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Report: Kukoc says he's likely to retire
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-13 08:28

MILWAUKEE - NBA veteran Toni Kukoc is likely to retire after failing to interest the Milwaukee Bucks or Chicago Bulls in signing him.

"It looks like I'm done," Kukoc told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday after playing in a charity golf tournament. "There are teams that want me, but I don't want to go far from home."

Kukoc lives in Highland Park, Ill., and the Bulls and Bucks are the two closest teams.

Kukoc's agent, Herb Rudoy, did not immediately reply Tuesday to an e-mail from the Associated Press seeking comment.

Kukoc has played 13 seasons in the NBA, winning three NBA titles with Chicago before being traded to the

Philadelphia 76ers in February 2000. He played the last four seasons for Milwaukee.

Kukoc, who turns 38 next week, said it was time for him to move away from basketball.

"It was a huge part of my life and gave me pretty much everything I desired but there comes a time when you just can't take it anymore," he said.

He was the sixth man of the year after the 1995-96 season.