Predrag Drobnjak (18pts) vs. Lakers (2003)

An ode to the man who inspired Drobnjak's Manjaks and this video about the creative, yet bizarre Sonics marketing campaign:
• How Sonics & Drobnjak ...
Here's a fact. In three of his four NBA seasons Predrag Drobnjak had one of his six highest-scoring games against Shaq. Here's another... Despite not making the playoffs, the Sonics were 2-2 against the Lakers in the 2002-03 season. Drobnjak's perimeter game (accompanied by the artistry and shooting of Gary Payton/Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis) helped the Sonics become an ahead-of-its-time inconvenient opponent for the Lakers.
In other words, if I contribute to the weird tale of Drobnjak's Manjaks, I also felt like I had to put out some material on how good he actually was as a player. February 28, 2003.

[@seththompson9614]

It's weird to see a big man like Drobnjak popping to the midrange in all these clips. Just a shot that doesn't exist in today's game.

[@burnzyburnswild]

No it doesn’t. He had some 3 range it seems too, I wonder how he would fare in todays NBA

[@bconigliaro]

O'Neal looking as graceful as a hippo on ice skates, as usual. I always get riled when he talks about how great he was on the TNT shows.

[@TRJ2241987]

This was during that weird little period in time where Sonics fans were happy and upbeat about the departure of Gary Payton

[@XtotheK]

Now that's a name I've genuinely never heard of before. Which is surprising considering that around 03/04 was when I started getting into NBA Basketball.

[@andresdelportillo9917]

Any Larry Johnson 1996 in that vault 👀

[@chase1663]

I love videos like these! Where are you finding such good footage from? I can’t seem to find much past the year 2015

[@growtopiafan8974]

Post luka game 7 vs suns please

[@johnnycleveland216]

Are you LamarMatic from M2 (MixMakers)

[@LamarMatic]

What's up? Yes, I am.

[@johnnycleveland216]

@@LamarMatic I used to post on there religiously I been tryna track down any remains from the community for years now lol. Do you still keep in touch with any of the OG posters?

[@BigPatrys15]

@@johnnycleveland216 Sup! There's a FB chat group with old M2ers, however, not that much activity nowadays.

[@johnnycleveland216]

@@BigPatrys15 damn I definitely remember you too bro lol

[@BigPatrys15]

Haha what was your nick? If you wanna join chat group I need your name😅

[@guanyuwang4128]

I think this was in 2003. Drobnjak was in Clippers in 03-04 season.

[@LamarMatic]

Thank you! It indeed was in 2003. Had the right date in the description, but the wrong one in the title.