translated the Book of Mormon into Croatian, nor opened up those European missions.

He was the best of Ainge, Jax, Jimmer, and Shawn Bradley rolled up into one player. He was a classic late growth boy who played as a 6'1" PG on his high school team before he shot up to 6'11." He was the consensus strongest Euro player of his time.

A most appealing goodly, unconventional fellow, he would have surely been a rock star in the Internet Age. While still a young man he was instrumental in winning USA support for his Country in the post Tito wars.

A faithful convert and Priesthood Leader to the end at age 46, he remains oddly more legendary throughout Europe than he is among LDS Church members. Perhaps that is in part because his wife and children have chosen a different course.