✅ Did Vlade Divac discount Luka Doncic because of his dad? Probably not

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✍ Much was made of Dallas Mavericks beat reporter Tim MacMahon saying on ESPN colleague Adrian Wojnarowski’s podcast that Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac may have passed on Luka Doncic in the 2018 draft because he was not a fan of Doncic’s father and fellow Serbian, Sasa Doncic.The comments came during a conversation that also included ESPN NBA draft analyst Jonathan Givony and former Mavericks player development coach Mike Procopio. It centered around how three teams could have passed on a transcendent European prospect who is already an MVP candidate in Dallas. The Phoenix Suns selected DeAndre Ayton first, Divac drafted Marvin Bagley second, and the Atlanta Hawks traded the No. 3 pick to Dallas in favor of taking Trae Young fifth and adding a future pick.It is baffling that the Suns, who at the time employed Doncic’s Slovenian national team coach, Igor Kokoskov, and the Kings, whose front office was led by an Eastern European basketball god, both passed on Doncic, arguabl ...
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