Slaviša Koprivica

Slaviša Koprivica
Personal information
Born	17 June 1968 (age 56); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1990: undrafted
Playing career	1985–2003, 2007–2008
Position	Power forward / center
Number	13
Career history
1985–1987	Partizan
1987–1989	OKK Beograd
1989–1991	IMT Beograd
1991–1993	Partizan
1993–1994	Pagrati
1994–1995	Brescialat Gorizia
1996–1997	Beobanka
1997–1998	Partizan
1998–1999	Znicz Pruszków
2000–2001	Szolnoki Olaj
2002	EvrAz
2002–2003	Cherno More Varna
2007–2008	Superfund
Career highlights and awards
	EuroLeague champion (1992); 2× Yugoslav League champion (1987, 1992); Yugoslav Cup winner (1992); Polish Cup winner (1999);
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
Under-19 World Cup
European Championship for Cadets

Slaviša "Slavko" Koprivica (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша "Славко" Копривица, born 17 June 1968) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He played at both the power forward and center positions.

Professional career

While playing with Partizan Belgrade, Koprivica won the EuroLeague championship, in 1992.^[1]

Personal life

Koprivica's son Balša (born 2000), played high school basketball in the United States. Balša won the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and he was considered to be one of the top ten college recruits in the Class of 2019.^[2]

Koprivica and Miroslav Pecarski played together on the junior Yugoslav national team, and they won a gold medal at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. Thirty years later, their sons Balša Koprivica and Marko Pecarski, played together for Serbia's junior national team;^[3] and they won a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

References

^ "Euroleague Final Four 1992". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ "Dominant 7ft1 Balsa Koprivica Flashes Skills! Top 2019 Center". ballislife.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ "Koprivica-Pecarski, 30 godina kasnije" (in Serbian). kosmagazin.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

External links

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[1] "Euroleague Final Four 1992". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

[2] "Dominant 7ft1 Balsa Koprivica Flashes Skills! Top 2019 Center". ballislife.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[3] "Koprivica-Pecarski, 30 godina kasnije" (in Serbian). kosmagazin.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

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