A new book on Drazen Petrovic, out next week, says he had already planned on a European return when he was killed in a car accident on the German autobahn in June 1993. In fact, the book said Petrovic, who was then in tense negotiations with the Nets had already decided on a team, Panathinaikos, where he would have played for two years, then return to the NBA ... and the Celtics.
The book, written by two Croatian journalists, is called "Years of the Dragon" or "Godine Zmaja Drazen" and will be available next Wednesday in European bookstores.