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Focus mode Show Search Search Query Submit Search Advertisement Sports Former Laker Vlade Divac has emergency surgery after breaking hip in motorcycle accident Former NBA star Vlade Divac, left, sits with Sasa Doncic, father of the Lakers’ Luka Doncic, during the team’s game against the Golden State Warriors on April 3 at Crypto.com Arena. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) By Chuck SchilkenStaff Writer June 20, 2025 10:08 AM PT 2 Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print Basketball Hall of Famer and former Lakers fan favorite Vlade Divac broke his hip Thursday when he fell from his motorcycle while riding near the Adriatic Sea coast in Montenegro.On Friday, a spokesperson for a hospital in Risan said the 57-year-old Serbian basketball legend now has an artificial hip after emergency surgery.“During the day, a surgical procedure was performed,” hospital spokesperson Ljubica Mitrovic said of Divac. “He is in a stable general and physical condition and is under a careful supervision of the medical staff.” Advertisement Divac, a 7-foot-1 center, was drafted by the Lakers in 1989 after leading the Yugoslavia men’s basketball team to an Olympic silver medal the previous year. He became a full-time starter during his second season as a Laker and soon emerged as a fan favorite, with frequent appearances in commercials, sitcoms and late-night talk shows. Lakers How the Buss family made the Lakers a Hollywood marvel An era spanning more than 45 years of the Buss family running the Lakers is coming to a close. A look back at the dynamics of their dynasty. June 20, 2025 After seven seasons with the Lakers, Divac was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the recently drafted Kobe Bryant on July 1, 1996. (The Lakers would sign another 7-1 center, Shaquille O’Neal, as a free agent later that month.)Divac played two seasons with the Hornets and signed with the Sacramento Kings as a free agent in 1999. He spent six years there — a stint that included his only All-Star season, in 2000-01 — before returning to the Lakers for the last of his 16 NBA seasons in 2004-05. Advertisement After finishing his career with 13,398 points, 9,326 rebounds, 3,541 assists and 1,631 blocked shots, Divac had his No. 21 jersey retired by the Kings in 2009. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. 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