Krešimir Ćosić

Ćosić was a 6ft 11in Croatian who played like a guard, passing and dribbling from the high post decades before that was fashionable, and he declined NBA offers to stay in Europe. He won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia in 1980 and a world title in 1970. Players who watched him, including later Yugoslav stars, describe him as the one who changed what a big man could do.