– Position: Forward-guard.
– Height, weight: 6-11, 230.
– Birth date: Sept. 18, 1968, in Split, Croatia.
– NBA experience: Rookie.
– Drafted: Selected by Bulls in the second round (29th overall) of ’90 draft.
– Last season (1992-93): Led Benetton Treviso to the final game of the 1993 European championships, where his team was beaten 59-55 by Limoges, France. . . . Averaged 19.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 5.3 apg and shot 53 percent (191 of 363) and 40 percent from three-point range (52 of 130) in 29 games during the season for Benetton.
– Professional career: Widely considered the best player in the world outside of the NBA. . . . Has been a member of European championship teams in three of the last five years. . . . Three-time European Player of the Year. . . . Scored 16 points, had nine assists and five rebounds for Croatia’s silver-medal team in the 1992 Olympic final vs. the U.S. Dream Team. . . . Signed a five-year contract with Benetton Treviso of the Italian league before the 1990-91 season. . . . Named MVP of the 1991 European championships in Rome. . . . Led the Yugoslavian national team to a gold medal and was named tournament MVP in the 1990 world championships in Argentina. . . . Key player in Yugoslavia’s gold-medal-winning game vs. the U.S. in the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle as he scored 17 points and had 10 assists in an 85-79 victory. . . . Led Jugoplastika Split to 1990 European championship, averaging 19.5 ppg on 63 percent shooting.
– Personal information: Last name is pronounced “COO-Coach”. . . . He and his wife Renata have one child, a 1-year-old son named Marin. . . . Playing style has been compared to Magic Johnson’s. . . . A soccer player at first, he grew 6 inches in one year. . . . Played table tennis and became an age-group Croatian champion at 14. . . . His basketball idol is Damir “Tommy” Solman, who played on the Yugoslavian Olympic team in 1968, 1972 and 1976.
