtics on Dec 20, 1999
Bryant attempting a free-throw during a 2005 pre-season game