Barcelona's big-time atmosphere
Dejan Bodiroga is a basketball god in Europe. So it's easy to understand why he's never brought his game to the NBA.
Updated: May 12, 2003, 1:20 PM ET
By
Chad Ford | NBA Insider
BARCELONA, Spain -- Thirteen years ago, a group of 12 Americans stepped into Barcelona and changed the world of international basketball forever.
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