Toni Kukoc - The Croatian Sensation

[cukura]

Pink Panther!

[SonicXisnow2009]

Dirk is the best Euro player in the NBA today, and probably the best Euro NBAer ever. No arguing that Kukoc was a great player and one of the best swingmen in the NBA, though. Petrovic was amazing, but had his career cut far too short, like Magic Johnson.

[ZadreGradeNajlipsiSi]

@SonicXisnow2009

Michael Jordan said it right...this question whos the greatest player of all time can't be answered...it should be what TEAM is the greatest of all time? These guys are all great, and saying that one is better than the other is just unethical.

[WeaselVideos]

legenda

pozz iz srbije

[peboguxX]

1:17 Eurostep!!

[BB0ysGam3s]

one of the best centers players for sure...

[papaparanoya]

Sorry everyone for the long posts, I was just explaining to a ex-compatriot from neighbouring Croatia why the Yugoslavia and its basketball were as successful as they were, and why it will never again be so. FYI, I believe our strength lay in the incredible teamwork. If you look at some really tall players like Kukoc, Divac, Paspalj, even Bodiroga who was a guard (yes, not all the best play in the NBA), their passing ability was just amazing. Also, team defence was paramount (similar to Celtics)

[papaparanoya]

...smo mi Srbi osudjeni na takav mazohizam, evo i ja mislim da smo ovako razjedinjeni mnogo slabiji, i SIROMASNIJI nego u SFRJ, i to na geostrateski uzasno vaznom mestu (kazu zavadi pa vladaj...), ali iskreno ne znam da li ce u nasem narodu i za 500 godina biti volje da ponovo pokusamo nesto zajedno, jer smo se previse puta "opekli". Inace mom najboljem drugu je majka iz Trogira, pa sad ne znam, jel treba da ga "pola mrzim", ili kako, sta su pravila? Totalne gluposti. Citaj knjige, zajebi tv...

[papaparanoya]

...za zajednistvo "naroda i narodnosti", i uzeli da pravimo SFRJ, cime ste vi cisto usput izbegli placanje ogromne ratne stete, kao sto su morale ostale zemlje na strani Nacista (u Hr i danas ima gomila ljudi koji se identifikuju sa ustasama a kamo li tada - pogledaj snimke odusevljenih ljudi kako docekuju Hitlera u Zagrebu). I eto nakon svega toga Divac baca zastavu separatista unutar SFRJ, a neki srpski klinac od 15 godina ti se javlja na youtubeu sa porukama o zajednistvu i pomirenju. Izgleda

[papaparanoya]

...pretenzijama na veliku Srbiju, nego o konsenzusu Zapadnog Sveta o tome na sta Srbija ima pravo u nekoj 1913 god, kao sto danas postoji konsenzus (malo slabiji doduse) da Kosovo treba da bude van Srbije, i uopste nije pitanje da li je to pravedno, moralno itd. Uglavnom Srbija je izabrala da se udruzuje sa Hrv i Slov, mnogo manjim zemljama, da bi onda ti isti Hrvati ubijali Srbe na gomilama, i u 1. i 2. sv ratu...samo u Jasenovcu 600 000! Ali ne bi mi bili Srbi kada posle toga opet ne bi bili..

[papaparanoya]

..svetskog rata, pa ako zelis poseti malo biblioteku (negde van Hrvatske po mogucstvu, radi objektivnosti). Ali ne, mi smo mislili "zajedno smo jaci", i hteli smo da pravimo Kraljevinu Srba Hrvata i Slovenaca (tako se zvala jer kao sto sam objasnio, ostali narodi - ne racunajuci Hr i Slov - su se zbog Srpskih stradanja u borbi protiv osmanlija u oslobadjanju istocnog Balkana smatrali ili Srbima ili punopravnim ziteljima na srpskoj teritoriji). Obrati paznju, ja ovde ne pricam o nekim zamisljenim

[papaparanoya]

...uoci 1. svetskog rata, postojao je konsenzus u Zapadnoj Evropi da Srbija treba da zadrzi osvojene teritorije (Makedonija, juzno Kosovo), i da joj se nakon raspada Austrougarske pripoje u druge koje su vecim ili dobrim delom bile srpske, sto je ukljucivalo Bosnu, Istocnu Slavoniju, Crnu Goru (u kojoj se i danas nakon najgore anti srpske propagande 49% ljudi deklarisu kao Srbi), sa linijom po obali nadomak Splita (!). Ovo sve imas u knjigama o Evropskoj istoriji izmedju 2. Balkanskog rata i 1..

