The following statement was issued Wednesday night by former Lakers center Vlade Divac through his agent Marc Fleisher regarding charges that Divac was avoiding the military draft in his native country, Serbia-Montenegro: I have learned about this a couple of days ago and it came as a complete surprise... Link
Vlade Divac was placed on waivers by the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, apparently ending his long career. The Lakers had the option of picking up a one-year, $5.4 million contract option or buying Divac out for $2 million. The 7-foot-1, 260-pound center, one of the first Europeans to... Link
FIBA has the story. Divac cites his back injury as the main reason, and admits that he had always wanted to finish his career with the team he owns in Belgrade, although it doesn't look like that will be possible....... Link
Los Angeles Lakers, Vlade Divac, National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com Finally! Still not 100% sure why we signed him last year. I loved Vlade during his first stint in L.a. before he became a notorious flopper....ironic how he's known as a flopper and he's retiring due to back... Link
Los Angeles Lakers, Vlade Divac, National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com Finally! Still not 100% sure why we signed him last year. I loved Vlade during his first stint in L.a. before he became a notorious flopper....ironic how he's known as a flopper and he's retiring due to back... Link
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Los Angeles Lakers and Vlade Divac have agreed to postpone a decision on the veteran center's contract status until just before the start of training camp.... Link
The Lakers might go another way such as that deal they tried to make with Utah over the All-Star break trading Caron Butler Vlade Divac and Devean George for Carlos Boozer.That really was discussed even if lots of people ahem had fun with TV analyst Jack Haley who reported... Link
For the first time in over ten years, barring a spectacular the likes of which the Lakers have not had this year, it looks like the Purple and Gold will not be in the playoffs. Five straight losses, two games under five hundred and 3 1/2 games out of... Link
Another team with a high profile player asking to be traded. At least this time, the team didn t listen, but it s just before the trade deadline so nothing is set in stone just yet. p://www.nba.com/playerfile/predrag_stojakovic/index.html?nav=page">Peja Stojakovic was quite upset that his friend and team leader Vlade Divac... Link
Vlade Divac needs back surgery and will be out at least 12 more weeks, another setback to the center's homecoming season with the Los Angeles Lakers. "I heard today he's going to be out pretty long," Lakers coach Rudy Tomjanovich said before Wednesday night's game against the Mavericks. "It's... Link
He was never going to be Shaq, but when the Lakers signed Vlade Divac in the off-season my reaction was that he would be a good bridge between the old Lakers and whatever they team would evolve into in a few years. But Vlade s back blew up that... Link
In a world where more and more people get their news from television and the internet -- news that is focused on national and international stories -- smaller, local-focused newspapers are growing because people still are hungry for news about what is happening in their neighborhood. Papers such as the... Link
I'm still in shock. It may not even be a bad deal for the Lakers....it's just, as I'm sure Boston fans can tell you, when you trade for a guy like Chris Mihm, it kind of knocks the wind out of you.
Anyways, as it stands, here are your 2004-2005 Lakers:
Kobe Bryant - G
Lamar Odom - G/F
Caron Butler - G/F
Brian Grant - F/C
Vlade Divac - C
Chucky Atkins - G
Slava Medvedenko - F/C
Chris Mihm - C
Devean George - F
Kareem Rush - F/G
Marcus Banks - G
Luke Walton - F
Brian Cook - F
Sasha Vujacic - G
Wow....that's definitely going to be different.
And looking at the cap situation, I have to really question if Karl is coming back--I'd imagine they pulled this deal after confirming that the Mailman was gone, either to Miami or San Antonio, or to retirement.