The Miami Student · Apr 23, 2019
Stela Generating Her Own Kukoc Legacy
To Stela, Toni is her dad.
She doesn’t make him out to be a superhero. He’s just a 6-foot-11 inch Croatian man with three NBA Championship rings.
She doesn’t remember much about his 13-year NBA career.
She remembers moving to three different cities before returning to her birthplace in Highland Park, a northern Chicago suburb, once Toni Kukoc was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in August 2002.
That was just her life.
“A lot of people ask me, ‘Oh, what is it like to have your dad play in the NBA?’” Miami volleyball senior Stela Kukoc said. “Like, I know and understand that he did a lot in the NBA and in Croatia, but I don’t know anything different than that. He’s just my dad.”
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