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The Washington Huskies men's basketball team is officially set for the 2026-27 season after landing Harun Zrno in the transfer portal from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
The acquisition of Zrno gave the Huskies a max allotment of 15 players for next season, concluding an offseason full of retooling and rebuilding.
Washington only had six players return from last season, marking the second year in a row Huskies head coach Danny Sprinkle needed to replace more than half his roster from the previous year. Last season, Sprinkle only had two players who returned.
A large part of the heavy roster turnaround is due to the current era of college athletics, which includes Name, Image and Likeness deals for players, many of whom are making more than arguably the best NBA player of all time, LeBron James.
James, who will enter his 24th season in the NBA this year, signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers in hopes of winning a fifth championship before he retires.
The four-time MVP and 22-time All-Star will only receive $3.9 million this season from Philadelphia to help the organization have financial flexibility to round out the championship roster.
As a result, there will be many players in college basketball this season who will make more than LeBron James in salary this season.
Several of the salaries for those players were reported in an article written by Brendan Marks and Joe Rexrode for the Athletic. And although a current Huskies player was not on the current list, a former one is.
Junior guard Zoom Diallo, who transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats this offseason, is reportedly set to at least $3.9 million this season.
Diallo averaged 15.7 points per game on 48.9% shooting across 33 games (29 starts) last season with UW.
Washington Huskies guard Zoom Diallo (5) shoots during a Big Ten tournament game against the Wisconsin Badgers on March 12 at the United Center in Chicago. | David Banks/Imagn Images
There wasn't a player currently on the UW roster listed in the article, but the likeliest top-earner on the team is junior guard Wesley Yates III.
Yates, who was originally with Washington in 2023-24 before missing the entire year with an injury, transferred to the Southern California (USC) Trojans. He averaged 14.1 points on 47.8% shooting (43.9% from 3-point range) across 33 games (24 starts).
Yates transferred back to the Huskies ahead of last season but was again plagued with injuries. He suffered a broken bone in his wrist that required surgery and kept him out for multiple games. When he returned, he wasn't able to regain his form and finished the season having averaged 12.7 points across 27 games (25 starts) on 37.1% shooting from the floor (31.2% from 3-point range).
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The acquisition of Zrno gave the Huskies a max allotment of 15 players for next season, concluding an offseason full of retooling and rebuilding.
Washington only had six players return from last season, marking the second year in a row Huskies head coach Danny Sprinkle needed to replace more than half his roster from the previous year. Last season, Sprinkle only had two players who returned.
A large part of the heavy roster turnaround is due to the current era of college athletics, which includes Name, Image and Likeness deals for players, many of whom are making more than arguably the best NBA player of all time, LeBron James.
James, who will enter his 24th season in the NBA this year, signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers in hopes of winning a fifth championship before he retires.
The four-time MVP and 22-time All-Star will only receive $3.9 million this season from Philadelphia to help the organization have financial flexibility to round out the championship roster.
As a result, there will be many players in college basketball this season who will make more than LeBron James in salary this season.
Several of the salaries for those players were reported in an article written by Brendan Marks and Joe Rexrode for the Athletic. And although a current Huskies player was not on the current list, a former one is.
Junior guard Zoom Diallo, who transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats this offseason, is reportedly set to at least $3.9 million this season.
Diallo averaged 15.7 points per game on 48.9% shooting across 33 games (29 starts) last season with UW.
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Washington Huskies guard Zoom Diallo (5) shoots during a Big Ten tournament game against the Wisconsin Badgers on March 12 at the United Center in Chicago. | David Banks/Imagn Images
There wasn't a player currently on the UW roster listed in the article, but the likeliest top-earner on the team is junior guard Wesley Yates III.
Yates, who was originally with Washington in 2023-24 before missing the entire year with an injury, transferred to the Southern California (USC) Trojans. He averaged 14.1 points on 47.8% shooting (43.9% from 3-point range) across 33 games (24 starts).
Yates transferred back to the Huskies ahead of last season but was again plagued with injuries. He suffered a broken bone in his wrist that required surgery and kept him out for multiple games. When he returned, he wasn't able to regain his form and finished the season having averaged 12.7 points across 27 games (25 starts) on 37.1% shooting from the floor (31.2% from 3-point range).
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