Slaviša Koprivica
Personal information
Born (1968-06-17) 17 June 1968
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1990: undrafted
Playing career1985–2003, 2007–2008
PositionPower forward / center
Number13
Career history
1985–1987Partizan
1987–1989OKK Beograd
1989–1991IMT Beograd
1991–1993Partizan
1993–1994Pagrati
1994–1995Brescialat Gorizia
1996–1997Beobanka
1997–1998Partizan
1998–1999Znicz Pruszków
2000–2001Szolnoki Olaj
2002EvrAz
2002–2003Cherno More Varna
2007–2008Superfund
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Under-19 World Cup
Gold medal – first place1987 ItalyUnder-19
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place1985 BulgariaUnder-16

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

  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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