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The Flying Mexican In a hypothetical quiz about basketball knowledge, I doubt there would be a lot of correct answers if the first question were: “Who was the first non-American player ever drafted by an NBA team?” I am guessing most people would point to some European legend, but the right answer is Manuel Raga Navarro of Mexico. This unforgettable player was born on March 14, 1944, in Villa Aldama, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. He was chosen by the Atlanta Hawks with pick number 167 in the 10th round of the 1970 draft. In the following round, the 11th, the first European was picked, big man Dino Meneghin of Italy, also by the Atlanta Hawks. But the first non-American was always Raga. Marty Blake, the general manager in Atlanta, had seen that Raga and Meneghin were a great duo at Ignis Varese, the European champion at that time, and both were capable of playing in the NBA. But that was a different time and teams in the United States didn’t trust players developed outside of the country. Maybe that’s the reason why the Hawks didn’t want to pay the $35,000 to free Raga from Varese. The Italian team didn’t even want to hear about a buyout for Meneghin, who would be its undisputed star throughout the next decade. Key part of the great Ignis Varese The name of Manuel Raga is found for the first time in a major competition at the 1963 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was only 19 years old, but he was already a regular for his national team. Mexico finished that competition in ninth place, but the young, 1.88-meter guard caught everybody’s attention. He finished the tourney with 12.3 points per game, with highs of 24 points against Canada and 20 against Uruguay. Four years later, at the 1967 World Cup in Uruguay, Raga increased his numbers to 15.6 points and sank Italy with 31 points. However, the decisive moment in his career came at the 1968 Olympic Games in his home country of Mexico. The Mexican team, coached by American Lester Lane, an Olympic champ from Rome 1960, finished fifth thanks to two excellent players: Raga and Arturo Guerrero. At the same time, Ignis Varese president Alberto Tedeschi had asked his club’s director, Giancarlo Gualco, to renew the team. But instead of bringing in a well-known American, Gualco brought in a rather unknown Mexican player. Shortly after his arrival in Varese, Raga earned the nickname Indian, but shortly afterward it was changed for two others: The Flying Mexican and The Phenomenon. Already in his first season in Italy, in 1968-69, Raga earned the respect of all his colleagues, the admiration of the audience and the kudos of the press. Despite being short, he jumped like nobody else (an estimated 1.1 meters from a standing position). It was said that he could touch the rim with his elbow. Ignis Varese won the Italian League with 418 points by Raga, an average of 19.0 over 22 games, enough to finish eighth in the top scorers’ list of the league in which the leader was ace scorer Radivoj Korac with an average of 26 points even though his Padova team was relegated to the second division. Raga was also the third-best rebounder of the team, with 98 boards, only 5 fewer than Meneghin, while the leader on the team was Ottorino Flaborea with 136. Winning the league, Ignis earned the right to play the EuroLeague, and on April 9, 1970, in Sarajevo’s new Skenderija Arena (which now bears the name of 101 greats of european basketball Manuel Raga R
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Vladimir Stankovic 101 greats of eu
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FOREWORD By Jordi Bertomeu, Preside
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subsequent developments until today
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A museum of Europe's basketball sup
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CONTENTS FOREWORD..................
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CONTENTS ANTHONY PARKER............
