Curated category
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Toni KukočToni Kukoč grew up in Split, Croatia, where his father played football as a goalkeeper for a lower-ranked local club. Young Toni possessed excellent motor…
- 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.
- Jay TrianoHoward James Triano arrived in the world on the 21st of September 1958. He grew up in Tillsonburg and later moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- Dražen PetrovićIn 1979, a thirteen-year-old boy named Dražen Petrović stepped onto the court of his hometown club Šibenka in Yugoslavia.
- Luc LongleyLucien James Longley arrived in the world on the 19th of January 1969 within the city of Melbourne, Victoria. His father Richard stood tall and represented…
- 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…
- Šarūnas MarčiulionisRaimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis was born on the 13th of June 1964 in Lithuania. His mother Laimutė worked as a geography teacher while his father Juozas…