Toni Kukoč

Toni Kukoč (born 1968) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, nicknamed the Waiter and the Croatian Sensation, who was one of the first established European stars to play in the National Basketball Association. Raised in Split, he began with KK Jugoplastika, won the EuroLeague three years running from 1989 to 1991 and was twice named EuroLeague Final Four MVP. He then signed with Benetton Treviso and in 1993 moved to the NBA, where he played for four teams until 2006, won the Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1996 and was a three-time champion with the Chicago Bulls in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Internationally he won Olympic silver medals in 1988 for Yugoslavia and in 1992 for Croatia. Admired for his basketball IQ, versatility and passing at 6 ft 11 in, he entered the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.