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Wendell Alexis 15
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Vladimir Stankovic Real Madrid, tol
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Vladimir Stankovic European and int
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Vladimir Stankovic after two overti
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Mike Batiste 27
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Vladimir Stankovic where the ball w
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Alexander Belov 31
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Vladimir Stankovic repeated the fea
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Sergei Belov 35
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Vladimir Stankovic In 1973, he play
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Miki Berkowitz 39
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Vladimir Stankovic via to the fight
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Dejan Bodiroga 43
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Vladimir Stankovic mentor, together
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Vladimir Stankovic points), Jiri Po
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Bill Bradley 51
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Wayne Brabender 55
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Vladimir Stankovic bat, Ferrandiz,
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Tal Brody 59
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Vladimir Stankovic had traded for h
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Marcus Brown 63
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Vladimir Stankovic His high level w
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Juan Antonio Corbalan 67
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Vladimir Stankovic era. In a close
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Kresimir Cosic 71
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Vladimir Stankovic and human values
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Zoran Cutura 75
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Vladimir Stankovic 68-62. In the Sa
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Drazen Dalipagic 79
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Vladimir Stankovic basketball duos
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Ivo Daneu 83
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Vladimir Stankovic impossible for h
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Richard Dacoury 87
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Vladimir Stankovic competition for
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Predrag Danilovic 91
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Vladimir Stankovic At the end of th
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Mike D’Antoni 95
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Vladimir Stankovic out any concerns
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Mirza Delibasic 99
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Standing 1.97 meters, Delibasic pla
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Vladimir Stankovic dealing with Dia
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Vlade Divac 107
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Vladimir Stankovic perfect scouting
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Giuseppe-Pino Gjergja 111
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Vladimir Stankovic was dominated by
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Aleksandar Djordjevic 115
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Vladimir Stankovic sionary, called
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Juan Antonio San Epifanio 119
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Vladimir Stankovic good things to S
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Gregor Fucka 123
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Vladimir Stankovic timeters and few
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Nikos Galis 127
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Vladimir Stankovic sign Nikos Georg
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Panagiotis Giannakis 131
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Vladimir Stankovic Four Efes player
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Atanas Golomeev 135
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Vladimir Stankovic resentative of t
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Alberto Herreros 139
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Vladimir Stankovic (2000 and 2005)
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Jon Robert Holden 143
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Vladimir Stankovic such a big deal
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Dusko Ivanovic 147
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Vladimir Stankovic Despite spending
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Sarunas Jasikevicius 151
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Vladimir Stankovic because her abse
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Vladimir Stankovic That same season
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Oded Kattash 159
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Vladimir Stankovic At the 1997 Euro
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Dragan Kicanovic 163
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Vladimir Stankovic Cedomir Perincic
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Radivoj Korac 167
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Vladimir Stankovic - his great weap
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Toni Kukoc 171
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Vladimir Stankovic was caught stron
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Trajan Langdon 175
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Vladimir Stankovic by then, shared
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Mieczyslaw Lopatka 179
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Vladimir Stankovic later topped by
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Vladimir Stankovic court, his perso
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Vladimir Stankovic Magee. Against F
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Fernando Martín 191
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Vladimir Stankovic ical power went
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Vladimir Stankovic the teams met ag
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Vladimir Stankovic win over Italy);
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Dino Meneghin 207
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Vladimir Stankovic earned so much r
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Bob Morse 211
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Vladimir Stankovic mentals, both in
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Carlton Myers 215
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Vladimir Stankovic Those 87 points
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Mihovil Nakic 219
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Vladimir Stankovic alization for Si
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Lou Silver 323
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Vladimir Stankovic many masters of
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Oscar Schmidt
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Vladimir Stankovic “I practiced a
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Vladimir Stankovic two Saporta Cups
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Vladimir Stankovic with ambition fo
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Vladimir Stankovic He was a born sh
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Vladimir Stankovic role. The 1990-9
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Corny Thompson 363
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Vladimir Stankovic free throws atte
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Vladimir Stankovic his career. Just
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Vladimir Stankovic relocated to Mil
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Jordi Villacampa 375
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of 1985, 1987, 1991 (bronze medal)
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Oleksandr Volkov 379
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Vladimir Stankovic own countries. B
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Vladimir Stankovic Glorious comebac
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Vladimir Stankovic nonetheless, had
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Vladimir Stankovic At the European
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Dominique Wilkins 395
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Vladimir Stankovic was the third-be
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Vladimir Stankovic burg and Partiza
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Michael Young 403
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Vladimir Stankovic ford Kings of En
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Jiri Zidek 407
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Vladimir Stankovic • Was the Czec
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Jiri Zidek Jr. 411
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Vladimir Stankovic In the summer of
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Vladimir Stankovic Jiri Welsch, Mar
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About the author Vladimir Stankovic
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