“I came here and actually fell in love with Charlotte and the Hornets. That's exactly what happened to me. I found a new way of motivation. Charlotte basically extended my career for the next seven years. I was thinking of retiring. I was 30 and played seven more years after that, just because basketball felt different here in Charlotte.”

Serbian basketball executive and former player

Vlade Divac is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player. He was most recently vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. He is known for a career that moved from the court to team management at the highest level of the sport. His public profile comes from professional basketball and executive work rather than from a long list of published works.