After a season of harsh realities, UCLA has assembled it's first true 'free agency' class under Mick Cronin. Can their new transfers revitalize the team?
The wooing is over, the cash committed, the targets landed. What could be considered the first free-agency class in UCLA basketball history — six transfers who might fill all the team’s needs, not to mention as many as four starting spots — materialized in the wake of Mick Cronin’s worst season in 16 years. Never one to hold back, Cronin told his players several harsh truths after they staggered to a 16-17 record. He was the coach at UCLA.
2, in this day and age, everybody wants to go play in the NBA, don’t you think it would behoove you to play every day against another good player that would make you better and wouldn’t it help you get more exposure if you’re on a great team?” All these imports will come with a consequence, of course. Three players who started a combined 77 games last season — Lazar Stefanovic, Sebastian Mack and Brandon Williams — could move to the bench.
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