That article is dated and has some wrong facts. Tirana is not in Croatia but Albania and there haven't been any good athletes from Albania, in well, ever. And Cosic is ancient news. Any potential recruit BYU could go after would have been born nearly 5 years after Cosic died.

You can't recruit on the ancient past. And touting some player who died years before you were born and played in some far away country before your parents were born isn't going to be much of a factor.

All you said about Cosic is true, except he is literally that area's Michael Jordan. There's been a documentary about him fairly recently.

That article is dated and has some wrong facts. Tirana is not in Croatia but Albania and there haven't been any good athletes from Albania, in well, ever. And Cosic is ancient news. Any potential recruit BYU could go after would have been born nearly 5 years after Cosic died.

You can't recruit on the ancient past. And touting some player who died years before you were born and played in some far away country before your parents were born isn't going to be much of a factor.

That article is dated and has some wrong facts. Tirana is not in Croatia but Albania and there haven't been any good athletes from Albania, in well, ever. And Cosic is ancient news. Any potential recruit BYU could go after would have been born nearly 5 years after Cosic died.

You can't recruit on the ancient past. And touting some player who died years before you were born and played in some far away country before your parents were born isn't going to be much of a factor.

All you said about Cosic is true, except he is literally that area's Michael Jordan. There's been a documentary about him fairly recently.

I do think there is a major flaw in a lot of this though. Most European players want to play pro ball. It's actually a much easier path to go through the European club teams than it is through college. Let's face it, college men's basketball kind of sucks. The shot clock is too long. Too many time outs. Coaches control way too much. The short 3 point line makes the game too compact. None of those problems really exist in the European club leagues.

NBA execs would probably wonder what's wrong with a guy if he wants to come play NCAA ball.

That article is dated and has some wrong facts. Tirana is not in Croatia but Albania and there haven't been any good athletes from Albania, in well, ever. And Cosic is ancient news. Any potential recruit BYU could go after would have been born nearly 5 years after Cosic died.

You can't recruit on the ancient past. And touting some player who died years before you were born and played in some far away country before your parents were born isn't going to be much of a factor.