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gwalker
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The great Kresimir Cosic was offered $1 Million by Red Auerbach to play for the
gwalker
11/30/21 11:50am
Do you have the link to that story? Not calling you on it. I would like to get
BYU'01
11/30/21 11:53am
I’ll look for it. I was thinking about where I had read it and I may have heard
gwalker
11/30/21 11:55am
Yeah I question that a little. Sounds like Mormon folklore to me.
pink22
11/30/21 12:00pm
I'd say Truman Madsen was a pretty good source. Not some random guy
gwalker
11/30/21 12:08pm
And I would say Mormon folklore is real and passed on by nearly all members.
pink22
11/30/21 2:05pm
True. But this is a guy that knew Cosic well. He heard his info directly from
gwalker
11/30/21 2:23pm
In the particular case of Cosic, the folklore is very understated for whatever reason. The $1M offer doesn't tell half
roseyscenario
11/30/21 2:28pm
I’d just like a source. I guess 2nd hand word of mouth will do.
pink22
11/30/21 2:32pm
Watch this, I think it mentions it here about 13:00 mark… but watch the whole
King of Y
11/30/21 8:19pm
That’s a great video!
gwalker
12/1/21 12:24pm
There is a documentary on Kresimir Cosich that was on the Mormon Channel that
King of Y
11/30/21 8:14pm
But why not play for 4 or 5 yrs then go spread the good word? That kind of money would have really helped him spread the
HarlemCoug
11/30/21 11:54am
Maybe he wasn't a greedy CBer
TNT
11/30/21 12:03pm
My point is... take the $5M or so he could have made in those 5 years and then give it all away for his cause. I'd bet
HarlemCoug
11/30/21 12:27pm
I knew Kresh just a little bit at Y. I had roommates that knew him better.
Bluforever
11/30/21 7:13pm
this makes sense... sometimes it's not about the money. If you're homesick, then you're homesick....
HarlemCoug
11/30/21 7:28pm
Krešimir Ćosić Cup
ParentingNotForSissy
11/30/21 9:41pm
I’ve never understood why we have never used the Cosic story to recruit.
Bluforever
11/30/21 9:47pm
Maybe. He ended up being revered, and continues to be, in all of the countries
gwalker
11/30/21 12:08pm
Cosic seems by all accounts to have been a truly wonderful and special person. I am proud he was a Cougar.
CDV
11/30/21 12:25pm
there's no doubt he's a real life hero... a true disciple of Christ worth emulating... I'm just trying to wrap my head
HarlemCoug
11/30/21 12:29pm
Why have I literally never heard anything about him post-BYU?
Hotlanta
11/30/21 1:27pm
1980 Gold Medal, Moscow games. He was the unequivocal star of the team.
Gentleman Stan
11/30/21 9:47pm
RE: Maybe. He ended up being revered, and continues to be, in all of the
Adascocar
11/30/21 3:07pm
Worked with a guy from Bosnia, and he said Cosic is like Michael Jordan there
Hang10
11/30/21 4:20pm
If the story is true, one reason could be these were eastern bloc…
ChadFromCougarTown
11/30/21 2:48pm
Cosic wanted to go back home to Croatia. He did pretty well there, in and out of basketball.
roseyscenario
11/30/21 2:59pm
Maybe God was telling him and he was just listening and not overthinking it
SoBlueitHurts
12/1/21 9:55am
He was a great human being. And I must brag that I got to speak with him briefly by phone once.
Brisco
11/30/21 12:07pm
My sense watching highlights is that Cosic = Larry Bird
Socrates Johnson
11/30/21 12:28pm
When would this have been? Looks like he was the 84th pick in 73 by the lakers
LiveCoug
11/30/21 12:41pm
His draft pick was low because he made his intentions known. Sort of like how
gwalker
11/30/21 1:08pm
I assume it as after ‘73 since the Celtics hadn’t drafted him either time.
gwalker
11/30/21 1:12pm
It's just weird to me too that if he really wanted to stay with his home land
LiveCoug
11/30/21 1:23pm
He was drafted a third time in the NBA in 1976 (by the Celtics that time).
gwalker
11/30/21 2:26pm
Ok, so if that was the time he was offered 1 mill, it's even more bizarre he
LiveCoug
11/30/21 2:32pm
Perhaps it got that high because he kept on saying no.
yahoo1211
11/30/21 3:20pm
And Auerbach thought he was that good.
roseyscenario
11/30/21 3:24pm
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but in 1972 I don't think Yugoslavian players we
oldrugger
11/30/21 3:40pm
I don’t know. I also don’t know it was 1972. Red Auerbach must have thought
gwalker
11/30/21 3:57pm
I was a freshman the fall of 1971. He was on the team, but I can't remember if
oldrugger
12/1/21 10:18am
Auerbach had a history of trying to get them to defect.
gwalker
12/1/21 2:17pm
Okay, thanks.
oldrugger
12/2/21 4:05pm
I am prone to believe gwalker's story
mtnbiker
11/30/21 5:22pm
I knew Kresho at BYU and after. I know he turned down a huge offer to play in
TrueBlue58
11/30/21 7:00pm
100% True. I ran into KC at O'Hare Airport in Chi-town while returning from...
LEDSFW
11/30/21 7:25pm
He has a fascinating life story, should be made into a movie honestly.
Mitty
12/1/21 3:46pm
It seems this would be a plum for an LDS filmmaker to do...
runnincoug
12/1/21 3:53pm
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