Dino Rađa, the Croatian basketball legend and former Boston Celtics player, has been admitted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield!
One of the greatest Croatian basketball players and a member of the legendary generation of Jugoplastika, Dino Rađa has been recognized with one of the highest honors - he has been selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame! The official induction ceremony will take place on September 7, 2018, in Springfield, Massachusetts, reports Gol.hr on March 31, 2018.
Dino Rađa has dominated the international scene for decades, winning two European championship titles and titles for the Yugoslav, Greek and Croatian league. Dino has been admitted to the Hall of Fame as part of the '2018 generation', and will be honored alongside NBA greats Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Grant Hill, among others.
Rađa was a champion of Europe twice as a representation of the former SFRY selection. He also won the Olympic silver (1992), two European bronze medals (1993 and 1995) and the World bronze (1994), and has a total of eight representative medals in the biggest competitions. Rađa was also named the best player of the finals in Greece (1998) and the best player of the Euroleague final tournament (1989). FIBA chose the Croat as one of the top 50 basketball players in 1991, and in 2008 he was recognized as one of the 50 most prominent Euroliga promoters.
Rađa spent four seasons in the Boston Celtics jersey, for whom he played 224 games with an average of 16.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. He averaged 19.7 points and 9.8 rebounds in his best season (1995/1996).
The other Croatian basketball players to have been recognized in the Hall of Fame are Krešimir Ćosić (1996), Dražen Petrović (2002) and Mirko Novosel (2007), making Dino Rađa the fourth.
The North American Board for the '2018 generation' includes NBA stars Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Grant Hail and Maurice Cheek, Dino Rađa, and University coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell. The Women's Committee included Tina Thompson and Coach Katie Smith in the Hall of Fame, and the credible basketball officials to make the list are Rick Welts and Rod Thorn. Ora Mae Washington is named as an African-American basketball pioneer, and Charlie Scott joins the basketball veterans' committee.
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