Kustarica to UCLA
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Cronins charisma probably the deciding factor
That blockhead! I can't believe he chose the beaches and beautiful weather over Kentucky and our fantastic winters!
But seriously, UCLA has gotten the better of us in recent years and I don't like it.
But seriously, UCLA has gotten the better of us in recent years and I don't like it.
He will be used this season more than what supposedly his handlers were seeking for the first season. Too bad for him but again we now have funds to get the very elite for next season. I also believe we are fine with the group we have.
His rugged good looks and charm keep winning him recruiting battles smh
sucks. we needed 1 more really really good player. crazy....cronin is a whack job and the only one who wants to work for him are a bunch of serbians.
Apparently the 12 million is what Kusturica is paying Cronin to get the ucla privilege
Sucks for 2027-28 but not really concerned for next year. There is already a glut of forwards on the roster who can all play. I don’t think the kid will make as big of impact year 1 as many are projecting.
I am happy with our team. I kind of think that whole 14 minutes a game year one mess was so much baloney. He would have had to have been everything he is reported to be to start here this season. He will get 30+ minutes a night for the Bruins, guaranteed
I'll lose zero sleep over this as a latecomer and 12 mllion could have lit a "team turmoil" fire instantly. We've got a very good team. Don't let agenda-hounds tell you otherwise.
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Comparison for a $6 million annual salary
- California: Approximately 13.3% state tax (before credits and other adjustments).
- Kentucky: 3.5% state tax.
On $12 million over two years, that difference is roughly:
- California state tax: ≈ $1.6 million
- Kentucky state tax: ≈ $420,000
- Approximate savings by playing for a Kentucky team: ≈ $1.18 million in state income taxes alone (before accounting for jock taxes from away games and any tax credits).
Not sure this is correct but if so I could think of 1.2 million reasons not to chose UCLA
Let the Bruins have him for 12 million.
I didn't like the 10 or 15 minute limitation his people were seeking from the get go.
Didn't think we'd get him once I heard him and his family liked Cronin, and Cronin had the inside lane with Serbian assistants. Fine, hope it makes him a better player. Let him show out in the Big 10. UCLA is gonna need him more than 15 minutes a game......
And 12 freaking million dollars is what he ends up with ? I know we offered that and more, but I seriously don't think that would have been money wisely spent. There are other stud players out there we need and can get better than him. Bodes well for us, I'd say.
Plus, I sure don't like the dynamic of his limited minutes and getting god awful moNey just for playing 10 - 15 minutes a game, and his contract is for two years? He may have enough of Cronin after just one year....
I just have the feeling we dodged drama all the way around.
NO PROBLEM WE'RE GOOD TO GO !
I didn't like the 10 or 15 minute limitation his people were seeking from the get go.
Didn't think we'd get him once I heard him and his family liked Cronin, and Cronin had the inside lane with Serbian assistants. Fine, hope it makes him a better player. Let him show out in the Big 10. UCLA is gonna need him more than 15 minutes a game......
And 12 freaking million dollars is what he ends up with ? I know we offered that and more, but I seriously don't think that would have been money wisely spent. There are other stud players out there we need and can get better than him. Bodes well for us, I'd say.
Plus, I sure don't like the dynamic of his limited minutes and getting god awful moNey just for playing 10 - 15 minutes a game, and his contract is for two years? He may have enough of Cronin after just one year....
I just have the feeling we dodged drama all the way around.
NO PROBLEM WE'RE GOOD TO GO !
If it was just about saving taxes all the best players would choose to go play at a Florida. Texas or TN program.
Nyet mother ******! Hit the bricks!
With the international talent pool opening up to NCAA basketball and the amount of money we can spend, is there not another guy who could have a bigger immediate impact? I know Kusturica is super talented, but he's extremely young. Seems we like we could use that money to find an older guy to fit our specific needs? Is that even an option at this point?
Yeah, if we had this money appear for this guy where was it earlier n the portal?
We really needed to sign one more high level player to feel good about that final 4 percentage going up exponentially IMO.
Im fine with the miss as $12mil is a lot, but still have to count this as another guy Pope couldn't reel in. If we lost because of California beaches and babes, I get that. But we really shouldnt be losing to Cronin and a UCLA team that seemingly most Californians dont seem to care much about. Kusturica, at least from purely basketball standpoint, is basically throwing his college era away by going to UCLA. Hardly much of a fanbase and they wont be any sort of contender.
Pope's off season started off pretty bleak, then we ramped it up nicely by getting Mom, Hampton and others. But kind of flamed out a bit this last week or so. Id give this off season a B- as of now.
Pope's off season started off pretty bleak, then we ramped it up nicely by getting Mom, Hampton and others. But kind of flamed out a bit this last week or so. Id give this off season a B- as of now.
Pope will be 12 years in after next season and still not have a lottery pick.
Yeah and he spent eight of those seasons at mid majors. And then one more was a transition from midmajor to major conference, so still had midmajor support.
He will definitely need first round talent — every championship team needs one.
Contrary to popular opinion though — doesn’t need to be a lottery pick. Multiple teams won titles without a top-14 pick.
Oh well, at least we are a top 25-30 type team. I guess.
I guess this comes off as “we didn’t want him anyway”, but I was struggling to see him being the top talent that everyone describes. Maybe I’ll be surprised when I see him in college.
Gotta have elite coaching or elite players, cant with without either
Not exactly a lot of players to choose from in this last week, with Kusturica it just seems like another Freeman, Stokes, Wright type of situation where they used Ky to get a bigger offer. With that said you have to question any player that wants to play for Cronin.
I'm not mad at this miss. I am confused, like others, why we are still a player short if we have this kind of money to spend. We need another high level player to be contenders. Why are we sitting on this money still at the end of the cycle?
It's why I love living in Texas. Adds up man
I still feel like we don't really have a handle on how this money is being procured, allocated, etc.. or at least I don't. I'm not sure if we really had $12mil laying around to be handed out for this guy, or if we were going to have to pull it from somewhere. It seems unlikely we would have planned to spend say $20mil, and only used up say $13mil. I have a feeling to get this money for Kusturica, we were going to have to get some sort of "cash advance".
That's purely speculation on my part, but we have heard other schools are spending far too much, and are going to be in serious debt very soon.
He has not committed anywhere per Travis Branham. Done Deal strikes again