The breakup of Yugoslavia ended one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. A cross-border team could revive that legacy — and model internationalism in a divided world.

In the storied tradition of global sport, few regions have given us a legacy as rich and influential as the former Yugoslavia in basketball. For decades, the courts of Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, and Skopje bred a unique style of play: technical, improvisational, fiercely competitive, yet fundamentally collective. It was a style that punched well above its weight on the world stage, and it was born of diversity.

Today the nations that once made up Yugoslavia — Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia — stand as independent states, each proud of its sovereignty, cul

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