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Sources: Kevin Ollie starts contract talks with UConn but hasn't ruled out NBA

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You know, I should have just checked Basketball-reference. He made $20.13M. Doesnt take anything away from my original post.
intlzncster said:
KO made about $25 million from salary during his NBA tenure. Doesn't include extra curricular stuff.
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upstater said:
On the other hand, Shabazz Napier.

DD was basically playing the best ball of his career at UConn at the very end. If he had done that his entire senior year, you can't tell me that he wouldn't have risen well high in the first round.
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Yeah, if he did, he would probably be a first-rounder. Big "if" there, though.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Midnight Run is a great, great movie. RIP Dennis Farina.
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This thread has become a fist fight! I'm cool with sitting back and watching but had to agree with the Midnight Run love. For some reason this always makes me laugh:

 
7774 said:
Well I have been subjected to the atrocity that is reading your posts. I feel like that alone deserves a Sally Struthers commercial complete with super sad music. Luckily I can put you on ignore without costing someone $.99 a day, so I think I'll be able to struggle through.
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You're being kind of a d-ck so I donated $100 in your name to Sally Struther's "Child Fund". Man up and take Sports and Jimmy off ignore. This is a duck-ng college message board for !

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Rico444 said:
Yeah, if he did, he would probably be a first-rounder. Big "if" there, though.
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I'm not saying he should come back. I am saying that he could improve his draft stock by coming back, which counters the writer's point.
 
sawxfan23 said:
Why because he has a differing opinion? His 2 cents are worth the same as yours.
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Appreciate your support, but the smiley face is usually a give away. He was busting me because, more than once, I've sent that message to a few BB fans, while on the FB forum. :D
 
upstater said:
He was injured during the middle of this year. Otherwise, he would have pulled it together. And no Deandre wasn't shooting 3s like that at all last year.

But the fact that we don't know what Daniels would have given us next year doesn't disprove what I was saying at all. The thesis is that a player cannot improve his stock senior season. If Daniels plays like that throughout his senior year, he improves his stock. That was my entire point.
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They key word there is if. And nobody will know for sure what would have happened. I don't think the article was speaking in absolutes but in general. I have no problem with DD's decision and we'll never know what would happen in an alternate universe.
 
sportsart said:
Wow...I forgot I posted that and was reading this thread from the last post, backwards. I was wondering what the issue was between you and the creatively screen named 7774 and then came across his response to my post.

Yes, we have a winner and yes, 7774 needs to understand sarcasm when it presents itself. :rolleyes:
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Why would one assume sarcasm with the amount of idiocy here?
 
jbdphi said:
They key word there is if. And nobody will know for sure what would have happened. I don't think the article was speaking in absolutes but in general. I have no problem with DD's decision and we'll never know what would happen in an alternate universe.
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I don't have a problem with the decision either. I just think clearly he could improve his stock.
 
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Husky25 said:
You know, I should have just checked Basket-reference. He made $20.13M. Doesnt take anything away from my original post.
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I think that figure may have included endorsements/etc. Of course it doesn't take anything away from your OP; it strengthens the point. I thought that was implied.
 
I was going to keep it a secret for as long as possible but....my book is almost done...here's the cover with my stage name. I'm thinking best seller for sure. ;)

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sportsart said:
I was going to keep it a secret for as long as possible but....my book is almost done...here's the cover with my stage name. I'm thinking best seller for sure. ;)

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which one is Fishy?
 
If the Squid can turn down offers from the NBA, being the slimy, manipulative, sleazeball that he is, I have no doubt that Ollie would, and will as well. Frankly, I'd be very disappointed in Ollie if he did jump at this time, and I also think if he's REALLY using the "pay me more or I might leave" card, my respect for him would decrease.

I see Ollie as a ethical, upfront, honest guy. "Pay me more because of what I just accomplished and deserve it" is a far cry from "Pay me more or else I will leave". I see him as the former rather than the latter...
 
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aceboon said:
Hoiberg just got a bump to $2.6M, and like KO he's coveted by NBA teams because of his NBA background and coaching acumen. Jax's salary shouldn't really come into play when discussing what KO might get.
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I agree. But a range of Shaka Smart's contract at $1.5 million (at VCU, a non-P5 school) to Hoiberg is a reasonable expectation. UConn doesn't have quite as rosy a financial picture as Ia. St. so around $2 million-2.2 sounds fair.
 
huskyharry said:
I agree. But a range of Shaka Smart's contract at $1.5 million (at VCU, a non-P5 school) to Hoiberg is a reasonable expectation. UConn doesn't have quite as rosy a financial picture as Ia. St. so around $2 million-2.2 sounds fair.
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Absolutely not, that's a good way to make Ollie feel undervalued and steer him to the NBA.
 
Regardless how much his new contract pays him, it is certain to include an escape clause that let's him leave for the NBA at some point. It may require a buyout, but the option to leave will exist.
 
Buzz in L.A. Area is that K.O. Is not considered to be on the top 2-3 list at the present time. There is recognition and consideration of the fact that he has now established roots in CT and is basking in his well -deserved glory ( and $). He is considered a very good pro prospect if he maintains momentum at UCONN. Being only 41 a couple of local writers have even said that he would be a viable candidate in 3-4 years after the next Laker coach flames out in the post - Kobe years (not too many optimists on the Lakers wagon). Other voices out here doubt he would leave UCONN for any other team over the next 3-5 years. But no doubt Ollie is well- regarded in SoCal as a former local.
 
MJS UCONN'73 said:
Buzz in L.A. Area is that K.O. Is not considered to be on the top 2-3 list at the present time. There is recognition and consideration of the fact that he has now established roots in CT and is basking in his well -deserved glory ( and $). He is considered a very good pro prospect if he maintains momentum at UCONN. Being only 41 a couple of local writers have even said that he would be a viable candidate in 3-4 years after the next Laker coach flames out in the post - Kobe years (not too many optimists on the Lakers wagon). Other voices out here doubt he would leave UCONN for any other team over the next 3-5 years. But no doubt Ollie is well- regarded in SoCal as a former local.
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Appreciate the intel. I get how Ollie coming home to LA to coach the Lakers makes for a nice story, I just never felt it made sense really for either side at this point in time. Truth is, the Laker job isn't a really good one right now. Not with the current talent and Kobe's contract. The real threat I believe is OKC. If they lose tonight, Brooks has to be on the way out. With Ollie's relationships with Presti, KD, and the entire organization, this would make more sense. Either way, I don't see KO leaving. He is far to loyal and for once is probably loving the stability. Of course, like always, the x-factor is Calhoun.
 
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upstater said:
I'm not saying he should come back. I am saying that he could improve his draft stock by coming back, which counters the writer's point.
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Yeah, but the writer never said he couldn't help his stock, just that it's not the certainty that some think. "Oh, he can just come back and be 'the man' and be more consistent and he'll be a first rounder/lottery pick!" Well, there's just as good a chance he gets hurt or doesn't show more consistency and his stock drops. Parrish used recent data to show that.

Not saying that was your argument, but there were plenty of people here who thought Deandre made a bad decision, when it's clear looking after reading the story that he didn't.
 
Anyone know where Kevin's wife is from? I would expect to be part of any decision.
 
UConn will start at $2m and Ollie at over $3m and meet between $2.3m and $2.7m.
 
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