The most successfull Croatian basketball club Cibona was founded in 1946 as Sloboda. But in the next cuople of years the club changed the name for many times, form Sloboda to SD Zagreb, Vihod, Polet to finally come to the name Lokomotiva which has been in use for the next 25 years.

It was November 1975 when the basketball part of the club split with the Sport's society Lokomotiva, going its own way as a club under the name Cibona what on the Latin means 'good food'. Namely, four gigants from the food industry, Kraš, Franck, Badel and Voće, joined under that name and became main sponsors of the club.

Sveti Nikola, tako su ga zvali, rođen je u Bruvnu, 10. siječnja 1948. godine, u Lici. U 10 sezona, koliko je bio član Lokomotive (današnja Cibona) Nikola Plećaš postavio je rekord koji će teško biti dostići, u 204 utakmice postigao je 5404 poena, od 1967. do 1976. Uzgred, u njegovo se vrijeme nije brojala trica. Gdje bi mu bio kraj da jest...

Jedan, jedni i neponovljiv. Dražen Petrović. Sinonim za košarku u Hrvata. Pred njim svi skidaju kapu, uz duboki naklon. Košarkaški Amadeus.

Rođen je 22.X. 1964. godine, prerano umro 7. VI. 1993. Prve košarkaške korake načinio je u rodnom Šibeniku, na Baldekinu.

Možda najveća legenda, ali ne samo Cibone, već i Zadra i hrvatske košarke uopće. Prvi Hrvat u Hall of Fame. Prve košarkaške korake Krešimir Ćosić učinio je u Zadru, 1962. godine, kao 14-godišnjak. Visokog, izrazito mršavog dječaka koji je izgledao kao da će se svaki čas slomiti napola u struku trenirao je legendarni zadarski trener Enzo Sovitti.

U Ciboni su godinama treneri odlazili preko Velike bare po centra, a vraćali se s playmekerom, ili u najboljem slučaju bekom ili krilom. I James Scoonie Penn spada u tu priču, visina od 179 cm nije baš košarkaška. No, Scoonie je u Hrvatskoj bio već poznat kada je stigao u Cibonu.

Dražen Anzulović is Cibona's child. His father Vladimir, known as TV commentator, is one of the founders of the modern Cibona, the good spirit of the club, we might say. Already as a youngster the sport's hall was something like a home court for Dražen and for his younger brother Vladimir who is still playing basketball (this season in Kosovo). They spent most of their time on basketball grounds like Dražen's two sons from his marriage with volleyball coach Marija, 12-year-old Andro and 8-year-old Roko, do nowadays. The history is repeating...