We Reminisce / Mar 10, 2010 / 2:45 pm

We Reminisce: Drazen Petrovic Drops 49 Points

By Aron Phillips

Whenever you talk about guys that could have been great in the NBA, Drazen Petrovic is name that is mentioned. But most people never had the chance to see him play. The guys over at A Stern Warning found some footage of Petro from the 1987-88 (when he was playing for Cibona Zagreb) when he scored 49 points. Check out the video below:

The commentator on the clip is legendary coach Dan Peterson, who after his retirement became a popular sports commentator for many Italian television channels. As ASW points out, he’s “considered something along the lines of Marv Albert crossed with Pat Riley in Italy.”

If you have any, what are your memories of Petrovic? Who’s the greatest player you ever saw that never made a splash on the next level?

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12 Responses to “We Reminisce: Drazen Petrovic Drops 49 Points”

1. March 10th, 2010 at 3:19 pm

   Papa Smurf says:

   Wow. Great find Aron.

2. March 10th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

   Fraz says:

   Drazen was that dude!

3. March 10th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

   life-p says:

   NC State’s Rodney Munroe! I remember him giving Kenny Anderson 48pts

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsMXxBH8xGI

4. March 10th, 2010 at 3:54 pm

   Heckler says:

   “DC….DC…kick it oout to me for 3!”

5. March 10th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

   sh!tfaced says:

   Petro could have been Euro-Reggie. He was that kind of a shooter.

   …greatest player you ever saw that never made a splash on the next level?

   Len Bias.

6. March 10th, 2010 at 4:09 pm

   max says:

   ill travel at 45 secs

7. March 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

   FedEx says:

   He once scored 112 points in a Yugoslavian league game.

8. March 10th, 2010 at 8:52 pm

   mookie says:

   Petro was the man. We lost him far too early.

   He also had a game where he put up 45 points AND dropped 25 dimes in the same game… crazy.

9. March 11th, 2010 at 12:54 am

   Kobe says:

   Dime, you should do a ‘great games by bad players’ article

10. March 11th, 2010 at 4:51 am

    shiptar says:

    Drazen was The Man!!!

11. March 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am

    quick wit it says:

    whoa!
    that travel at the 46 second mark is impressive

12. March 11th, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    Ekstor says:

    Very good player… along with DC, Kenny Anderson, and Chris Morris, they should have been able to do so much more.