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Vlade Divac

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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), 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vlade Divac is the 15th most popular basketball player (up from 124th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 262nd in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Vlade Divac ranks 15 out of 1,757. Before him are Bill Russell, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, and K. C. Jones. After him are Kobe Bryant, Kevin McHale, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, Dennis Rodman, and Radivoj Korać.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Vlade Divac ranks 29. Before him are Kylie Minogue, Robert Rodriguez, Naomi Watts, Fernando Hierro, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. After him are Nataša Pirc Musar, Alexander Stubb, Chris McCandless, Marcel Desailly, Guy Ritchie, and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Vlade Divac ranks 70 out of 661. Before him are Milan Milutinović (1942), Dragan Stojković (1965), Filip Vujanović (1954), Charles Simic (1938), Moša Pijade (1890), and Dušan Simović (1882). After him are Draga Mašin (1864), Vujadin Boškov (1931), Aşub Sultan (1627), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Saliha Sultan (1680), and Martin of Braga (520).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Serbia

Among basketball players born in Serbia, Vlade Divac ranks 1. After him are Radivoj Korać (1938), Nikola Jokić (1995), Svetislav Pešić (1949), Dragan Kićanović (1953), Aleksandar Đorđević (1967), Dejan Bodiroga (1973), Zoran Slavnić (1949), Dragan Šakota (1952), Saša Obradović (1969), Miloš Teodosić (1987), and Željko Rebrača (1972).

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