Ivica Dukan
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Special Assistant to General Manager
| Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Director of International Scouting; Special Assistant to General Manager | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | September 27, 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1973–1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Solin | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1986 | Jugoplastika | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||
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Ivica Dukan (born September 27, 1956), also known in the United States by his nickname Duke, is a Croatian basketball scout and former player who is currently the Director of International Scouting and Special Assistant to General Manager for the Chicago Bulls[1] of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Dukan scored the first three-point field goal in the Yugoslav League after introduction this rule prior to the 1984–85 season.[2]
Dukan played 55 games on the Yugoslavian national basketball team. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia.
Post-playing career
Since 1991 Dukan has been affiliated to the Chicago Bulls organization.[3] In 1991 he served as a part-time scout for Vice President of Basketball Operations Jerry Krause. On August 20, 1992, he began his role as first Supervisor of European Scouting.[4][5] Later, he was Director of International Scouting. In 2013, he is promoted to the Special Assistant to the Bulls General Manager Gar Forman.[6]
