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Hearing you go through take after take [in the recording studio] just saying Drazen’s name, has it made you think about things you haven’t thought about in a long time? Vlade Divac: Especially with Drazen, because he’s not with us anymore, it’s tougher. It bothers me so much after all these years that I never had the opportunity to sit with him and go through our problems that we had. Before everything happened, we were roommates on the [Yugoslavian] national team. We had the same goals and we supported each other for the first couple years of the NBA. Basically, we opened the door for all those internationals because we had some trust as European players. Before, it was very tough to break through. ESPN.com

Vlade Divac 

After Team USA’s crushing loss in the 1988 Olympics to the Soviets (the Americans were reduced to bronze medal status), Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had been assigned to help the US regain its pride, taking a team that included Christian Laettner, Alonzo Mourning, and Billy Owens to Buenos Aires for the Worlds. The Yugoslavs shook off a preliminary-round loss to Puerto Rico to knock off the Americans in the semifinals and then the archrival Soviets in the gold medal game. “People talk about the 1992 American team being the Dream Team — well, this was our Dream Team from Europe,’’ said Vlade Divac, the former Laker and King. “We had a great team with a lot of guys who played in the NBA. We were special.’’ Boston Globe

USA Basketball, Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia 

For the documentary, Divac had a chance to sit down with Petrovic’s parents. Twenty years later, it was an opportunity to comfortably walk in a region of his native land that once loathed his kind. “Everything is fine there now,’’ said Divac. “The war will always stay on people’s minds, especially if they lost somebody in this stupid war. “For me, the trip to Croatia was helpful, but there’s still sadness of the early 1990s and the stupid war and missing Drazen. It’s terrible. “The way I see it, if you’re a friend, you’re a friend forever, not a part-time friend. And the war hurt many people and I am just glad many of us have been able to recover.’’ Boston Globe

Vlade Divac, Drazen Petrovic 

Former Kings star Vlade Divac will be featured in Once Brothers as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. The documentary will be 90 minutes and centers on the friendship between Divac and Drazen Petrovic and how it dissolved before amid a civil war in Yugoslavia between Divac's Serbia and Petrovic's Croatia. Both played on the Yugoslavian National Team and were pioneers for players from overseas coming to the NBA and having success. Petrovic died in a car accident in 1993. "To build a friendship takes years, but to destroy it, takes one second," Divac said in a statement. "...I always thought that the day would come when Drazen and I would sit down and talk, but that day never came." Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Kings, Vlade Divac 

Cheryl Miller, Arvydas Sabonis and Vlade Divac will be inducted into the International Basketball Federation's Hall of Fame. Seventeen players, coaches and officials will be inducted for their achievements at the Olympic Games, world championships and developing the global game, FIBA announced Friday. The enshrinement ceremonies Sept. 12 in Istanbul include a presentation on court at the final of the men's world championship. "The 2010 class has stardom, character and countless merits for the promotion of our game," FIBA president Bob Elphinston said in a statement. "The inductees were and still are brilliant on and off the court." ESPN.com

Hall of Fame, Arvydas Sabonis, Vlade Divac 

Sabonis and Divac were stars in Europe before joining NBA teams. Sabonis won Olympic and world titles with the Soviet Union, then led his native Lithuania to two Olympic bronze medals. He moved to the U.S. at 30, and had two stints with the Portland Trail Blazers. Divac helped Yugoslavia win two world titles and two Olympic silvers, losing to Sabonis and the Soviet Union in 1988, and at the 1996 Atlanta Games to a United States Dream Team. He is president of Serbia's Olympic Committee. ESPN.com

Hall of Fame, Arvydas Sabonis, Vlade Divac