For the broad fan base, Zen Master, Jordan, Pippen, rodman will be the first to be mentioned about the Bull Dynasty.
When young people talk and eagerly discuss how the Dynasty Bull, led by the Big Three, opened an era. Older fans are relieved and will help add some footnotes to the argument.
One of the greatest footnotes is probably this: Kukoc
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the men's basketball project Lao Mei sent the strongest representative team in history to attend the meeting in order to avoid the shame of only winning the bronze medal in the last Seoul Olympics.
Eleven NBA Hall of Fame stars, including the magic bird Joe Pi Pig, were in line and destroyed all opponents on the field like a decay.
Among them, in the face of Dream One, the most resistant is the Croatian Iron Horse, which has just been separated from the former south for a year. In both matches, Croatia were the team with the fewest losses in the conference (33 points in the group stage, 32 points in the final).
The charm of the Dream Team naturally could not be stopped, and every goal was cheered like a tsunami from the scene.
At the same time, a jade-faced Langjun wearing No. 7 also entered the vision of fans around the world.
At that time, many fans outside of Europa did not know that he looked very young, and he was already the winner of the three European basketball players from 1990 to 1992.
The No. 7 player, in front of future teammates Jordan and Pippen, scored 16 points and scored 9 assists under the fiba rules, which was impressive.
After the Olympic Games, due to the underdeveloped information and the lack of broadcasting and other external conditions, the golfer named Kukoc once again disappeared from the eyes of fans in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States.
Two years on, the NBA and the newly established Bulls have undergone major changes: Jordan announced his retirement and changed his father's wish to play baseball.
The NBA official is looking for Jordan's successor, and the rest of the strong teams are also stepping up preparations to impact the championship.
The Bulls were dominated by two-time Pippen, and at this time, Tony Kukoc, who had been drafted in 1990, ended his contract with the European team and traveled to the Bulls to report.
Young and Mesozoic fans can be understood as: Kukoc is Doncic, who can defend the inside line and dribble slightly inferior, Kirilenko who assists in the weakening of defense and strengthens the middle shot, and Texoglu who has undergone plastic surgery.
At 2.11 m/6 ft 11 in, Kukoc, Yushu Linfeng, has all the advantages of a European genius: accurate and stable cosy shooting, proficient in singles organization, and good mental quality of mental flexibility.
It also has something that is not something that ordinary European geniuses can do: from 1 defense to 5, adapting to the NBA basically does not take any time.
Kukoc's NBA average playing 24.1 minutes in the first year, 10.9/3.4/4 rookie data, is a good newcomer performance.
Compared to the regular season, the real highlight of rookie Kukochi's NBA career was in the regular season in January 1994, when the Bulls played against the Pacers. After Miller's kill, he bowed to the Bulls fans, and Kukoc successfully countered the kill.
It was this ball that made zen master's liking for Kukoc soar in an instant, setting the stage for the next glorious moment.
In game 3 of the 1994 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Chicago Bulls played against the New York Knicks.
With 1.8 seconds left in the game, Patrick Ewing turned and hooked the ball in to draw 102-102, with Bulls coach Phil Jackson handing over the final shot to Tony Kukoc.
Jackson laid out a killer tactic for rookie Kukoc, letting the cold Pippen grab the rebound, which is how much praise and affirmation Kukoc is.
This made Pippen very dissatisfied and refused to play, pippen immediately threw away the towel and brushed his sleeves away.
Zen master Jackson had substitute Pete Meyers replace Pippen and perform Starburst tactics, and the whole team worked together to make a wedding dress for Kukoc.
Kukochi clouded a long jumper with a gentle back and completed the kill, avoiding the bulls from falling into a 1-3 disadvantage.
Subsequently, Pippen did not affect the relationship with Kukoc because of this incident. On the one hand, this is a testimony that Pippen is not a narrow-minded person, and on the other hand, it is also Pi Erye's affirmation of this European demon.
In the next season, Kukoc, who can shoot and control, jumped from eight to 55 starts, and the data increased to 15.9 points/5.4 rebounds/4.6 assists, 1.6 assists, including a two-point shooting rate of 50.7%, which is arguably the most important and stable scoring point for the Bulls besides Pippen.
Then there's the end-of-season comeback of the Trapeze.
1995-1996 was Jordan's first full season of comeback, and bulls hoofs wreaked havoc across North America, becoming the first team in history to win 70!
In addition to the blue-collar center Luke Langley is weaker, defenders Jordan and Harper are in the position, and the front line is Pippen and the big worm, not to mention attacking, defending can also defend any team.
Under Jackson's arrangement, Kukoc was the sixth man, leading, Kerr, Bill Winnington and the second team.
In the quarter, Kukoc won the sixth man of the year with 13.1 points, 4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 49& shooting!
In the Finals, the Bulls' opponent was the Seattle Supersonics, the Chicago Bulls won 4-2, and Kukoc won the first championship ring with the team!
In addition to Jordan's death to Payton, this series, supersonic German small former Dereve Schramv and Croatian king Kukoc, the pinpoint between the two super six, is also wonderful.
During the last two crowns, Kukoc competently played the role of sixth man, helping the Bulls complete a three-game game.
It's just that Chicago fans are once again tasting that cup of bitter tea from five years ago. This time, not only the basketball god Jordan retired again, Pippen, Rodman, Cole and others also found another way.
The Bulls did not reach elsewhere, and Kukoc accompanied the collapse of the Dynasty in the Windy City
In the 98-99 season, Kukoc of the old team naturally became the leader of the team, struggling to support the Bulls in the rotten period, and the whole team only had one fire point left.
The Bulls' number two scorer is Ron Harper, who averaged 11.2 points per game and shot just 45 percent of his true shooting percentage.
The whole world knows that the Bulls still have one Kukoc left to fight, just in case you're done.
Kukoc, who has always been efficient, got a career high of 18.8+7+5.3, but used 17 shots.
Halfway through the next season, Kukoc switched tracks and returned to a substitute role to philadelphia to assist Iverson, the god of war.
The following year, in the 2000-2001 season, the 32-year-old Kukoc was replaced by the Hawks in a mid-season trade event, briefly switching to the second spring, scoring 19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds & 6.2 assists in 17 games for the Hawks, shooting an astonishing percentage of shots (49.8% & 49.7%)
It is also the last glory of a generation of all-round forwards.
Subsequently, Kukoc really entered the twilight years, averaging as low as single digits, announcing his retirement in 2006 at the Bucks.
No matter how many best sixth-man successors Crawford, Lou Wei and others have won, as long as there are no three championships, it is still difficult to shake Kukoc's position in the bench world.
Now living in the United States, Kukoc enjoys playing golf and occasionally meeting Jordan to play.
Since it was once the favorite of a generation of Bulls female fans, let me pick a despicable favorite picture as the best footnote about Kukoc in the old times.
Review of previous articles:
NBA Star 01: Born King of Substitutes – Louis Williams
NBA Legend 02: The Brutal Confucian Who Fights Against Fate – Grant Hill
NBA Will Pass 03: NBA Champion Qualifying Line - Bogut