Vladimir Stankovic
“They put a lot of pressure on me, but I was a bit skeptical because regulations only allowed for two foreigners then, and normally you would sign Americans”, Tanjevic recalled. “I asked, 'How can I sign an 18-year-old kid as a foreigner?' Then, my good friend Cosic told me, 'Don't be a Bosnian fool. Sign him and you won't ever regret it. But there was an added problem, his documentation. Dejan was under contract and Zadar would not release him. Despite all that, I decided to sign him. He spent one season practicing with Stefanel Trieste without playing, but after just two practices I realized what a diamond I had”.
Bogdan Tanjević | Dejan Bodiroga | KK Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić | Stefanel Trieste | basketball
Libro: '101 greats of European Basketball' (pag. 44)
