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Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ʋlǎːde dǐːʋats]; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
At 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m),[1] Divac played center and, unlike many centers, was known for his passing skills. He was among the first group of European basketball players to transfer to the NBA in the late 1980s and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.[2] He is one of seven players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, and 1,500 blocked shots, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Pau Gasol.[3][n 1] Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA. Divac was named to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. On August 20, 2010, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of his play in international competition.[4] He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.[5]
Divac is a humanitarian, helping children in his native country of Serbia and in Africa.[6] In October 2008, he was appointed as government adviser in Serbia for humanitarian issues.[7] In February 2009, he was elected President of the Serbian Olympic Committee for a four-year term[8] and re-elected in November 2012.[9] In 2013, Divac received an honor from the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.[10]
- ^ "Vlade Divac Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Experts decide European Club Basketball's 50 greatest contributors – 50 YEARS – Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". Euroleague.net. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ "Vlade Divac Announces Retirement; Accepts Position With Lakers". National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ "FIBA announces 2010 Hall of Fame Class". FIBA. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010.
- ^ "Divac, Sikma, Moncrief headline Hall of Fame Class of 2019". National Basketball Association. April 6, 2019.
- ^ "Divac Creates New Team With "You Can Too" Campaign". National Basketball Association. September 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ "Ex-NBA star appointed government adviser". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. October 16, 2008. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
- ^ "Divac na čelu OKS naredne četiri godine" (in Serbian). Blic. February 24, 2009. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009.
- ^ "Vlade Divac ponovo izabran za predsednika Olimpijskog komiteta" [Vlade Divac re-elected for the President of the Olympic Committee] (in Serbian). Beta. November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Kings News Full". National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
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