[Orrphan]

great clips but horrible music to go with it. Not just because it's michael jackson but it is the wrong type to go with b-ball highlights.

[lilfro2009]

lamar odom type?

[mahoney208285]

haha Kukoc was the man did they really think his game flowed like the Michael Jackson tune? I think they shouldve gone with some "Whoomp there it is"

[modernway91]

So big but such a great passer. He was incredible

[chetnikman]

vlade divac, toni kukoc, dino rada, drazen petrovic, zarko paspajla YUGO DREAM TEAM!

[Kalamabbfan]

@chetnikman You forgot the best player ever to come out of Yugoslavia. Kresimir Cosic. Divac, Kukoc, Petrovic all credit much of their success to Kreso. Check out the record. Cosic is the best ever to come out of Yugoslavia. He was drafted three times, but the Lakers, Celtics and Blazers, but he chose to go back to Europe and play and coach. 45,000 came to his funeral in 1995 in Zadar. You need to look past the past 5 years when you talk about "Yugo Dream Team".

[Dicvi95]

TONI KUKOC, VLADE DIVAC AND DRAZEN PETROVIC COULD HAVE STOPPED THE WAR DURING THE 90'S. CROATIAN AND SERBS LET'S FINALLY SIT TO A TABLE AND MAKE PIECE, THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENCE ANYMORE.

[atonly]

@Dicvi95 isuse male odi doma sjedni i uči povijest.. sa svojim 95-tim godištem nemaš nimalo iskustva pričati tko je mogao zaustavit rat a tko nije.. za tvoju informaciju , tvoj "veliki" vlade divac je bacio u svoje vrijeme hrvatsku zastavu na pod i zgazio ju..

[papaparanoya]

@atonly

Nadji mi 1 dokaz da je gazio hrvatsku zastavu. To je bila obicna propaganda u hrvatskim medijima, cista fabrikovana laz, KAO I MNOGE DRUGE, i u Hrvatskoj i u Srbiji, da bi se podigle tenzije, i da bi ratni profiteri i "politicari" nabili bankovne racune i svoj ego kada im se vec kita vise nije mogla dizati. Uzeo je zastavu i spustio/bacio je pored reklamnog panoa, van terena. I drugo, to NIJE bila zastava SFR Hrvatske, koja je u tom trenutku i dalje bila clanica SFRJ (sa zvezdom na...

[papaparanoya]

@atonly ...sredini), nego zastava nezavisne republike Hrvatske (sa sahovnicom), koja je u tom trenutku postojala samo kao ideja politicke fakcije unutar zemlje. Stoga, nije joj bilo mesto u proslavi, i Divac je i sam rekao da bi isto uradio u tom trenutku i sa zastavom nezavisne Srbije, Bosne i sl. Ok??!! Divac je mozda bio glup sto je u to vreme verovao u neko Jugoslovenstvo, u zajednistvo, ali takav je bio i kao covek - otvoren, nasmejan. Takvi smo i mi, Sloveni, u odnosu na Amerikance npr,...

[papaparanoya]

@atonly ...vise komunikativni i ekstrovertni, takva nam je bila i kosarka. Mozda smo bili losiji 1 na 1 od dream team-a 1992, ali su svi pricali o toj utakmici (do koje naravno nikad nije doslo) upravo zato sto smo imali pas igru, ZAJEDNISTVO. Ipak, ispostavilo se da nisu svi osecali to zajednistvo na isti nacin (Petrovic, Zdovc nisu, dok Kukoc, Radja, Divac jesu...). Uostalom mi Srbi smo vise puta u proslom veku pravili tu istu gresku kao i Divac, u vezi zajednistva i jugoslovenstva. Recimo...

[zvezdas8899]

@Dicvi95 marko sta seres bre :D

[noe7778]

MJ,Scottie,Toni K,Worm,BJ,Pax,Ron H, Cartwright,Stevie K,....Of course, Coach Phil you just can't get better than this team!! My God, I miss this team every day !!

[slija]

please don't put hedo and toni in the same sentance! and.. toni was way better than sabonis.. just look at the numbres. no european player can't even compare to him, number of titles. 3 nba, 3fiba,2euro,1 world cup, 2 olympic silver, 3 yugo, 1 italian cship. he won everything that could be won!

