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Sacramento Kings GM Vlade Divac, has died AP Report

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Vlade Divac, known for flopping at the most inopportune times instead of playing defense died shortly after completing a trade for Demarcus Cousins to the Pelicans for a bunch of bullshit.

Vlade Divac
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Vlade Divac

Divac in 2007
Sacramento Kings
Position
Inept Manager
League NBA
Personal information
Born
February 3, 1968 (age 49)
Prijepolje, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died Arco Arena Febuary 19, 2017
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight 243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft
1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career 1983–2005
Position Center
Number 12, 21
Career history
1983–1986
Sloga
1986–1989 Partizan
19891996 Los Angeles Lakers
19961998 Charlotte Hornets
1999 Crvena zvezda
19982004 Sacramento Kings
2004–2005 Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
13,398 (11.8 ppg)
Rebounds 9,326 (8.2 rpg)
Blocks 1,631 (1.4 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals[hide]
Representing
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SFR Yugoslavia
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games

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1988 Seoul SFR Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
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1986 Spain SFR Yugoslavia
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1990 Argentina SFR Yugoslavia
Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ʋlǎːde dǐːʋats]; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, Best known for destroying the Saramento Kings franchise by trading Demarcus Cousins for a bunch of horseshit. He is currently serving as the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings.[1]

Divac spent most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 7 ft 1 in, he played center and was known for his passing and flopping skills. He was among the first group of European basketball players to transfer to the NBA based on flopping skills alone in the late 1980s and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.[2] He is one of seven players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, and Hakeem Olajuwon.[3][n 1] Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA. On August 20, 2010, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of his play in international competition.[4]

Aside from being noticed for his basketball abilities, Divac is also known as a humanitarian, helping children in his native country of Serbia, and in Africa.[5] In October 2008, he was appointed as government adviser in Serbia for humanitarian issues.[6] In February 2009, he was elected President of the Serbian Olympic Committee for a 4-year term [7] and re-elected in November 2012.[8] In 2013, Divac received an honor from the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.[9]
 
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Cause of death, was murder by pelican
 

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This is why you don't have former players as GMs, ladies and gents.
 

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Vlade Divac needs to just KHS. What a joke he is.
 

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Pat Riley? Wes Unseld?
 

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Vlade Divac needs to just KHS. What a joke he is.
I didn't know if he could make a worse move than the trade with Philly where he gave them free pick swaps just to free up space to sign Rondo, but tonight he might have pulled it off. Vlade needs to go as GM and Vivek needs to be way less involved when it comes to decisions involving the team. Bring somebody in who knows what the hell he's doing so he can start to put out the fire.
 

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So I am just reading SportsHoopla threads, have not gone to any official news outlets to verify.

At this moment in time, I am convinced that the Boogie trade threads on here are just a joke, because nobody could be that stupid to trade him for that package after he said he wants to sign an extension.
 

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So I am just reading SportsHoopla threads, have not gone to any official news outlets to verify.

At this moment in time, I am convinced that the Boogie trade threads on here are just a joke, because nobody could be that stupid to trade him for that package after he said he wants to sign an extension.
It's for real...Cousins and AD on the same front line...WOW
 

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What's "Arco Arena?" I don't think that exists anymore. I call BS.
 

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Are there actually Kings fans that feel the Kings should have kept Boogie?
 

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Boogie essentially just lost $30M because of this trade. He's going to be out for blood...
 

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I didn't know if he could make a worse move than the trade with Philly where he gave them free pick swaps just to free up space to sign Rondo, but tonight he might have pulled it off. Vlade needs to go as GM and Vivek needs to be way less involved when it comes to decisions involving the team. Bring somebody in who knows what the hell he's doing so he can start to put out the fire.
That avatar. died.
 
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