The term “gym rat” might sound like a byproduct of social media, but if it had existed in the late ’80s or early ’90s, it ...

At his position, players like Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter were ahead of him, and even Danny Ainge ranked higher in the rotation. Yet, according to the late Croatian icon’s brother, Aleksandar ...

Drazen Petrovic and Willow Bay stand, the Statue of Liberty behind them, in Hoboken, N.J. circa 1991. (Bruce Bennett-NBAE-Getty Images) Petrovic played little in the first half after picking up two ...

Dirk Nowitzki was crowned the MVP even though Germany lost to Greece in the European Championship in Serbia back in 2005. His performance throughout the tournament not only impressed the organizers ...

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Drazen Petrovic stood out as a truly unique player in the league. He was known for his explosive scoring ability, primarily driven by his exceptional proficiency in ...

Basketball stars often like to pay tribute to their favorite players in small or major ways. It can take the form of a public shoutout, a more formal tribute, or even just a plain old meet-and-greet.

On the outside, an NBA player's life looks like a dream. In addition to earning a king's ransom to play basketball, players enjoy access to world-class training facilities, being waited on from head ...

In today's NBA, teams' decision-makers and executives no longer have a problem putting the fate of their respective franchises in the hands of European players. From Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles ...

In a quiet moment during the Slovenian national team training camp before last summer's Eurobasket championship run, the team's coach, Igor Kokoskov, pulled aside Luka Doncic, his star prospect, for a ...

Kokoskov told Doncic about how, during Yugoslavia's run to the 1989 EuroBasket championship in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), Petrovic would wake up before 6 a.m., drag an assistant coach into his ...