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FREE THE MOZART OF BASKETBALL: THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DRAZEN PETROVIC PDF Todd Spehr,Digger Phelps | 380 pages | 19 May 2016 | Sports Publishing LLC | 9781613219171 | English | New York, United States The Mozart of Basketball He began his professional career at the age of fifteen, playing for the national team, where he began his rise through the European circuit. Known as a skilled shooter, it was not unusual for him to score 40, 50, even 60 points during a single game. He would become a premier player and was considered one of the finest shooters in the NBA, averaging over 20 points a game in his two full seasons with the Nets. He was both a hero in the US as well as at home in Croatia, where his success had become a beacon of hope for his beleaguered countrymen who were enduring war in what is now the former Yugoslavia. Deciding against flying with his team back to Croatia, he instead chose to drive there with his girlfriend. Thousands attended the funeral in his hometown, and the New Jersey Nets retired his number 3. Even though his career was cut short, his passion, determination, and spirit continue to influence not only his home country, but international basketball as a whole. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first- hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. Skip to content. He also served as an analyst for ESPN for twenty years. The Mozart of Basketball is the perfect book for any The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic who loves the follow basketball beyond the arena, to wherever it leads. Petro was a unique talent and personality, and Spehr takes the reader inside to tell the story, with clarity and reverence. As a person he was authentic, fun-loving, and vigilant in his pursuit of greatness. And while his NBA tenure was tragically The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic, his contribution to the history of our game was gigantic. 20+ Best dražen images | sibenik, tank man, basketball players nba The following ISBNs are associated The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic this title:. ISBN - Look for similar items by category:. May 10, Buy Online. Ship to an address. Pick up in store. To see if pickup is available, select a store. In-Store Availability. Not sold in stores. Prices and offers may vary in store. He began his professional career at the age of fifteen, playing for the national team, where he began his rise through the European circuit. Known as a skilled shooter, it was not unusual for him to score 40, 50, even 60 points during a single game. He would become a premier player and was considered one of the finest shooters in the NBA, averaging over 20 points a game in his two full seasons with the Nets. He was both a hero in the US as well as at home in Croatia, where his success had become a beacon of hope for his beleaguered countrymen who were enduring war in what is now the former Yugoslavia. Deciding against flying with his team back to Croatia, he instead chose to drive there with his girlfriend. Thousands attended the funeral in his hometown, and the New Jersey Nets retired his number 3. Even though his career was cut short, his passion, determination, and spirit continue to influence not only his home country, but international basketball as a whole. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic otherwise find a home. About The Author. He currently resides in Australia with his wife, Yolanda. Select Parent Grandparent Teacher Kid at heart. Age of the child I gave this to:. Hours of Play:. Tell Us Where You Are:. Preview Your Review. Thank you. Your review has been submitted and will appear here shortly. Editorial Reviews. Recently Viewed. Verify your identity A shooting guardhe initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the s, before joining the National Basketball Association NBA in He represented Yugoslavia 's national team and, later, Croatia 's national team. He earned four Euroscarsand was named Mr. Europa twice. Inhe received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. While starting for the Nets, he became one of the league's best shooting guards. The same season he had 47 points and 25 assists in a game against the reigning Italian League champions Simac Milano. So, you can imagine all the individuals I had to bribe and all the places where I had to pay up in order to circumvent this law". They brought him onto the team primarily as an outside threat to shoot three-pointers. In the Blazers' offensive scheme he was to set up The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic the line, receive a passed ball and go directly up to release his shot. Taking the ball out of his hands and making him a static shooter was foreign to him. Making matters worse, the Blazers already had a full rotation of guards, with a starting backcourt of Clyde Drexler and Terry Porterand with veteran Danny Young as a reserve. He had difficulty being productive in the limited role the Blazers had for him. In his rookie year during the —90 NBA seasonhe averaged 7. Eighteen months have passed by, too long. I have to leave to prove how much I am worth. He joined a team that had not reached the playoffs sincebut had rookie Derrick Colemanthe number one selection from the draft. He was immediately given a role on the floor, with His scoring over the remaining 43 games increased to The following year, he and Coleman were joined by Kenny Andersongiving the team a third talented new The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic. Petroas the Americans had dubbed him, did not miss a single game. His determination, hard work and aggressive on-court demeanor established him as a team leader. In More importantly, his success translated into success for the team. The Nets made the playoffs, recording 14 more wins than the previous year. However, he did not receive an invitation to the All-Star game. Among the top 13 scorers in the NBA that season, he was the only one not invited. Brown told Brandon Scoop B Robinson that he remembered Petrovic spraining his knee and was slated to miss two months. Petrovic rehabbed so hard that he ended up only missing two weeks. The young man regularly played for the Yugoslavian national team in the Balkan Championships, also winning gold with the junior team and silver with the senior team. Third place was also earned at the FIBA World Championshipremembered for the last minute thriller in the semi-final game against the Soviet Union. His highest single-game point tally came against Estoniaon 31 May 48 points. He was contemplating departure from the Nets, disappointed with the fact that the Nets had not yet extended his contract. He told American reporters that the lack of recognition in the league made him also consider leaving the NBA completely and playing club basketball in Greece. On the rain-drenched Autobahn 9he was a passenger in a car that was cut off by a semi-truck at Denkendorf near Ingolstadt in the German state of Bavaria. According to the report of the Ingolstadt police, that afternoon a truck broke through the Autobahn medianthe driver was trying to avoid a collision with a personal vehicle in his own lane and lost control of the truck, crashing through the median barrier and finally coming to a stop and blocking all three lanes of traffic going in the opposite direction. The documentary, Once Brothers part of the ESPN 30 for 30 seriesportrays the achievements of the Yugoslavia national basketball team in the late s and early s, and how the Yugoslav Wars tore the team apart. Croatian basketball journalists Marjan Crnogaj and Vlado Radicevic released a page biography [39] which global paperback edition was released on 14 October It's hard for you to imagine here in America, because you have so many great players, but we are a country of four million; without him, basketball takes three steps back. Kennedy — "You know, Johnny, we never got to know you. I felt that the whole year that I was with him went by too fast and I really never got to know him the way I would have liked to. I was one of those people who welcomed him to Portland when he came from Europe. We talked about his family a lot in his restaurant, and he enjoyed his friends and he enjoyed the game of basketball.