BREAKING NEWSNBA legend Vlade Divac, 57, has emergency surgery after motorcycle accident

BREAKING NEWSNBA legend Vlade Divac, 57, has emergency surgery after motorcycle accident

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 the 57-year-old Divac, who enjoyed two stints with the Los Angeles Lakers, 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.’

Divac spent 16 years in the NBA after being selected by the Lakers with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1989 draft.

The 7-foot-1 player started and ended his NBA career in LA. He also played for the Charlotte Hornets and Sacramento Kings. 

NBA icon Vlade Divac has had emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a motorcycle accident

NBA icon Vlade Divac has had emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a motorcycle accident

Divac, best known for his stints with the Kings (pictured) and Lakers, is in a stable condition

Divac, best known for his stints with the Kings (pictured) and Lakers, is in a stable condition

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While playing for Sacramento, Divac was named an All-Star for the first and only time in 2001. He later served as general manager of the Kings, who retired his No. 21 jersey.

When he joined the Lakers in 1989, he was among the first group of European players to transfer to the NBA.

Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA. 

He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Divac served two terms as head of Serbia’s Olympic Committee and also spent time as an adviser to his country’s deputy prime minister.

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