Slaviša Koprivica

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Slaviša "Slavko" Koprivica (Славиша "Славко" Копривица, born 17 June 1968) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He played at both the power forward and center positions.

Professional career

While playing with Partizan Belgrade, Koprivica won the EuroLeague championship, in 1992.

Personal life

Koprivica's son Balša (born 2000), played high school basketball in the United States. Balša won the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and he was considered to be one of the top ten college recruits in the Class of 2019. Koprivica and Miroslav Pecarski played together on the junior Yugoslav national team, and they won a gold medal at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. Thirty years later, their sons Balša Koprivica and Marko Pecarski, played together for Serbia's junior national team; and they won a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

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