Ivica Dukan (born September 27, 1956), also known in the United States by his nickname Duke, is a Croatian

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scout and former player who is currently the Director of International Scouting and Special Assistant to General Manager for the

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of the

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(NBA).

Playing career

Dukan scored the first

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in the

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

after introduction this rule prior to the 1984–85 season. Dukan played 55 games on the

Yugoslavian national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; sl, Jugoslovanska košarkarska reprezentanca; mk, ...

. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

Post-playing career

Since 1991 Dukan has been affiliated to the

organization. In 1991 he served as a part-time scout for Vice President of Basketball Operations

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. On August 20, 1992, he began his role as first Supervisor of European Scouting. Later, he was Director of International Scouting. In 2013, he is promoted to the Special Assistant to the Bulls General Manager

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Personal life

He and his wife Gordana have a son, Duje (born 1991), who is a professional basketball player. He is the first Croatian who met with 44th

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Awards and accomplishments

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

winner: 2 (with Jugoplastika: 1975–76, 1976–77) *

champion: 1 (with Jugoplastika: 1976–77) *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

winner: 1 (with Jugoplastika: 1976–77)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dukan, Ivica 1956 births Living people Chicago Bulls scouts Chicago Bulls executives Croatian basketball scouts Croatian men's basketball players Croatian expatriate basketball people in the United States KK Split players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Yugoslav men's basketball players Expatriate basketball people in England Basketball players from Split, Croatia National Basketball Association scouts from Europe Universiade medalists in basketball Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Universiade silver medalists for Yugoslavia Shooting guards Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade