Yugoslavia Civil War “To build a friendship takes years. But to destroy it, it takes one second”- Vlade Divac (former LA Lakers Center)

ESPN 30 for 30: Once Brothers

• Vlade Divac (Serbian- LA Lakers) and Drazen Petrovic (Croatian- Portland Trailblazers) basketball players for Yugoslavia • 1988 Yugoslavia Olympic team (Silver medal) • 1990 Yugoslavia FIBA world championship team (Gold medal) • Fan with a Croatian flag entered the court and Divac pushed him away • Backdrop- Yugoslavia was in a civil war which was splitting the country into smaller units • Ended their friendship

Yugoslav Wars • Ethnic Conflicts fought from 1991 to 1999 • Resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia • Ethnic minorities in the new countries were not happy about the new internationally recognized countries • Mainly Serbs and Albanians

• Wars continued in the new republics

Teacher instructions- ~41 minutes • Part1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCC4FBNjgUc • Start at :39 and stop at 5:00

• Part 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPj6M-wk40o • Play from beginning and stop at 2:35

• Part 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvNn27vMww • Start at 2:40 play till 5:55

• Part 4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzrA-TbTUJM • Play from the beginning till 2:00 • Start at 8:00 play till end

• Part 5- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u-A6b1dbtc • Start at the beginning and play till 3:48 • Start at 6:10 play till end

• Part 6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtRJppzZbg • Play all

• Part 7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64E2shp_5ro • Start at beginning and play till 5:28 • Start at 9:32 and play till end

• Part 8- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pB8kpq2agQ • Start at beginning and play till 1:05 • Start at 7:20 and play till 8:45