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13. Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović was a member of the first wave of European basketball players to join to the NBA and also one of the most successful. He came to the NBA in 1989 to play for the Portland Trailblazers but he did not show everything he knew until he got traded to the New Jersey Nets.
As the member of the Nets, he became one of the best shooters in the league, often posting incredible numbers and proving that Europeans can play in the league. Just as he was becoming the star he always knew he could be, he was killed in a car accident in Germany.
He was in the car with his girlfriend and their car crashed into a truck that broke the highway barrier and came to a stop in their lane.