Toni Kukoc

[Jay-B]

Why was he so irrelevant after the Bulls days? Was he a product of Jordan or Phil? I think he went to shitty teams, he would of been a great fit on the Spurs later his career or the Kobe-Shaq Lakers

[Smoke117]

Well it's not like he was young. He came in at 25 and was 30 that first year in 99 when Jordan, Scottie, and Phil left. He basically was allowed to do whatever he wanted and wasn't anything special. Good all around player, but his scoring efficiency was garbage. 18.8ppg on 17 shots at a .490%ts. I think it's pretty telling in 98 with Pippen out half the season that his numbers are basically the exact same as they were in 96 and 97. They are worse actually. Per 36 he averaged 18.2 in 96, 16.9 in 97 and only 15.8 in 98. He averaged 13.5 shots per 36 all three seasons. His efficiency just dropped each season from .589, to .553 to .525. Asking why he didn't do anything after the Bulls is kind of funny considering he was trending down after 96 in general. He still stuck around till 37, though. Toni Kukoc was basically a rich mans Joe Ingles minus the defense.

[SATAN]

He's not from Italy.