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Former Sacramento Kings star Vlade Divac maintained a broken hip after falling off his motorcycle in Montenegro. On Friday, doctors confirmed that the retired Serbian basketball player had undergone an emergency to tackle the breach.
The accident happened on Thursday on a road near the Montenegrin Adriatic coast. Doctors implanted an artificial hip into the 57-year-old.
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February 4, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Former NBA player and performing Vlade Divac sees the action between New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors in Scotiabank Arena. (John E. Sokolowski Preferred Pictures)
“During the day a surgical procedure was performed,” said Ljubica Mitrovic, a spokeswoman for the hospital in the city of Risan. “He is in a steady general and physical condition and is under careful supervision of the medical staff.”
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The former basketball center spent most of his NBA career with Kings, but started and ended his pro period with Los Angeles Lakers. He also played for Charlotte Hornets.
March 9, 2025; Inglewood, California: Vlade Divac participates in the game between Sacramento Kings and La Clippers at Intuit Dome. (Kirby Lee-Preferred Pictures)
Divac received League All-Star Honors in 2001. He later served as general manager of Kings.
April 17, 2023; Sacramento, California: Sacramento King’s former player Vlade Divac sits court during the first quarter of match two of the first round of the 2023 NBA end game against the Golden State Warriors at the Golden 1 Center. (Kyle Terada-usa Today Sports)
When he joined Lakers in 1989, he was among the first groups of European players transferred to the NBA.
Divac was also the first player born and trained outside the United States to play in over 1,000 matches in the NBA. He was chosen for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Divac was also president of the Serbian Olympic Committee from 2009-17.
