Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

IL2000 · Feb 19, 2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SimonHoffman

Last thing I'll post regarding Leron Black's twitter account. He just changed his bio to "Baylor Bear signee" and "#BaylorGang." Why would someone who decommitted from Baylor put this back in their bio?

IMO, it's 100% fake.

I don't see that.

CardsIllinifan8 · Feb 19, 2013, 08:05 PM

Once again, calm down people. Quit fighting about if his twitter is real of fake; he is showing us genuine interest and that is all we need to know.

If it's not him, who care and if it is, then fantastic. Everyone calm down and let's enjoy the ride. Groce has us in position with highly rated guys.

Kramer116 · Feb 19, 2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CardsIllinifan8

Once again, calm down people. Quit fighting about if his twitter is real of fake; he is showing us genuine interest and that is all we need to know.

If it's not him, who care and if it is, then fantastic. Everyone calm down and let's enjoy the ride. Groce has us in position with highly rated guys.

+1

SimonHoffman · Feb 19, 2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by IL2000

I don't see that.

His bio just reverted back to the original "undeclared..."

Too much drama for me...

HsvIllini · Feb 19, 2013, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CardsIllinifan8

Once again, calm down people. Quit fighting about if his twitter is real of fake; he is showing us genuine interest and that is all we need to know.

If it's not him, who care and if it is, then fantastic. Everyone calm down and let's enjoy the ride. Groce has us in position with highly rated guys.

Agreed. And if it does happen to be fake (which I'm thinking more and more that it's not), someone has put a tremendous amount of effort into making it look extremely real...

ivwilsoniv · Feb 19, 2013, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HsvIllini

Agreed. And if it does happen to be fake (which I'm thinking more and more that it's not), someone has put a tremendous amount of effort into making it look extremely real...

Guarantee that this sentence went thru Manti Teo's head at some point, and look how that turned out.

SimonHoffman · Feb 19, 2013, 09:03 PM

Back to actual recruiting info - Hill had 16 points in a win over Collinsville. He has also been selected to play for Team USA in the FLA vs USA Hardwood Classic. Congratulations to Malcolm.

bigillinfan11 · Feb 19, 2013, 09:37 PM

Larry Austin just tweeted saying the the real leron black does not have a twitter and this one is a fake

illinibballfan · Feb 19, 2013, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bigillinfan11

Larry Austin just tweeted saying the the real leron black does not have a twitter and this one is a fake

Sounds like something a fake Larry Austin would say

Juice · Feb 19, 2013, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by illinibballfan

Sounds like something a fake Larry Austin would say

I just asked him how he knew and he said because the real Leron just texted him and told LA to tell everyone. Carry on

TCTORNADO · Feb 19, 2013, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bigillinfan11

Larry Austin just tweeted saying the the real leron black does not have a twitter and this one is a fake

If you look down a few tweets from that one, Leron Black's AAU coach wished LA a Happy Birthday tonight (2/19/13). Interesting connection.

DaytonIllini · Feb 19, 2013, 09:47 PM

Dan · Feb 19, 2013, 09:50 PM

I guess we can close this case

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@Showtime_LB Just to let everyone know this is not the real Leron Black. Leron does not have a twitter page

@CGGADD Lol cuz the real Leron just text me and told me to tell everyone

http://twitter.com/_LarryAustin2_

hooraybeer · Feb 19, 2013, 09:51 PM

leron black just posted a pic to his Instagram that the showtime_lb account is fake. some damn loser punked a lot of people

gordonbacon15 · Feb 19, 2013, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by hooraybeer

leron black just posted a pic to his Instagram that the showtime_lb account is fake. some damn loser punked a lot of people

Finke included

IlliniKat91 · Feb 19, 2013, 09:54 PM

Well, there go all of the followers he gained in the past 24 hours.

Juice · Feb 19, 2013, 09:58 PM

Funny note: shortly after the Larry Austin tweet saying the account was fake, this is what Leron's (fake) account tweeted:

"catch y'all in a couple weeks..." in other words, "they caught me".

:laugh:

Jabber Jabber · Feb 19, 2013, 09:59 PM

I think a lot of people need to realign their bullsh*t detection meter.

ivwilsoniv · Feb 19, 2013, 10:04 PM

I think all of us can associate with Manti Te'o a little more closely now, except we caught it within a day...

ThunderNutz · Feb 19, 2013, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Juice

Funny note: shortly after the Larry Austin tweet saying the account was fake, this is what Leron's (fake) account tweeted:

"catch y'all in a couple weeks..." in other words, "they caught me".

:laugh:

"They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true"
"Were did you here that?"...."The internet"
"Oh look, here comes my date, I met him on the internet. He's a French model."

