It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time when people were very skeptical about international players making it in the NBA.
So when Croatian Drazen Petrovic began to surge in the NBA back in the late 80’s and early ‘90’s, for a lot of people, it was unbelievable. How could this guy be cocky enough to talk back to Michael Jordan - and back it up?
Because he was that good.
Petrovic was 25 when he got to the NBA - it wasn’t as easy then as it is now - and spent two average years in Portland before being traded to the New Jersey Nets.