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Sam Smith: TONI KUKOC NO HALL OF FAME NOD 2021

The finalists for the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame class were announced on Tuesday, You won't find the three-time champion on the list.

Sam Smith breaks down the career of three-time Champion Toni Kukoc as he misses out on Hall of Fame nod in 2021 despite historic achievements in Europe and the NBA.

The Bulls needed a power forward given the unreliability of Dennis Rodman, who because of injuries and suspensions missed 45 games his first two Bulls seasons in 1996 and 1997. So Kukoc, the 1990 Bulls second round draft pick whose discovery helped make Jerry Krause a Hall of Famer, became a power forward in the era of Barkley, Malone and Kemp.