Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) and Sandro Nicevic try to stop Slovenia's Erazem Lorbek during their FIBA EuroBasket 2009 quarter-final basketball game in Katowice September 18, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (POLAND SPORT BASKETBALL) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (R) goes for a basket against France's Ali Traore during their FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Qualifying Round Group E basketball game in Bydgoszcz September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (POLAND SPORT BASKETBALL) 

Florent Pietrus (R) of France challenges Nikola Prkacin of Croatia during their FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Qualifying Round Group E basketball game in Bydgoszcz September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (POLAND SPORT BASKETBALL) 

Spain's Pau Gasol is fouled by Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) and Marko Banic during their basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Mindaugas Lukauskis (L) of Lithuania is fouled by Nikola Prkacin of Croatia during their men's Group A basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 16, 2008. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (CHINA) 

Andrey Kirilenko of Russia throws the ball as Nikola Prkacin (R) of Croatia falls back during their preliminary Group A men's basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 12, 2008. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (CHINA)

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) and Marko Popovic celebrate after defeating Germany in their FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball game in Athens July 19, 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) jumps to shoot against Germany's Patrick Femerling during their FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball game in Athens July 19, 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (C) passes the ball between Canada's Levon Kendall (L) and Rans Brempong during their FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Athens July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

Puerto Rico's Daniel Santiago (R) shields the ball from Croatia's Nikola Prkacin during their basketball game at the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW) 

Panathinaikos' Nikola Prkacin (C) tries to score between Partizan Belgrade's Cedomir Vitkovac (R) and Nikola Pekovic during their Euroleague basketball game in Belgrade March 19, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA) 

France's Boris Diaw (L) tries to block Croatia's Nikola Prkacin during their classification round game at European Basketball Championship in Madrid September 15, 2007. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SPAIN) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) controls the ball beside Greece's Lazaros Papadopolos during their second round game at the European Basketball Championships in Madrid September 9 , 2007. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (L) goes up for a basket past Amit Tamir of Israel during their second round game at the European Basketball Championships in Madrid September 7, 2007. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin gestures during their second round game against Israel at the European Basketball Championships in Madrid September 7, 2007. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (SPAIN) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin tries to block Israel's Jeron Roberts during their second round game at the European Basketball Championships in Madrid September 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SPAIN) 

Spain's Pau Gasol (C) and Nikola Prkacin (L) of Croatia fight for the ball during their European Championships Group B preliminary round basketball game in Seville September 5, 2007. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN) 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin (R) goes up past Elvis Evora of Portugal during their European championship Group B preliminary round basketball match in Seville September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN) 

Spain's Rudy Fernandez (R) goes for a basket as Croatia's Nikola Prkacin tries to block during their European basketball championship quarter-final match in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro September 23, 2005. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Croatia's Nikola Prkacin dunks the ball against Spain during their European basketball championship quarter-final match in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro September 23, 2005. RUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Prkacin of Efes Pilsen is fouled by Borovnjak of Partizan Belgrade during their basketball Euroleague match. Nikola Prkacin (R) of Efes Pilsen is fouled by Dejan Borovnjak (L) of Partizan Belgrade during their basketball Euroleague 14th round match in Belgrade February 10, 2005. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic 

Nikola Prkacin (L) from Croatia passes Todor Gecevski (C) and Kenion
Jones (R) from Macedonia during a European Cup qualification basketball
match in Ohrid some 160 km south-west of the Macedonian capital on
November 20, 2002. REUTERS/Robert Atanasovski

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Yugoslav Djuro Ostojic (C) of Partizan, Belgrade is sandwiched between
with Cibona's American Calwin Bowman (L) and Nikola Prkacin (R) during
the second quarter of their basketball match in round 12 of the
Euroleague in Zagreb January 30, 2002. REUTERS/Nikola Solic

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Spanish Tau Ceramica basketball player Victor Joe Alexsander scores over Cibona Zagreb's Nikola Prkacin during the European league basketball match between Cibona and Tau Ceramica in Zagreb on October 18, 2000.

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American Dante Calabria (L) of Pau Orthez scores in front of Cibona Zagreb's Niksa Prkacin (R) during the basketball match in European League November 18.

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SPORT BASKETBALL:ZAGREB, 27OCT99-Efes Pilsen basketballl player Predrag Drobnjak (14) shoots over Cibona Zagreb's Niksa Prkacin (8 ) during the basketball match in European League in Zagreb on October 27.

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