<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Vlade Divac sat up a little straighter and smiled. When he thinks about it, he admitted, he is proud of the impact he has had in the NBA. He was one of the league's pioneers when it came to international players finding success in the United States. Guards Drazen Petrovic and Sarunas Marciulionis made their marks before Divac. But Divac more or less paved the way in the NBA for big men outside of the U.S. Yao Ming remembers getting a glimpse of Divac as early as 1988, when Yao was only 8 years old. He followed Divac's career when he got older and credits the Serb for helping make it possible for him to play in the league. Divac never set out to be a pioneer. He said it was a difficult decision for him to leave Yugoslavia for the NBA. </div> You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.