[Kalamabbfan]

@slija Good records, but compare with this: Olympics: 1 gold, 2 silver as a player and 1 Silver as a Coach; World Championships,2 gold, 2 silver; Euro: 3 gold, 3 silver 1 bronze; 2 time All-American; BB Hall of Fame; FIBA Hall of Fame; only player to be EuroBasketball player of the year twice;named by EuroLeage best player from Croatia, ahead of (in order) Petrovic, Rada, then Kukoc; WHO, you ask is this Wonder Man? Kresimir Cosic of Zadar Yugolavia. LOOK IT UP :-).

[HazyHendrix101]

Kukoc should've joined some 3 point contests.

[Skarpina83]

Ljudi nebudimo smješni, samo je jedan don, a njegovo ime je TONI KUKOČ KUKI sve ostalo je manje bitno!!!

[baller4621]

kukoc just makes good shit happen

[zelubasket]

Drazen Petrovic is the greatest Croatian (included the former Yugoslavia) player ever, but he died so soon. What a pity, no?

[dinobelaj]

jordan and kukoc!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tonight2]

CRACK... no ha nacido el jugador con su talento en función de su altura.. en mi opinión con esos parametros.. ES EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS...

[gilles2777]

great tony kukoc!.. you are great! wonderful! Federico - Italy

[LilScotty777]

toni kukoc was the dirk of the 90s foreallll!!

[gavrilobre]

Best european basketball player ever!!!!!

[CroBullsFan1]

/watch?v=0uQ8sI-mCEQ aisst by toni

[arkor7]

1.48 sick!!!!!!!

[peskelj]

best young world player in 87, best european player 90, 91, 93, 96, 98. European final four MVP 89,90,91,93, european championship mvp 91, world championship MVP 90, NBA best sixth man 96.... he dominated over Payton, Majerle, Gettling, Mourning, k. anderson, d. Robinson, Ritchmond.... when playing on world championships, but americans still didnt know who he was when he came to the NBA

[peskelj]

4 times yugoslavien champion, two yugoslavien cups, 1 time italian champion, two italien cups, 3 times NBA champion, 3 times european champion. Two Olympic silver medals (88,92), 2 european championships gold medals 89,91 and two bronze 87, 95. One world championship gold 90, and one bronze 94.

[riora]

he has a little gay shot but it goes in..im not feeling his swag lmao

[missAngelofmercy666]

i had major cush on Toni Kukoc as kid

[atonly]

best european playerz who r coming to us are croatians and spanish... talk what you want but thatz da trut

[iAmhotet]

1:19 first euro step i have seen in the early 90's...

[diaryofalonelysailor]

Giorgerman, do not forget about Dražen Petrović... He was something else... Even Goran Ivanisevic, when he won Wibledon spoked about greeatness of D.P.

[giorgerman]

yes you are right...I am sorry, Yugoslavia had the best players at that time...But I must also include Sabonis and Marculionis...They were very good as well

[giorgerman]

tony, dino and dirk are the most talented europeans of all time...

[NothinGBetteRPJMaN]

@giorgerman Dont forget Vlade Divac!!!!

[giorgerman]

you are right...vlade was great...maybe better than dino. He had a greater career than him

[Duke1966]

@giorgerman well... not one of them compares to mozart

[giorgerman]

@Duke1966 Drazen was pure talent, Tony and Dirk are much better athletes...

[edu32]

madre mia qué clase!!!!!!!!

[karpathos7]

Kokuc is a legend in world basketball!!!

Turloglou isint that great there better european players such as papaloukas greece Navaro spain reyes spain

[bosios083]

Toni Kukoc > Hedo Turkoglu.

[Malestorm87]

anyone know if the video of him winning a game is on youtube? with the commentator yelling "kukoc for the win... HE SCORES!!!!"

[zickpuppy]

Shit, he played so cool. Like a slick street pimp. Fantastic shot, overview, and passing . Greatest european after Drazen and Cosic. The Pink Panther

[ZrKappa]

Carina, legenda... Sta reci? :D Bio je najbolje krilo u Evropi u vreme kada je bila bitna tehnika i preciznost. Danas je sasvim druga prica...

[dodluvr2204]

I'm looking at 3:49. did what I think happen really happen? Did he really throw an alley-oop all the way from the free throw line on the opposite end of the court?

[horaciomercury777]

Yes

[Hrvat1982]

than why did he play for croatia you fuckin dumb cunt. Your the biggest fuckin idiot ive ever come across

[pgrmoja]

you idiot he is croatian die and go to hell because of your stupid inteligence

[Duskothetmac]

JOKE BOY FUCK ALL

[skipper00718]

Toni Kukoc = Hedo Turkuglo... at the same height, court vision, shooting, and an all-around player ^_^ . And they are both European player ^_^

[sbh123yt]

I am from Israel and remember Toni beats Maccabi Tel-Aviv from the time he played for Split.

