The well-traveled Veljko Paunovic is a man who seems to have friends wherever he goes, and the city he now calls home is no different.
On Monday night, Paunovic connected with Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic, whose travels mirror those of the first-year Chicago Fire head coach. The encounter came courtside at the United Center prior to the Bulls tilt with the Miami Heat.
The 38-year-old Paunovic was born in present-day Macedonia while the 24-year-old Mirotic has his roots in Montenegro, but their respective athletic careers took both to the Spanish capital of Madrid. That's where Paunovic spent much of his professional club career and where he continued to make his home before moving to the Chicago Fire in November.