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The former star of Sacramento Kings, Vlade Divac, suffered a broken hip after falling from his motorcycle to Montenegro. On Friday, doctors confirmed that the retirement basketball player had undergone an emergency operation to deal with the fracture.
The accident occurred Thursday on a road near the coast of the Adriatic Montenegrin Sea. Doctors have established an artificial hip in the 57 -year -old man.
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February 4, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The former NBA player and executive Vlade Divac looks at the action between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors in Scotiabank Arena. (Images John E. Sokolowski-Imagn)
“During the day, surgical procedure was carried out,” said Ljubica Mitrovic, spokesperson for the city of Risan. “It is in a stable general and physical condition and is subject to meticulous monitoring of medical staff.”
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The former basketball center spent most of his career in the NBA with the Kings, but started and ended his mandate with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also played for Charlotte’s Hornets.
March 9, 2025; Inglewood, California: Vlade Divac attends the game between the Kings of Sacramento and the Clippers of Intuit Dome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
Divac received the honors of the Star League in 2001. He was then director general of the Kings.
April 17, 2023; Sacramento, California: former Sacramento Kings player, Vlade Divac, sits at the court at the first quarter of the second match of the first round of the NBA 2023 qualifiers against the Golden State Warriors at the Golden 1 Center. (Kyle Terada-USA today Sports)
When he joined Lakers in 1989, he was among the first group of European players to transfer to the NBA.
Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in more than 1,000 NBA games. He was elected to the temple of the Basketball Naismith Memorial basketball in 2019.
Divac was also chairman of the 2009-17 Serbian Olympic Committee.
