“I left my home, and it was the most beautiful country in the world in my eyes, and I was always happy in the summertime to go back. And then suddenly, the civil war starts, and you just worry first about your family and friends, and then an entire nation.”

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.