I'm born and live in his city, Split, my whole life (Kukoc is from there as well and Petrovic was from a place 20 miles away, so much for a 200k city:) Dino was picked in the 2nd round by the Celtics in 1989 with the 40th overall selection (the C's first round pick that year was this clown, who couldn't shine Dino's shoes as a ball player). You're from Croatia and your name is "Tony" and not "Toni" haha?
Great piece, TB. Looking for Dino's pics in green I found a list of foreign players that have played in the NBA (not passing through the NCAA):
Partner of iOne Digital / Cassius Network. Hi Tony- thanks for visiting our site and for commenting! Toni Kukoč is a Croatian former professional basketball player who is currently Special Advisor to Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls. However, injuries derailed his hopes of longevity in America, but in a During that time, Boston was in a mess and it now seemed that Radja’s competitive nature was not fit for the franchise’s direction back then. He had the moves, the shooting and the will to win. It is about him not renewing his mandate as board member of olympic commite cause his request that every olympic medal winner should have some sort of funding from the country till the rest of thir lives was denied by the same comitee.Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “I don’t want to think about what’s going to happen.
After a highly successful period in European basketball, he was one of the first established European stars to play in the National Basketball Association.
One of the early international players who found a competitive playing career in the NBA, Dino Radja also became a big “what if” for Boston Celtics fans. By Gary Washburn Globe Staff, September 15, 2018, 2:47 p.m. Dino Radja ... who will retire after this season, his 40th with the club. Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ʋlǎːde dǐːʋats]; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who is the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).. Divac spent most of his playing career in the NBA. [button width=”full” button size=”bigger” color=”custom” align=”center” textcolor=”#ffffff” texthcolor=”#ffffff” bgcolor=”#8b0000″ link=”https://clutchpoints.com/lawmaker-campaigns-league-hold-2017-star-game-boston/”]Copyright © ClutchPoints. Haha thanks Anonymous, very insightful!
Ex-Celtic Dino Radja truly an international star. Dino was a terrific player, a very talented forward. It's nice to see Dino is still remembered in the USA, even though you had numerous European players since.
This is First anom from Split (boy a lot of Croats are C's fans:).
Nowadays it has become more and more difficult to find players who rely exclusively on their skills and class instead of just the physicality.
Cool site Bohemian.
About your Vranković questions you were kinda right. “It’s the least-important game we have in this tournament,” said Dino Radja a few days ago, when asked about the U.S. team. I'm sure Dino's still a tough guy to play against at this point! One of the early international players who found a competitive playing career in the NBA, The six-foot-11 Croatian was selected 40th overall in the 1989 draft, but started playing for the Celtics in 1993. Well I'm gonna vote for Dirk to get him higher than Gasol and Divac, which he def should be. Radja instantly made a splash in his rookie year after averaging 15.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in 28 minutes per game for the Beantown boys.He went on to play three more solid years and held career averages of 16.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks.
He won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1996. Oh and Tony maybe you could clarify what Stojko Vrankovic does today by translating the articles I've linked to!
Great player, glad he got to play for us Today in WTHHT, we remember an international star from Croatia, not as famous as this guy or this guy, but definitely more famous than this guy.You probably remember Dino Radja.
Dino just lacked athleticism, but he was one of the best in the rest.