Poll: Whither Kofi?

What will Kofi do?

  • Stay at Illinois

    Votes: 245 58.9%

  • Go pro

    Votes: 160 38.5%

  • Transfer

    Votes: 11 2.6%
  • Total voters
    416
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Brosky said:
I'm not too worried now that we have Dain. I've seen him do things on highlight films that Kofi could never do, such as handling the ball on the perimeter, hitting pull-up jump shots, etc. BTW, most of the sites I've visited have him at 6-10. If he should get injured, however....
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I saw Kofi hit a bunch of threes in a highlight video from last year. Dain is unproven right now so let’s temper expectations. If he makes 8 ppg and grabs 5 rpg in his first year without Kofi, I’d be very pleased.
 
#52      

Warren Carter Fanclub

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If OP knew Kofi was going wouldn't he have been more likely to stay? Or was that irrelevant because he felt that Dain was starting ahead of him?

Any inkling on time of the announcement?
 
#53      

the juiceman cometh

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Warren Carter Fanclub said:
If OP knew Kofi was going wouldn't he have been more likely to stay? Or was that irrelevant because he felt that Dain was starting ahead of him?

Any inkling on time of the announcement?
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I think the latter. I also think this past season was probably pretty disappointing. His offensive stats were much better at Florida. It may just be a case of bad fit for player and team. Hopefully things work out better for him this time around.
 
#54      

IllinoisssssssVarsity

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grue2 said:
If "his camp is asking for $2M/yr" (a post in another thread), then the money matters.

It is hard to save much on 100k-150k/year when playing in Europe. If he lives frugally, he may be able to save 30k-50k/year. Compare that to pocketing $2M of NIL over 2 years (vs. the $2M/year as purportedly asked), with living expenses 99% paid. That is ~$1.2M in savings after taxes. Now, no matter what happens going forward, he is financially sound. At worst he needs to take a job that breaks even paying the bills for 10-15 years. A 10% chance of making 10x as much is a terrible bet. Even worse, if the 10% bet wins, then there is a good chance that it will also win after 1-2 years of NIL money. Prudence says to take the sure money and let it grow. Prudence doesn't get the hanger on a retirement. Of course they will want you to take the gamble.

A quick search found that a reasonable house in Kingston is ~100k, a nice house 150k, and a really, really nice house ~250k. One site claimed that if you are collecting SSN, and have 200k in savings, that is enough to retire (renting) in Kingston. I spent all of 5 minutes on this, so there is a chance the sites I found are full of BS.
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In terms of retiring in Jamaica, I work with a Jamaican who is planning on it when he’s done working. He has enough money to retire comfortably anywhere, but he is a celebrity there because he was an Olympian on their track team.

In his words, the island takes care of you. He said he hasn’t paid for a meal or drink in Jamaica since he made it. People want him to stay at their properties/resorts for free so they can say he stayed there. A lot of the other track stars are in the same boat.

I don’t know if Kofi has that level of celebrity in Jamaica, but if he does, it’s gonna be smooth sailing for him when he hits retirement, if he wants to retire there.
 
#55      

GoIllini

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Thinking he goes. Maybe not the best decision but best of luck Kofi.
 
#56      

doowink

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Kofi announcing he is leaving opens up another scolly immediately....more cash for portal shopping
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