Nba History [unofficial] | Michael Jordan-era And More (in All Airness)

Send Adam a text message.Drazen Petrovic biographer, Todd Spehr.Personally, this is an extra-special episode. My great friend of almost fifteen years, Todd Spehr, just released The Mozart of Basketball: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Drazen Petrovic. I invited another great mate of mine (and NB85 co-host), Aaron, to also chat with Todd, earlier this week.For more than three years, Todd has been consumed with the life of Drazen Petrovic. Thanks to exhaustive research - he interviewed over 70 people - the resulting book offers comprehensive coverage of Drazen's incredible rise from Europe to the NBA. It is a book of stories, told by those who knew Petrovic best. Drazen blazed a trail (no pun intended) and was a pioneer for Europeans in the NBA, including Sarunas Marciulionis, Arvydas Sabonis, Stojko Vrankovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja & Peja Stojakovic, to name just a few.We discuss behind-the-scenes details of the book, including the interview process, the depths of Todd's research