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Ex-NBA great Vlade Divac breaks hip in motorcycle accident

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PODGORICA, Montenegro -- Former NBA center Vlade Divac underwent emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a fall from his motorcycle in Montenegro, doctors said Friday.

The accident happened Thursday on a road near the Montenegrin Adriatic Sea coast. Hospital officials said Divac sustained a fracture and that an artificial hip was implanted.

"During the day, a surgical procedure was performed," said Ljubica Mitrovic, a spokeswoman of the hospital in the town of Risan. "He is in a stable general and physical condition and is under a careful supervision of the medical staff."

The 7-foot-1 Serbian center started and ended his 16-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.