"Bonjour"

I love that commercial!!!:laugh:

illinitrav · Feb 19, 2013, 10:10 PM

Wait... so you're tellin me there's a bigtime high school prospect that doesn't have a Twitter account??

I like this kid even more!

hooraybeer · Feb 19, 2013, 10:14 PM

as one of the first to question the legitimacy of the account last night, i take a little satisfaction in knowing i can spot bs from a distance... and i honestly don't think the real LB had any idea what was goign on, so even though some saw it as "creepy", i think me asking him on instagram about the showtime account was probably the first time he'd heard anything about it. I would want to know if someone was posing as me.

Mbrew87 · Feb 19, 2013, 10:33 PM

Hoooooooold up before you all start calling me creepy you don't even know the entire story. this fake account asked me to do him a favor and all I replied was to do me a favor and post a pic to prove him wrong because I knew at that point it was fake. I'm done with you all. And ps I'm glad you all remember my drunk tweet to XRM about "pickin the red headed step child school of Florida" with that said go speculate and assume more.

IanKEvans2 · Feb 19, 2013, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mbrew87

Hoooooooold up before you all start calling me creepy you don't even know the entire story. this fake account asked me to do him a favor and all I replied was to do me a favor and post a pic to prove him wrong because I knew at that point it was fake. I'm done with you all. And ps I'm glad you all remember my drunk tweet to XRM about "pickin the red headed step child school of Florida" with that said go speculate and assume more.

Being drunk is no excuse for being rude.

hooraybeer · Feb 19, 2013, 10:54 PM

glad its over. let's bring the REAL LB to u of I and let nothing else be said about this loser.

Feb 19, 2013, 09:47 PM	#7237
DaytonIllini Posts: 14,873	__________________ "To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it." Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Feb 19, 2013, 09:51 PM	#7239
hooraybeer Posts: 352	leron black just posted a pic to his Instagram that the showtime_lb account is fake. some damn loser punked a lot of people __________________ ps... I've been boozing JFG>>>HCTC

Feb 19, 2013, 10:04 PM	#7244
ivwilsoniv Location: Austin, TX Posts: 196	I think all of us can associate with Manti Te'o a little more closely now, except we caught it within a day... __________________

Feb 19, 2013, 10:14 PM	#7247
hooraybeer Posts: 352	as one of the first to question the legitimacy of the account last night, i take a little satisfaction in knowing i can spot bs from a distance... and i honestly don't think the real LB had any idea what was goign on, so even though some saw it as "creepy", i think me asking him on instagram about the showtime account was probably the first time he'd heard anything about it. I would want to know if someone was posing as me. __________________ ps... I've been boozing JFG>>>HCTC

Feb 19, 2013, 10:54 PM	#7250
hooraybeer Posts: 352	glad its over. let's bring the REAL LB to u of I and let nothing else be said about this loser. __________________ ps... I've been boozing JFG>>>HCTC

Feb 19, 2013, 08:05 PM	#7227
CardsIllinifan8 Posts: 76	Once again, calm down people. Quit fighting about if his twitter is real of fake; he is showing us genuine interest and that is all we need to know. If it's not him, who care and if it is, then fantastic. Everyone calm down and let's enjoy the ride. Groce has us in position with highly rated guys.

Feb 19, 2013, 09:03 PM	#7232
SimonHoffman Posts: 52	Back to actual recruiting info - Hill had 16 points in a win over Collinsville. He has also been selected to play for Team USA in the FLA vs USA Hardwood Classic. Congratulations to Malcolm.

Feb 19, 2013, 09:37 PM	#7233
bigillinfan11 Posts: 97	Larry Austin just tweeted saying the the real leron black does not have a twitter and this one is a fake

Feb 19, 2013, 09:54 PM	#7241
IlliniKat91 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,949	Well, there go all of the followers he gained in the past 24 hours.

Feb 19, 2013, 09:58 PM	#7242
Juice Posts: 1,535	Funny note: shortly after the Larry Austin tweet saying the account was fake, this is what Leron's (fake) account tweeted: "catch y'all in a couple weeks..." in other words, "they caught me". :laugh:

Feb 19, 2013, 09:59 PM	#7243
Jabber Jabber Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 125	I think a lot of people need to realign their bullsh*t detection meter.

Feb 19, 2013, 10:10 PM	#7246
illinitrav Posts: 103	Wait... so you're tellin me there's a bigtime high school prospect that doesn't have a Twitter account?? I like this kid even more!

Feb 19, 2013, 10:33 PM	#7248
Mbrew87 Posts: 150	Hoooooooold up before you all start calling me creepy you don't even know the entire story. this fake account asked me to do him a favor and all I replied was to do me a favor and post a pic to prove him wrong because I knew at that point it was fake. I'm done with you all. And ps I'm glad you all remember my drunk tweet to XRM about "pickin the red headed step child school of Florida" with that said go speculate and assume more.