Yugoslav Basketball’s Last Stand
In June 1991, as Yugoslavia stood on the edge of dissolution, its men’s basketball team produced a final bittersweet masterpiece at EuroBasket in Rome. The squad was a mosaic of talent from across Yugoslavia’s republics: Croatian Toni Kukoč, a brilliant 6’11” playmaker, Montenegrin sharpshooter Žarko Paspalj, Slovenian point guard Jure Zdovc, Serbian center Vlade Divac, […]