Former Kings GM Vlade Divac on why he passed on drafting Luka Doncic, 'I already had De’Aaron Fox'
Always. That brings us to Vlade Divac, the Hall of Fame basketball player who spent five years as the Sacramento Kings general manager. As he has done before and will have to until his dying days ...
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Former Kings GM Vlade Divac said the darnedest things about Luka Doncic
Count former Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac among those who had doubts about Doncic. In a recent interview with ...
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"He has a chance to be a very good player in this league" - Joe Dumars was impressed by Darko Milicic after a pre-draft workout
Darko Milicic's path before entering the league was truly impressive. The Serbian stood out as a dominant player in youth ...
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"I had De'Aaron Fox at that position" - Vlade Divac defends his decision to not draft Luka Doncic
Vlade Divac was stuck between a rock and a hard place during the 2018 NBA Draft. He could address a glaring need or select the best player available; the former Sacramento Kings general manager ...
Doncic Delusion? Vlade Divac Copes with Kings 2018 NBA Draft Failure
Although it's obvious to everyone with eyeballs that Doncic was by far the best choice in that draft, former Kings GM Vlade ...
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Dumars thought logically when he drafted Darko ahead of Carmelo and Wade: "Milicic is not going to have to come here and be the savior"
That's why Pistons general manager Joe Dumars made the surprising choice to draft Darko Milicic, who they thought would fit ...
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"I refused to go" - Divac explains why he wanted to stay in LA when the Lakers traded him for Kobe
The Kobe Bryant-Vlade Divac trade in the spring of 1996 signaled the rebirth of the Los Angeles Lakers. However, most fans ...
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"I would trade myself for Kobe" - Vlade Divac reflects on being traded for a 17-year-old high school kid
Vlade Divac was the big man whom Jerry West sent to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 in exchange for the legendary Kobe Bryant. Understandably, Divac, then the starting center of the Los Angeles ...
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Vlade Divac still thinks the Sacramento Kings were better than the Lakers in 2002: "If we had passed them, we would have swept the Nets"
Vlade Divac and the Kings could not finish the series and lost Game 7, missing out on an opportunity to play against the New ...
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Chauncey Billups on how he would've coached Darko Milicic differently: "Just play him, just give him 20 minutes a night"
Darko Milicic is considered one of the biggest busts in NBA history. The seven-foot Serbian was picked ahead of the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in the 2003 NBA Draft ...
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Vlade Divac Still Thinks Snubbing Luka Doncic For Marvin Bagley Was The Right Choice
Vlade Divac, the former general manager of the Sacramento Kings, has stood by his controversial decision to pass on Luka ...
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Vlade Divac says 'time will tell' if he was wrong about Luka Doncic
It's been six years since the Suns and Kings selected DeAndre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III, respectively, with the first and ...