Goran Dragic disguised himself as a Yugoslav and reminisced about the glory years of Plavi

Born 1986 in Ljubljana, o Goran Dragic managed to survive the final years of united Yugoslavia. Along with what the Plavi national team represented on the basketball world map.

His native Slovenia was the first country to secede from the Confederacy shortly before the civil war broke out. Juri Zdovac even left Dusan Ivkovic and his then-teammates in tears at the EuroBasket in Rome ’91 after receiving a phone call, but the more than 30 years that have passed has certainly been reassuring. So much so that many people speak of those years with admiration.

It seems the 36-year-old star belongs to this group even before the game the Chicago Bulls versus the Cleveland Cavaliers He didn’t hesitate to show up in the dressing room at the United Center in a blue sweatshirt with the classic three stripes and the United States star emblem.

In fact, in the accompanying text to the photo, he referred specifically to Ivo Daneu, but also to the great overall Team from 1970, who won their first world championship title in mundobasket and for whom the film “We will be champions” was shot years ago.

Daneu, aiLegend of Slovenian basketball, who turned 85 on October 5, was a teammate by Kresimir Čosić and a key member of Ranko Zeravica’s team who had come all the way, beating both Belov’s Soviet Union and Bill Walton’s USA.

Inevitably, Dragic’s performance was discussed and a multitude of comments were garnered, most of them derogatory. Regardless of political positions, it was undoubtedly a tasteful and stylish choice of attire!