"Smoking, Drinking and Flopping"

From the archives, a nice little tribute to Vlade Divac. They ask Del Harris if he taught Vlade Divac how to flop. He cracks up. "...

Thursday Bullets

...Thanks to that old shin injury, Tyler Hansbrough won't be 100% for training camp. Vlade Divac, quoted by Marc Stein: "People here [in America] are making a big deal about...

Former Sacramento Kings center Vlade Divac, of Serbia, waves to the fans for their support during ceremonies to retire his jersey at...

SACRAMENTO, CA - MARCH 31: Vlade Divac, along with his family, has his jersey retired during halftime of the Sacramento Kings-New Orleans...

'Finest person I've ever been around'

Twenty years after paving the way for other European ballers to come to the NBA, Vlade Divac dishes on life as a Laker, falling short with the Kings and, yes, flopping.

Pau Gasol: World-beater

Posted by Jay Aych, The Painted Area Team USA got its redemption with Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008. On Sunday, Team España got its redemptio...

Wednesday Bullets

Huge thanks to Kevin Arnovitz for some great blogging while I was away. And without further ado: UPDATE: Allen Iverson tweets that he's close t...

First Cup: Tuesday

Elliott Teaford of the Los Angeles Daily News: "Pau Gasol broke his left middle finger while practicing with the Spanish national team in Seville...

First Cup: Thursday

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: "After a busy summer, the Magic's payroll for the upcoming season has ballooned to nearly $80 million, ...

The Michael Jordan of Turkey, in Free Agency

Free agency starts at midnight tonight, and the class president is Hedo Turkoglu. The last time we saw the Orlando forward Turkoglu play, he did not h...

Chat with Pete Bauer

...place all season, suffered a heartbreaking loss in the playoffs. A fan of the Chris Webber-Vlade Divac edition of the Sacramento Kings, Bauer currently is without a favorite team and instead chooses to...

Former NBA star Vlade Divac laughs at a press-conference, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in Belgrade. The ex-Los Angeles Lakers...

Center Vlade Divac of the Los Angeles Lakers passes the ball during a game

3 Nov 1996: Center Vlade Divac of the Charlotte Hornets looks to pass the ball during game against the New York Knicks...

SACRAMENTO, CA - JUNE 2: Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings sits on the floor after being fouled in the first half of...