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The former Sacramento Kings star, Vlade Divac, suffered a broken hip after she fell from her motorcycle in Montenegro. On Friday, doctors confirmed that the retired Serbian basketball player had undergone an emergency operation to address the fracture.
The accident occurred on Thursday on a road near the sea coast Adriatic Adriatic. Doctors implanted an artificial hip to the 57 -year -old man.
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February 4, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, Canada: the former NBA player and executive Vlade Divac observes the action between the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors in Scotiabank Arena. (John E. Sokolowski-Imagn)
“During the day, a surgical procedure was performed,” Ljubica Mitrovic, a hospital spokeswoman in the city of Risan, said. “It is in a stable general and physical condition and is under careful supervision of medical staff.”
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The former basketball center spent most of his career in the NBA with the Kings, but began and finished his professional mandate with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also played for the Charlotte Hornets.
March 9, 2025; Inglewood, California: Vlade Divac attends the game between the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Clippers in the Intuit Dome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
Divac received all-Star honors of the League in 2001. He later served as general manager of the Kings.
April 17, 2023; Sacramento, California: The former Sacramento Kings player, Vlade Divac, is located on the court during the first quarter in game two of the first round of the NBA playoffs of 2023 against the Golden State Warriors in Golden 1 Center. (Kyle Terada-USA Today Sports)
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 more than 1,000 games in the NBA. He was chosen for the Basketball Hall of Basketball Naismith Memorial in 2019.
Divac was also the president of the Serbian Olympic Committee of 2009-17.
