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For Dzanan Musa and Rodions Kurucs, moments that pointed the way

Dzanan Musa was first supposed to play at Barclays Center back in April 2015 at the Jordan Brand Classic’s International Game, but he was cut. Not surprisingly, he was bummed until someone reached out to him. That someone was Biserka Petrovic, Drazen’s mother.

“After the game, I was like upset, sad, because I love so much basketball and it was the first time in my life I was thinking I’m not good enough for this,” said Musa.

“She poked me on my shoulder, and said ‘here’s the ball of Drazen Petrovic. You remind me of him when he was younger.