I consider him the most intelligent European player ever. He reminds me Larry Bird.

I enjoyed Toni playing for the Bulls

I miss his game.

[bborntoofly7]

One of the Best European Players in the Past , who ever played the Game :

Cosic,Gallis,Drazi,Kuki

[bborntoofly7]

I have Yugoplastika still on VHS.

:DDDDDD

Toni je bio super.

[peskelj]

People who have not seen Tony play in Jugoplastica dont realy know how great he realy was. He could dominate game without scoring a single point! Man he would play center in the first half geting 10 rbs and 5-10 blks then he would play point guard in the second half getting 15 ast 5 stl with a few monster duncks and loooooong three pointers. I mean when he was 22 , he already had 3 consecutive euroleague titles, 2 olympic medals, 3 european championship titles, world championship......

[fusionakis]

What else do you need? Incredible player, incredible career... Thanks for everything! A true legend of the game...

[fusionakis]

To me Toni Kukoc is by far the best European player in history of the game. When it comes to offense, this guy is the most versatile player ever... Passing, quickness, shooting, dribbling, court vision... and he was 2.11m tall. He and the incredible Magic were the only ones who actually played at all five positions, and with great success!

He dominated European and World basketball with Jugoplastika and his national team, and then was the best sixth man in the best team of the NBA!

[krrrretrre]

jebote kakve smo mi hrvati igrace imali!!! a sad? nazalost ne vidim ni jednog ovakog!!!

[bborntoofly7]

Da.

[22IQ]

My favorite European player of all time. I still remember how excited I was when I first heard that he was going to play w/ the bulls. I even remember the Rockets played on the same day that Kukoc first played for the Bulls and made the game winning shot.

[SunMan6A6]

he was an amazing center,very underrated

[MIDB2323]

damn this guy was good :-)

mj pippen rodman kukoc :-) what a team :-)

loved it

[KeltAndy]

i agree whit the most said here, T. Kukoc and D. Petrovic are two of three best non american basketball players ever, but you never metioned the third one: Kreso Cosic..

[retardinho]

The biggest shame was that he was never invited to the All-Stars game. Only because he was not an American...

[bborntoofly7]

retardinho,it was not because of that.

Detlef Schrempf and lots of other non-americans did play in the all-star game.

It was Public Votes that decided who is popular to play in all-star game.

[retardinho]

Well that was what I was saying. He was one of the best shooters in the NBA at his time, was even proclaimed the best "6th player" and I don't think he was even nominated. That was shameful.

[retardinho]

Not because of what? I say again...he was one of the best shooters and one of the best players in what many consider the best NBA team of all times and he never even got a nomination. Come on...

[tvkalendar1]

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[mawriz]

Brings back flashbacks of the Bulls dynasty. Woohoo! :-p

[victorjulio15]

did you see the 3/4 court alley oop at the end! never saw that one. kukoc came up big in that indiana game 7

[jaranarm]

Kukoc is by far the greatest player to come out of Europe next to Sabonis and Petrovic. You cannot doubt his three NBA championships as well as being a multi-medalist in the Olympics, FIBA, and Eurobasket.

[haczu86]

novitzky?

[Auto0725]

How 'bout Nowitzki?

[Marach22]

lol if mighty Jordan said that kukoc was the best that came out of Europe than we all have to bow I mean he was allways in the starting 5 whit the bulls when they ruleed for 5/6 years so enough said.......And lets not forget another Croatian that played in the NBA the one the only Drazen Petrovic (hall of fame)

[122275]

I don't think he's better than Sabonis or Dirk. Though, he is better and can do more than Gasol. Aside from getting rebounds and scoring in the paint, he could also bring the ball up and create his own shot off the dribble.

[sparosparo]

Michael Jackson- Remember the time

[Keanu11Saito]

what's the song called?

[Niniels]

yeah,,, tony kukoc is hella athletic for a european guy,,,, he is the best european to play in the L. Dirk's overrated

[Gines4576]

Nowitzki and Gasol are both much better than Kukoc never was. Kukoc never played an all-star game. Sabonis was better than kukoc too.

[IgramStrasnoFizicki]

@Gines4576

Bryant only has one MVP title,r u suggesting Steve Nash is better then Kobe?

[powerrangersr]

ya u dont know what u are saying

[dazza2610]

what do u mean hes pretty athletic for a european guy some of the best gymnasts and runners in history have been european

[d0mag0j]

Igrati s Michaelom.. Koja privilegija hehe.

