Vlade Divac never had the chance to repair a friendship torn apart by war.
Divac and Drazen Petrovic were roommates on Yugoslavia’s world championship team, confidants who spent long nights on the phone after they moved across the globe to chase their NBA dreams.
The calls soon stopped, followed by just about all communication. They were on opposite sides in a world that was breaking apart.
Petrovic was killed in a car accident before the fighting stopped, so Divac will never know if he could have salvaged that relationship, as he eventually did with other teammates from Croatia.
The story is told in the new film “Once Brothers,” which will debut on ESPN on Tuesday as part of its “30 for 30” series. Divac narrates the production.
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