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Vlade Divac has always been special throughout his basketball career, this is why he decided that his official retirement from the game should be special as well.
On September 21st through 23rd 2007, Vlade hosted many of his former teammates, coaches and friends with a goal to mark the beginning of the "You Can Too" campaign initiated by the Humanitarian Organization Divac (HOD). |
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The official retirement weekend started with the fundraising dinner at the White Castle on Friday, September 21st. The event collected 70,000 Euro for the "You Can Too" campaign.
On Saturday, September 22nd, HOD hosted Streetbasket Belgrade which featured a 3-on-3 tournament which included teams of young players from 21 cities throughout Serbia. The tournament was held at five different venues. The young players also had an opportunity to meet basketball legends Peja Stojakovic, Sasha Djordjevic, Sasha Danilovic, Chris Webber, Scot Pollard and coach Gregg Popovich. |
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In addition to the young players, many of the local residents of Belgrade had an opportunity to enjoy such a unique basketball event. |
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The same evening, Divac hosted a humanitarian concert in front of Belgrade's Assembly Building. A free concert gathered tens of thousands of people as well as many celebrities such as soccer stars Sinisa Mihajlovic and Sava Milosevic, legends of Greek basketball Panayotis Giannakis and Panayotis Fasoulas. |
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With the typical sounds of trumpets and songs from the king and queen of gypsy music - Saban Bajramovic and Esma Redzepova, Vlade Divac and his guests greeted the large crowd and danced into the night on the main stage. |
On Sunday morning, September 23rd, Vlade, his family and guests left for Divac's birth town of Prijepolje. Once they arrived, the group was greeted with a magnificent welcome. Divac's first stop was the famous Monastery Mileseva.
At the main square, Divac greeted all the residents of Prijepolje and received the honorary key of the city of Prijepolje. |
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Here is where Divac also symbolically scored the last basket of his career. He lifted a boy from a refugee camp and helped him dunk a basketball. This was also the beginning of a new phase in his humanitarian work. The final event of the weekend was the official inauguration of Divac's museum in Prijepolje, featuring his trophies, medals, jerseys and many pictures from his basketball career as well as humanitarian work.
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