Former International Basketball League, Vlad de Decacbak, breaks hip in a motorcycle accident

The basketball hall in Famir and the former favorite Lakers fan Flaid Devak The hip was broken on Thursday when he fell from his motorbike while riding near the Adriatic coast on Montenegro.

On Friday, a hospital spokesman in Raysan said that the 57 -year -old Serbian basketball legend has now an artificial sword after emergency surgery.

“During the day, surgery has been performed,” hospital spokeswoman Lebika Mitrovic said of Devak. “It is in a stable and physical state, and it is under the careful supervision of the medical staff.”

Devak, a 7 -footed center, was formulated by Lakers in 1989 after he led the men’s basketball team in Yugoslavia to the Olympic silver medal in the previous year. It became a full -time start during his second season, Cleaker, and soon appeared as a favorite fan, with a frequent appearance in commercial ads, comic and dialogue programs late at night.

After seven seasons with Lakers, Divac was traded to Charlotte Hornets for Kobe Bryant, which was recently formulated on July 1, 1996.

Divac played two seasons with Hornets and signed with the Kings Sacramento as a free agent in 1999. He spent six years there-a task that included his only season in all stars, in 2000-2001-before returning to Lakers in the last 16 seasons in the American Professional League in 2004-2005.

After completing his career with 13398 points, 9,326 rebounds, 3541 decisive passes and 1,631 banned rounds, Divac had retired his No. 21 shirt by kings in 2009.

Devak was the general manager of kings from 2015 to 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.