How Good Would Drazen Petrovic Have Been?

[I AM WARHOL]

Saw this video a few days ago and it’s stuck with me cause honestly didn’t know much about Petrovic, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a prettier jumper. Only played 5 season in the NBA before he was tragically killed in a car accident, but his last year he was putting up
22.3p -2.7r - 3.5a on 52/45/87 splits . Dude was cold. He was 28 as a 5th year player but it looks like he was just hitting his stride. How good do you think he would’ve been if he didn’t pass? Also how good do you think he’d have been in the modern era?

 

[BXKingPin82]

That NBA JAM glitch.

 

[get these nets]

Modern NBA is Euroball. This is why the Eurostar elites seamlessly adapt to the league.
Petrovic, and Sarunas had to adapt as pioneers......they'd both be all stars today..... Petro a scoring champ candidate/ all NBA player

 

[Reggie]

He is the prototype for cats like Bogdanovic so no doubt he would be putting up 25 a night with 6 or 7 assists a night too. Probably would be a member of the 50/40/90 club too.

 

[Carolina Slim]

He would have been eating lovely. He was still giving cats work in the more physical NBA of the early 90s. Today, you combine the fact that you can't really touch players with the spacing of the NBA play with that quick release he had, that would have been tough to deal with.

 

[Mandizi]

Only played four years in the L and still made the Hall.

 

[inndaskKy]

Realistically?

Better than your favorite player if he don't play for the Nets.

 

[mozichrome]

was subject of a dope 30 for 30...Once brothers

 

[invincible1914]

He is the prototype for cats like Bogdanovic so no doubt he would be putting up 25 a night with 6 or 7 assists a night too. Probably would be a member of the 50/40/90 club too.

He was lowkey giving the Dream Team all kinds of problems in the Olympics.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Modern NBA is Euroball. This is why the Eurostar elites seamlessly adapt to the league.
Petrovic, and Sarunas had to adapt as pioneers......they'd both be all stars today..... Petro a scoring champ candidate/ all NBA player

Marciulunis was off the heezy!

 

[Shadow King]

45/6/9 on 53/46/98 splits

 

[feelosofer]

He would have been an all time great, just smooth in every way, great shooter, great offensive awareness just an amazing feel for the game.

 

[get these nets]

He was lowkey giving the Dream Team all kinds of problems in the Olympics.

The knock on the Euro players back then was that they were soft (and didn't/wouldn't play defense....hehehehe)
Petro didn't back down to Jordan, so he obviously wasn't soft or scared

AK47 being a great defender challenged the myth that euros don't play defense

 

[Hey_zeus]

Oddly enough him and Reggie Lewis was finna pop

 

[NormanConnors]

Modern NBA is Euroball. This is why the Eurostar elites seamlessly adapt to the league.
Petrovic, and Sarunas had to adapt as pioneers......they'd both be all stars today..... Petro a scoring champ candidate/ all NBA player

Facts