What made Drazen Petrovic groundbreaking and unforgettable

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    SlyPokerDog, Feb 28, 2018
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    This guy was special.....one of the purest shooters ever....great, great talent cut short by tragedy...loved his game
     
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    "Portland traded him in January 1991 to New Jersey in a three-team deal for Walter Davis -- who was then 36. (Ainge was, and remains, aghast at the trade. "We all knew Drazen was a great player," he says.)"

    I remember hating that trade at the time.
     
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    Spent a lot of time watching basketball in Europe in the 80s. Hated him. He was very very good.
     
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    Goran Ivanisevic was his best friend...wore his Nets jersey after winning Wimbledon in respect to him....
     
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    ...what's also cool is that ESPN actually had this as their NBA cover story for most of yesterday! RIP Drazen.
     
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    I remember running around the gym for warm-ups in PE class in elementary school asking my buddy if he had heard the news that Drazen died. For some reason, I can remember that moment very clearly.
     
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    I was super bummed that we traded Drazen.

    Making matters worse, Davis was a Blazers killer when he played for Phoenix, but once we got him he was trash. So I guess he was still a Blazers killer.
     
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