News about Vlade Divac

According to Victor Wembanyama, European prospects are at a 'HIGHER LEVEL' higher level than Americans

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 21, 2023
Victor Wembanyama praised Europe's practice of encouraging prospects to play properly when asked to comment on NBA players from around the continent's recent triumph. 'I think it makes sense that Europeans and international players are playing in the NBA,' the 19-year-old told reporters in Manhattan on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's draft in Brooklyn. They play at a higher level than American prospects, which means more competition.' Wembanyama is hardly breaking any news. Teenager basketball prospects have the opportunity to compete in Europe, while American students have failed in the high school and college ranks against undersized and underkilled competition.

After being nudged by Nikola Jokic, Stephen A. Smith chastised Suns owner Mat Ishbia for a dramatic decline

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 9, 2023
Despite not being in touch with Ishbia, who later pleaded with NBA officials not to suspend the center on Twitter, the Nuggets star was fined $25k for the match. "Mat Ishbia, bravo man, bravo," Smith, an ESPN analyst, said on his own podcast, "K[NO]W MERCY.' Vlade Divac couldn't have escaped,' So it was a flop that they couldn't have pulled off.' He's evidently taking acting lessons, so I'd recommend going to him to see how to fail.'

Shaquille O'Neal reveals biggest regret about Kobe Bryant's death and why he did not believe news

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 26, 2022
Shaquille O'Neal has admitted that the death of late Kobe Bryant was a hoax at first, and that he regretted not being in more regular contact with his former teammate. In a helicopter crash just outside Los Angeles in February 2020, Bryant and eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died. In eight years with the Los Angeles Lakers, O'Neal and Bryant won three NBA titles in a row, but their on-court friendship with the Lakers sour before O'Neal left the franchise in 2004.