Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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We still have more to go. And we also got a taste of portal madness before the quiet period ends. Some of you are acting like you scout better than the staff.
 
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Or maybe just maybe the staff loves what they have in Morez/Amani at the 4/5. Youth at that position is dangerous, yes-but those two and Booth give you 2 guys (Rez and Booth) with legit NBA talent and a third (Amani) who is going to be a damn good college player.

People need to take a step back, breathe, and let the offseason play out. Let’s not act like this is going to be the crown jewel of our portal adds. The next 4 will dwarf the 2 adds we’ve had to date.

They were underwhelmed when Damask was announced too. Everyone needs to trust Brad’s process. He hasn’t disappointed us yet when it comes to portal recruitment.
 
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As stated by a few of our more reasoned, seasoned posters. As a depth piece, good length, not exactly below the rim but not super explosive, played on a sh!t Louisville team… let’s just trust that the coaches know what they’re doing and the kid will be a positive addition to the program.

In the meanwhile, let’s avoid the spicy takes until the portal dust settles. He’s here and likely excited about it. AND the staff obviously wants him. Folks on here giving the guy a Canadian top hat already… yeesh 💩
 
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He can ride the pine in Champaign if he doesn't defend.
 
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Good Lord… we sign a guy who will be bench depth/developmental project and you all are disappointed because he’s not a first team AA. Brad is really, really good at this. Just give him some space to breathe and put his entire roster together before you tell us how underwhelmed you are.
 
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I’ve convinced myself that one of Underwood’s greatest strengths as a HC is his eye for talent.

Can’t wait to see the rest of the team.
Yep. Ever since Plummer, his conversion rate has been pretty good. The only misses are Podz (!!!) and perhaps Mayer (?)
 
#946      
If you had paid attention from the start you would’ve understood that we were going to add some bench players first. I guess some people missed that part. If this is our best bench player or role player than sign me up.
 
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Good Lord… we sign a guy who will be bench depth/developmental project
Thing is, he only has 2 years to play.

It's a reclamation project for a real talent who we were in on out of HS. I don't hate it in theory. I guess I just struggle to see how White's player improvement needs match up with our basketball success needs.

If he's just passing through as his 3rd of 4 schools, there's not much point to it for anybody.

But there's a player in there somewhere, welcome Tre and let's get to work finding it.
 
#948      
Not sure how you're thinking about this, maybe I missed a qualifer. Skyy Clark and Jayden Epps last year were one-pitch pop-ups.
 
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