Kentucky Searching the Globe for 1 More Big Man
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Yep…
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Kentucky and Memphis Linked To International Big
UPDATE: Ivisic announced he committed to Kentucky. This is a major late addition for Coach Calipari and the Wildcats. He is expected to be a key contributor off the bench this season. Kentucky and Memphis are both pursuing Croatian big man Zvonimir Ivisic. Ivisic is a 7-foot-2, 220-pound center...
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Schools like the Zags have always looked at players overseas and had luck with them.I think it would be great.
The Croatian kid is apparently a projected NBA 2nd round pick next year according to the article that @MWes11 posted.
If he comes to UK, I’m just gonna call him Z because there’s no way I can spell or pronounce his name! 😂
This scouting page (who actually does a great job) thinks this kid is a 1st round pick next year.
I'm all for adding a potential first round pick. The fact that he's versatile makes it even more intriguing. Put him and Bradshaw together and he might have two guys who can block shots and hit perimeter shots at a high rate.
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Hoping we get Ivisic so he can tell Kentuckians about slav life.
How many more damn players does Memphis need, they are exactly like Arkansas Memphis adds a new player every week, they just added one today. But I like Kentucky going this route
Ok, so this was edited on multiple pull up 3’s; but saw enough there to say go get this guy. Add him to what we have and I feel really good about our team. Really good. Hope we sign this one.
Not want but need, one isn’t going to qualify academically to transfer, one might be in jail, and they are waiting on NCAA approval for Williams 10th year (8th) Penny has openings, just recruiting trash.
The Croatian kid looks like a legit NBA prospect. Has played against pretty good competition and clearly has some skill for a 7'2 guy. The other one mentioned looks a lot more raw.
Who isn’t going to qualify and I know Williams is the one with legal issues
Lol always a ton of hype for anyone UK looks at then we end up with a orzbut or a woodchopper
I think we've had plenty of prospects come here and pan out over the years....the NBA rosters tend to confirm that belief of mine.
I take this also to mean Somto is probably not going to reclassify. Which is fine.
We need to land another big. Let's get it done.
We need to land another big. Let's get it done.
I don't care if some bigs currently on the roster get their feelings hurt, UK needs a healthy roster. Get healed up, and come back and fight for a spot.
Spain 7-foot-3 center, Aday Mara, is another UK has looked at.
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Not late July after scouring the globe. Finding a good player at this phase of thing for 2023-24 is basically rolling dice. Like I said a woodchopper and orzbut. It’s not April where there are options and I’ll maintain that any guy UK goes after at this point in the game. Any hype for that guy is overhype. The constant hype wo results has turned alot of fans off.
8-8 from the field including 3-3 from deep. Hell yeah. Sign him up.
Please don't get an EU player that flops around like world cup clowns. Seems if they are from the EU - particularly eastern Europe - they are flopping whiny babies.
Note: Croatia isn't the EU, so let's go get that kid!
Note: Croatia isn't the EU, so let's go get that kid!
If anyone has read any of my previous comments over the past few months they would know I have not been a big fan of Cal's. But I must say if Cal could add this guy to the team its ceiling this year would be a possible NC. HD never gave me a good feeling as a fit but this guy does. I believe he could be the missing piece.
Yep sorry, they just don't use the Euro. I was in Croatia a couple of years ago and put 2 & 2 together and got 5, apparently.
So I dug a little deeper and watched some more of Ivisic. He’s definitely legit. I just watched most of one of his team’s playoff games (link here if anybody else is interested - he’s #14) and came away impressed.
So first off - his team plays in an upper level overseas league. Combine that with his FIBA experience and he’s had a higher level of coaching and gone against better competition up to this point than probably 99% of freshmen (and maybe most upperclassman too for that matter). Just for example some of the recognizable guys in this game were: Fletcher Magee - the guy who averaged like 20 a game for 3 straight years at Wofford, former VA Tech star Zach LeDay, and former lottery pick Dante Exum.
From what I’ve seen Ivisic has a pretty impressive frame and level of coordination for an almost 20 year old 7’2 guy. He's got some decent ball skills and maybe most importantly - he doesn't play soft. Bring him to campus and he’s already a high level lob threat who can stretch the floor and protect the rim on the other end.
He's better than Somto and even though he's far from a finished product I think he might be better than both Ugonna and Aaron. Where he played in a pro league and presumably earned salary I don’t know how he would be eligible but I don’t know the details on that and if UK is seriously looking at him I guess there’s at least a chance he’s eligible.
He's not a depth big who's used only for break glass in case of emergency. He could very well be one of the best players on the roster from day 1.
I'll be interested to follow where this goes.
So first off - his team plays in an upper level overseas league. Combine that with his FIBA experience and he’s had a higher level of coaching and gone against better competition up to this point than probably 99% of freshmen (and maybe most upperclassman too for that matter). Just for example some of the recognizable guys in this game were: Fletcher Magee - the guy who averaged like 20 a game for 3 straight years at Wofford, former VA Tech star Zach LeDay, and former lottery pick Dante Exum.
From what I’ve seen Ivisic has a pretty impressive frame and level of coordination for an almost 20 year old 7’2 guy. He's got some decent ball skills and maybe most importantly - he doesn't play soft. Bring him to campus and he’s already a high level lob threat who can stretch the floor and protect the rim on the other end.
He's better than Somto and even though he's far from a finished product I think he might be better than both Ugonna and Aaron. Where he played in a pro league and presumably earned salary I don’t know how he would be eligible but I don’t know the details on that and if UK is seriously looking at him I guess there’s at least a chance he’s eligible.
He's not a depth big who's used only for break glass in case of emergency. He could very well be one of the best players on the roster from day 1.
I'll be interested to follow where this goes.
I'd be happy with this guy.
This could end up being one of those mesh up rosters that we have seen other teams win with at times over the past decade.
And people act like this guy wouldn't be a good get because he's a signing n August? Please, he wasn't available earlier n the year.
This could end up being one of those mesh up rosters that we have seen other teams win with at times over the past decade.
And people act like this guy wouldn't be a good get because he's a signing n August? Please, he wasn't available earlier n the year.
If we can get him on campus in August, this kid could really help.
That’s my though as I watched some of his games as well. My biggest question is how does he become eligible
Also two of his players are his own sons so they won’t take up scholarships if that’s an issue.
Apparently looking at another big from Asia also. 7 footer Dang Lin Wang.
A Croatian basketball player comes to the US and applies for a driver's license. During the eye test, the examiner asks him if he can read the lowest line. He looks at the line and replies, "Not only can I read it but I know the guy as well!"
As I recall, as long as he enrolls in classes according to university rules, he would be good to go. We can't add a player in November who would play immediately because he wouldn't be eligible. He could, however, play in January once classes start.
So, as long as he is on campus for the first week of classes, he should be able to play!
I would sign that kid based on that video alone! Wowsers!
A long way to go and we still HAVE to get results, but I’m starting to really like what Cal is doing.
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