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A European reporter asked Noah if had met Toni Kukoc, who is an occasional visitor to the Berto Center. Noah smiled again. "He always watches our games and shows support by telling me I can't shoot and my right hand sucks and that I have to work in the gym with him," Noah said. "He always gets mad at me because I never call him to work." Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Joakim Noah, Toni Kukoc 

Toni Kukoc: It was good to be away from it all for a couple of years, but after 20 years of playing basketball I can't be a chemistry engineer. Basketball is only thing I know and the only thing I can be good at. Vecernji

Coaching, Toni Kukoc 

Where would you coach? NBA, college, high school? Toni Kukoc: I'm interested solely in the NBA,and I would start as an assistant. If I come back to Europe I would be coach right away. But a job in Europe has to wait until my daughter Stela (16) goes to college. Vecernji

Coaching, Toni Kukoc 

Teammate Ricky Rubio snapped a picture of Shved sleeping during the plane ride home. He tweeted it with the caption: "Gotcha!!! The young Toni Kukoc is tired!" Fact is, the shorn Shved does look a lot like a young Kukoc, the former NBA player from Croatia. But Shved got a bit flustered when asked about it. "Come on, guys," he said. "I don't know about that. Ask Ricky Rubio." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Toni Kukoc, Alexey Shved 

Jordan saves his biggest zinger for longtime Bulls general manager-foil Jerry Krause, who had drafted Toni Kukoc from Croatia, the Dream Team's second-round opponent and gold-medal game victim. "Krause was recruiting this guy, talking how great he was," Jordan says in the film. "That's like a father who has all his kids and now he sees another kid that he loves more than he loves his own. So we were not playing against Toni Kukoc. We were playing against Jerry Krause in a Croatian uniform." Adds Pippen: "We were going to give (Kukoc) the worst experience he ever had on the basketball court. We wanted to go guard him on the bench." Chicago Tribune

Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, Media, USA Basketball, Toni Kukoc, Jerry Krause 

Croatian baskteballer Toni Kukoc has shrugged his shoulders at the allegations he has been one of the "beneficiaries" of the elite prostitution ring uncovered recently in Croatia. "I was in worse situations in life. What should I do? Return home to Split? Of course I will stay in Osijek," Kukoc told the media after his name emerged in connection with the elite prostitution ring headed by Nebojsa Perunovic Pance who was arrested last week. Croatian Times

Toni Kukoc 

Croatian daily Jutarnji List wrote that one young woman was told to offer sexual services to ex-NBA player Kukoc. "I went there, I can’t remember the name of the hotel. In the hotel I had sexual relations with [Toni] Kukoc who paid me 500 Euros," she said. Kukoc says he is not guilty, daily Jutarnji List writes. Croatian Times

Toni Kukoc 

Croatian baskteballer Toni Kukoc has shrugged his shoulders at the allegations he has been one of the "beneficiaries" of the elite prostitution ring uncovered recently in Croatia. "I was in worse situations in life. What should I do? Return home to Split? Of course I will stay in Osijek," Kukoc told the media after his name emerged in connection with the elite prostitution ring headed by Nebojsa Perunovic Pance who was arrested last week. Croatian Times

Toni Kukoc, Croatia 

Pance is suspected of pimping young starlets, wanna-be-models and other beautiful girls to Austrian businessmen, rich Russians, and it appears, sports stars. Croatian daily Jutarnji List wrote that one young woman was told to offer sexual services to ex-NBA player Kukoc. "I went there, I can’t remember the name of the hotel. In the hotel I had sexual relations with [Toni] Kukoc who paid me 500 Euros," she said. Croatian Times

Toni Kukoc, Croatia 

Former Bull Toni Kukoc has been charming fans in the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan after being called for jury duty this week. Observers said Kukoc, who played 13 seasons in the NBA, seven with the Bulls, has graciously posed for photos and signed autographs as he’s moved through the courthouse wearing a juror’s badge. But like a good juror, the member of the Bulls’ 1996, 1997 and 1998 championship teams isn’t talking to the media. And county officials won’t say if he’s actually serving on a panel. Chicago Sun-Times

Law, Toni Kukoc 

Among the most vivid memories of the Dream Team in Barcelona was what's known as "the Kukoc game." That was the game in which Jordan and Pippen vowed to shut down Tony Kukoc, the Croatia star who had been offered a big contract by the Chicago Bulls at the same time management had refused to extend Pippen. In a Friday morning roundtable the Dream Teamers had joked about how all of them had vowed to shut down Kukoc on behalf of Pippen. Which is exactly what happened. So several hours later it was jarring to see Kukoc featured so prominently and saying nice things about Scottie in the taped segment that preceded Pippen's induction. In truth, though, Pippen always felt a little guilty -- emphasis on little -- about "the Kukoc game." For after the tall and talented Croatian joined the Bulls, he became one of Jordan's and Pippen's favorite teammates for his versatility. SI.com

Chicago Bulls, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc, Dream Team 

On the game against Croatia when the Dream Team vowed to shut down Toni Kukoc, who had received a lucrative contract offer from the Bulls. And shut him down they did: Barkley: "I remember Michael was, like, foaming at the mouth. 'Kukoc makes more money than Scottie and I put together! Wherever he goes, I got him!' And Michael and Scottie shut him down. It was hilarious." Pippen: "I appreciate you guys talking like that, but it was truly a collective effort. If I got beat on the backdoor, David was right there. In truth? Toni did not have a chance in that game." SI.com

Toni Kukoc, Dream Team