Croatia’s Ukic to join Raptors
Sports Friday, July 15, 2005
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Posted: 15-Jul-2005 20:51 hrs
Croatia’s international point guard Roko Leni Ukic is to join the National Basketball Assocation’s Toronto Raptors for the next three seasons.
Croatia’s international point guard Roko Leni Ukic is to join the National Basketball Assocation’s Toronto Raptors for the next three seasons, head of his Split CO club told AFP.
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“I am not familiar with the details of his contract, but I know that everything has been arranged. It is certain,” Dino Radja said Friday.
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The amount of the transfer is three million dollars, according to the local Sportske Novosti daily.
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“Toronto was always my wish,” the 21-year-old Ukic told the daily.
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“I will appear in Toronto on October 1,” Ukic said adding that he would first play for Croatia at the European basketball championship in September in Serbia. âEUR” AFP
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