[azbaldy5]

TK had a game ! no wonder they called him tha waiter ! he sure served them up.i know jerry krause loved him and i can see why. Phil used to get all over him. If phil had to guard him Tk would have kicked his ass. I loved watching TK !!!

[frusionnn]

Tony Kukoc = European Michael Jordan!!!

[liweiwu007]

hello you are forgetting the likes of tony parker, dirk nowitzki, peja stojakovic, hedo turkgolu, and vlade divac.

[frusionnn]

no I am not forgetting about those you mentioned. I sill think Kukoc is better than them. not to mention Kukoc is a 3x champion + a silver medal in the 1992 olympics

[haczu86]

he was lucky to get into a team with MJ and Pip thats why hes got those titles

[frusionnn]

haczu86: you are making him sound like he wasn't as good a player as he was (at least in Chicago). regardless if he had MJ or Pip. actually its the opposite, MJ & Pip had Kukoc

[olaalal]

and pau gasol

[penismcpoo]

What Darko should have been

[thahacker5]

5 stars for the song!!

[pkjing]

A song by MJ? Which!

I love Kukoc, one of the best Rookies ever.

[kikas210187]

when will bulls retire kukoc number 7? I think he deserved it.

[liweiwu007]

i don't think they will retire his number

[zygis16]

donatas motiejunas is the next kukoc.

it's going to be fun watching another 7 footer mimic these great moves kukoc had..

[Fishscale15]

KUKERS!

[mahogan]

1:46 AMAZING!

[jaxjay73]

imagine if he were able to shoot as many times as jordan did (with better percentage)..wow!..sucks being white..

[jaxjay73]

tony was a victim of race..jordan could shoot the ball 400 times for 30 points and was the best ever?..lol..when tony came (awesome player)..pippen felt rejected cuz he had always been in jordans shadow and felt he should be the leader..tony had it bad!!! google it!

[lennix25536]

he's a left handed shooter

[SerbianBasketball94]

Just imagine how good the Yugoslavian Team wuld have been if croatia and serbia did no separate,

Vlade Divac

Toni Kukoc

Dejan Bodiroga

Drazen Petrovic

Predrag Danilovic

Dino Radja

Aleksandar Djordevic

Dejan Tomasevic

Zarko Paspalj

[CroatianSensation007]

i'm the croatian sensation

[mahogan]

Andres Nocioni reminds me of him. sixth man, just comes into the game and does wat he does. and does it good.

[mislav76]

Kukoč WAS NOT a sixth man in the bulls he was "the big three"along with Jordan and Pippen,personally I think he was better than pippen,(you could clearly see that when MJ retired for 2 years)furthermore there was a" split" between white and black playes in the bulls than,pippen led blacks and kukoč whites(which is sad really) but it was pippen who "inspired"this clash wanting to be like MJ(remember the last ball in the semis vs knicks)

[mahogan]

yes he was part of the big three but talking position wise, he was listed as sixth man.

[somekidfromCT]

Tension between the Bulls?

This is the first Im hearing of this. Where can I find out more about that?

[larrelove]

much respect due to the croatian sensation

[bibilikis]

Great video,what is the name of the song?

[moonoink]

Remember The Time By Michael Jackson

[leitmotivlegroupe]

remember the time - michael jackson ;)

[VeoShock]

To be 7"0' and do the things Toni does is unbelievable. Just a very talented and gift player. Could do anything on the court n pretty much play every position.

[zelubasket]

@VeoShock hey wassup!! Sorry but kukoc was not a 7"0............ He was a 6"10 (2.08m). On the other hand, I totally agree with you.Kukoc , the best croatian basketball player ever!!!

[Slamwoo93]

@zelubasket How bout Drazen Petrovic???

[MJSSIX]

My favorite sixth man of all time and only weakness was playing on a team with Michael Jordan. Along with Scottie Pippen, the average fan will never know just how great the third scorer of the Bulls was.

[ManuelKobe]

I think he is the best european player of all time

ok he's never won the mvp award, but who will in a team with jordan? :-)

nowitzki did, but kukoc got the whole package, he could play point guard

[crato666]

hmmm..do u know who is Drazen Petrovic?

[ManuelKobe]

yes of course!

the first european star in the nba, deadly shooter and the emotional leader for his team.

died wayyyyyy to early!! R.I.P.

petrovic was a scorer, but I think Kukoc had more allround skills

[gaugeinvariant]

Great job with this vid. With all the media attention that Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman commanded, Kukoc really was the unsung hero of Chicago's second 3-peat. Excellent basketball player.

[gArBgebIN]

i love it