I never said we was unhappy. You can be plenty happy and wish you had made a different decision financially. Who hasn't done that before? I hope he makes as much as possible and eventually makes the NBA as he hoped he would when he bet on himself making a NBA roster.
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Correct. But it's entirely possible he's happy with the decision even if it wasn't as good financially. That was my point.
There's a few people on here who have almost adopted an "I told you so" attitude toward Kofi as if less money for him would be proof that he made a bad decision.
Homecoming 2019
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A lot of assumptions about finances on here. He could very well end up making more money next year than he would have in NIL.
Trent Frazier made his European debut a special one with a double-double of 11 points and 10 assists in leading FMP BG (Serbia) to a 76-64
A nice pass from TF for a MONSTER finish at the rim.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Love that he's still rocking #1.
Bigtex
- DFW
TF didn't have mobile big and athletic wings at Illinois. His assist would have been much higher. Congrats TF on double double.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
oh, yeah:
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Big time.
Any info on what the current salaries are for our former Illini players now overseas?
Hard to find info on specific players other than the highest earners, because no salary cap means teams don't have an obligation to report, and interest in basketball salaries isn't has high as for soccer so journalists don't bother to track down or report the data for every player. There are several sites that report typical or average salaries based on surveys of players. This one puts the Greek League typical salary range as $60k - $250k.
https://www.josecolorado.com/overseas-basketball-salaries
The Adriatic League, where Trent plays, is around the same tier of league, so it's probably similar. The team also matters a great deal. Bigger teams, especially those who compete in EuroLeague, have much bigger budgets. Trent's team finished 6th out of 14 in the Adriatic League last year, so they're a good team, but not one of the top spenders (those would be Red Star and Partizan). They don't compete in EuroLeague, but are competing in the Basketball Champions League, which is much like the Champions League in soccer except that the existence of the EuroLeague (which is not run by FIBA Europe) reduces the prestige (and $$$) pretty significantly. Lavrio, Plummer's team, finished 10th in the Greek League (out of 13) and are thus not in any European competition this year.
Any update on Kofi?
He didn't get a training camp invite. But a couple of teams that need a rim protection have open contracts, like Charlotte and Dallas. So there's hope.
Joel Goodson
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Box score for anyone interested.
Eurobasket
Thought he was too hesitant to shoot at times, so glad to see he appears to be over that! Also had 4 rebounds and 4 assists, 0 turnovers. Not bad!
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Does the box score show how many times he stared down an opponent?Box score for anyone interested.
Eurobasket
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Thought he was too hesitant to shoot at times, so glad to see he appears to be over that! Also had 4 rebounds and 4 assists, 0 turnovers. Not bad!
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
The bigger question is how many noses he broke saving a ball from going out of bounds and using his patented leap , turn and fireball throw all in one motion.........the out of bounds ballet..........( OBB )
I really enjoyed that play of his............................I really really did...........................
Joel Goodson
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For those who want to follow DMW (DMFW?), here's a good club/team page: https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Portugal/UD-Oliveirense/1820
Bulls Front Office is worried about Lonzo even playing again ... Dude still can barely make it up the stairs at his own house ... Has not run full speed since January
Ayo is gonna start and if he produces, he will be in line for the BIG BAG
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
Bulls Front Office is worried about Lonzo even playing again ... Dude still can barely make it up the stairs at his own house ... Has not run full speed since January
Ayo is gonna start and if he produces, he will be in line for the BIG BAG
Hehehehe.....he said big bag ..............................yep , hehehe........................TP , TP for my ........................................................
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
Bulls Front Office is worried about Lonzo even playing again ... Dude still can barely make it up the stairs at his own house ... Has not run full speed since January
Ayo is gonna start and if he produces, he will be in line for the BIG BAG
ew ew ew, THT money? no chance, lol
Hindsight's 20/20: maybe the Pelicans actually knew what they were doing; AK rolled the bones, looks like he lost bigly
Really feel for Ball though.
Kofi really goofed up going Pro.
It really is a bummer. For that brief moment Ball was healthy last season he was phenomenal. Hoping for Ayo to capitalize on the opportunity, like he has at every stage of his career to date.
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