{
  "id": 11450912,
  "title": "CBB insider calls UCLA the 'most Cronin-esque team' in years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cbb-insider-calls-ucla-the-most-cronin-esque-team-in-years",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:41:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cbb-insider-calls-ucla-most-134121350.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The college basketball season is just around the corner, and UCLA's roster is generating buzz. College basketball insider Jon Rothstein visited UCLA's practice and was impressed by three new Bruin additions: Nikola Kusturica, Jaylen Petty, and Filip Jovic. Rothstein noted that all three could be difference-makers for Mick Cronin's team.\n\nKusturica, a 17-year-old Serbian, is still adjusting to life in America and college basketball, but his floor game and passing ability are incredible, according to Rothstein. Petty and Jovic both transferred to UCLA from their previous teams, with Petty coming from Texas Tech and Jovic from Auburn. Rothstein praised Petty's shooting ability, calling him the best shooter UCLA has had since Mick Cronin's era. Jovic's physicality and jumping ability inside make him a potential sixth starter for the Bruins.\n\nRothstein likened UCLA to the most Cronin-esque team in years, and it remains to be seen how Kusturica will perform against the Big Ten Conference. However, with Petty and Jovic by his side, the Bruins could have a strong roster capable of playing Cronin's style of basketball.",
  "summary": "College basketball insider Jon Rothstein said that UCLA has \"the most Cronin-esque team we’ve seen in a number of years here in Los Angeles.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}