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Saric continues to play very well in the Croatian playoffs. Unfortunately, he won't be able to come to the U.S. to do individual workouts for teams. He has national team obligations as soon as the season ends. ESPN.com

Draft, FIBA, Croatia, Dario Saric 

This week I spoke to Biserka Petrovic, the mother of the late basketball genius Drazen Petrovic, who was born on October 22, 1964 in Sibenik, Croatia and died on June 7, 1993 in Denkendorf, Germany. His mother and biggest fan, who is also the driving force behind the Drazen Petrovic Museum and Foundation, wants to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death with a game between KK Cibona Zagreb and the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets, the two teams for which Drazen had his best performances in his short, but great career. It is an idea that deserves support. I really hope that such a game could take place next October at Zagreb Arena. Drazen deserves this effort. Euroleague.net

Brooklyn Nets, Drazen Petrovic, Croatia 

NBA basketball side the Brooklyn Nets could be set to play a match in the Croatian capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of its former Croatian star Drazen Petrovic. The Brooklyn Nets, who were called the New Jersey Nets when Petrovic was a star there in the early 1990′s, will play a match against Petrovic’s former club Cibona in Zagreb if there is enough interest, it was reported on Euro Leagues website. Croatia Week

Brooklyn Nets, Drazen Petrovic, Croatia 

Ex-NBA Player Smush Parker will be announced today as a Cibona Zagreb player. Smush is well-known for his NBA days with the Los Angeles Lakers has their starting point guard on their least relevant seasons but especially for his feud with Kobe Bryant from a long time. TalkBasket

Free Agency, Smush Parker, Croatia 

Emiliano Carchia: Dario Saric signed today his four-year contract with Cibona, reports TPortal.hr Twitter @SportandoBasket

Draft, Croatia, Dario Saric 

Emiliano Carchia: The saga is over. Dario Saric confirmed today he is going to sign a four-year deal with Cibona with NBA out at the end of every year Twitter @SportandoBasket

Draft, Croatia, Dario Saric 

Emiliano Carchia: Dario Saric: 'I agreed with Cibona that I can go to the NBA after each of the four years of the contract' Twitter @SportandoBasket

Draft, Croatia, Dario Saric 

Emiliano Carchia: Cibona will get the NBA buyout plus a percentage on Dario Saric's rookie contract in the NBA when he will go overseas Twitter @SportandoBasket

Draft, Croatia, Dario Saric 

Jasmin Repesa, head coach of the Croatian national team, has kicked Nets draft choice Bojan Bogdanovic off the team for not respecting the team's curfew policy during training camp. Croatian newspapers report Bogdanovic and his "party buddy" Damir Markota (formerly of the Bucks) have been caught several times coming back late (early morning) to the team hotel after partying in the clubs in Osijek. NetsDaily

Olympics, Croatia, Bojan Bogdanovic, Training Camp 

Marc Stein: Free-agent guard TJ Ford says he'll play at least two more games for KK Zagreb in Croatia before returning to States to find new NBA team Twitter

TJ Ford, Lockout, Croatia, KK Zagreb 

Emiliano Carchia: TJ Ford made his debut with KK Zagreb in the win over Brose Baskets Bamberg 86-74. Ford has played 13min with 0pts (FG: 0/4) but 10 assists Twitter

TJ Ford, Lockout, Croatia, KK Zagreb 

KK Zagreb turned overseas to find a veteran playmaker and signed TJ Ford. The move comes several weeks after the club released Diante Garrett. Ford (1.83 meters, 28 years old) comes to Europe for the first time after spending seven seasons in the NBA. He averaged 11.4 points and 5.9 assists over 415 NBA games playing for Milwaukee, Toronto and Indiana. His best season from an individual perspective was 2006-07 when he averaged 14 points and was sixth in the league with 7.9 assists per game for Toronto. Euroleague.net

TJ Ford, Lockout, Croatia, KK Zagreb 

Indiana Pacers free-agent guard T.J. Ford is headed to Croatia to join KK Zagreb while the NBA lockout drags on. ESPN.com

Indiana Pacers, TJ Ford, Lockout, Croatia 

Marc Stein: Indiana Pacers free-agent guard T.J. Ford tells ESPN com he's headed to Croatia to join KK Zagreb. Deal has out to return when lockout ends Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Free Agency, TJ Ford, Croatia 

Official press release from KK Zagreb on Derrick Rose deal: After some media reports with inaccurate information that the BC Zagreb refused to sign Derrick Rose were published, we are obliged to respond to such misinformation. The truth is that the Basketball club Zagreb wanted to hire Derrick Rose for twenty games in the 2011/12 season, until the end of the NBA lockout. Therefore the club's sports director Hrvoje Ciketić came in contact with his agents. He began the negotiations which were brought, after months of agreeing, close to the finalization. Sportando

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Lockout, Croatia 

However, BC Zagreb could not end the negotiations and the agreement has not been reached. Before the start of the current season, BC Zagreb received bids for the involvement of 32 NBA players, but there was not a bid for Derrick Rose. The idea of ​​bringing Derrick Rose was initiated from BC Zagreb. We are disappointed that we didn’t finish the negotiations and engagement of Derrick Rose. We are very sad because some clumsy and freely translated quotes taken from interview of our club's sports director Hrvoje Ciketić (published in Vecernji list) were shamelessly transformed into a lie. Sportando

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Lockout, Croatia 

KC Johnson: DRose told the Tribune last month he had one concrete offer in Europe. Croatian team KK Zagreb is now claiming to be that team. Twitter

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Lockout, Croatia 

Hrvoje Ciketiæ, sports director of KK Zagreb, in an interview at Mondo.rs, said that the Croatian team was in talks with Derrick Rose but the deal failed because for sponsor obligations, MVP of NBA regular season 2010-11 would have missed three Euroleague games. "We were negotiating with NBA MVP Derrick Rose. We reached an economic agreement but we could not find an agreement about the games. Rose for sponsor obligations would have missed three Euroleague games. And we could not allow that" said Ciketic. Sportando

Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Lockout, Croatia 

Emiliano Carchia: Sean May is officially a new player of Croatian team KK Zagreb Twitter

Lockout, Sean May, Croatia, KK Zagreb 

Jorge Sierra: Free agent forward Sean May tells HoopsHype he's going to KK Zagreb tomorrow. Twitter

Free Agency, Sean May, Croatia