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1986 FIBA World Championship players

  • Arvydas SabonisArvydas Romas Sabonis was born on the 19th of December 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He began playing basketball at age 13 while living under Soviet rule.
  • Rik SmitsRik Smits was born on the 23rd of August 1966 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He began playing basketball at age 14 for a local club called PSV, Almonte.
  • Dražen PetrovićIn 1979, a thirteen-year-old boy named Dražen Petrović stepped onto the court of his hometown club Šibenka in Yugoslavia.
  • Vlade DivacVlade Divac began playing basketball in his home town Prijepolje for the team KK Elan. He started his professional career in Yugoslavia with Sloga from…