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Lazar Nikolic and his tantalizing, if as yet untapped, potential are gone.
The Serbian guard wasn't the first European player to leave coach Tad Boyle's program early. Chances are he won't be the last.
That's not meant as an indictment on the Colorado men's basketball program's collective ability to assimilate talent from overseas. When Boyle discussed Nikolic's departure earlier this week he offered the belief that Nikolic was well-liked by his teammates, and that the feeling was mutual. From what I observed out of the team throughout the 2017-18 season, there is zero reason to believe otherwise.