Toni Kukoc reportedly signed a six-year deal with the Chicago Bulls that will pay him $26 million and make him the highest paid player in the club's history - topping even Michael Jordan.
"I'm really happy about it," Kukoc told the Chicago Tribune which reported the deal in today's editions. "I don't know what the team is going to be like or who's going to be on the team, but I'm going to be there for a long time."As a rookie last season, when the Bulls paid him $1.1 million, Kukoc averaged 10.9 points, 3.4 assists and four rebounds.
The 25-year old Croatian started just eight games last season but averaged 24 minutes a game.
Kukoc was best-known for his last-shot heroics, hitting the game-winner in three regular-season games and in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against New York.
In the New York game, Kukoc hit a 22-foot jumper while Scottie Pippen sat on the bench, refusing to play the last 1.8 seconds of the game.