Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[RabidDawgClassic]

Wisconsin fans not happy. Chucky Hepburn is in the portal

Looking back, the clues were pretty obvious.

 

[texillwek]

Izzo is so washed

Izzo? IDKWTI

 

[abchew2]

Of course Storr would have been a nice add but his play in the tournament for Wisconsin left a real bad taste in my mouth. Hope the staff had plans for a backup real early once the mom got involved. Last year was about learning from our mistakes on recruiting chemistry and fit, this year is about being prepared for RayJ situations.

 

[WyattEarp]

This has gotten out there a bit...but it got the point where Storr asked for a spot for his girlfriend on the woman's team. That was the main breaking point to me. Brad wasn't going to put Shauna in that position

Yeah. To hell with that.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Sadly I'm getting too personally familiar with this concept.

user name checks out

 

[biglug58]

Then make it a two-fer.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Maddox to Xavier is official.

we almost never win the Hat Dance

 

[Miles Leonard]

Looking back, the clues were pretty obvious.

You think a kid would be excited as heck for the opportunity to play in the NCAA tourney. Very weird.

 

[FAR Penthouse]

Counterpoint: I dislike his on-court attitude and look forward to watching him chuck meaningless threes in the closing seconds of losing efforts for some other team next year.

Don't sugar coat it, tell us what you really think.

 

[Illiniindian]

Natty caliber.

Does this mean there is a chance Coleman returns?

 

[Longtimelurker]

I think most of us would be pumped to have him back in college next year. The wildness of your claim was absolute certainty "as a fact" that he would be back in college next year. Coleman has many options that he will sort through over the next few months, college being one of them. I personally hope Coleman comes back for one more season in orange and blue, but I am nowhere expecting it at this point. The injury is actually the best chance of him returning for sure.

Ok. Should rephrase it. Coleman Hawkins will not be playing in the NBA next year. He has a serious injury that will not heal in time for him to participate in the NBA draft process. He only really has 2 options:

1. Sign an NIL deal now with assurances that he will play the 4 next year in college
2. Wait until he is healed then attempt to sign a contract with an overseas team for likely less money and NBA visibility.

I suppose there are other options too. He could run for office, pursue his CPA, or join the circus. But really the only option he has is to play college basketball. That is why I said it was a fact. Not trying to be snarky, but I get actual information about once every 2 years and this is it.

 

[billybaroo]

Izzo? IDKWTI

I would love to see one of our reporters make it a regular thing to ask him post game questions by starting with "Coach Eye-zo, ...."

His inability or unwillingness or whatever it was to pronounce Ayo correctly is unforgivable in my book.

 

[abchew2]

Right now … The knee is still giving him issues …

The storyline to watch is if a 60-70% Hawkins is still a draft worthy NBA prospect …

And I think he could be …

Is there a thought the stock could improve significantly enough with a year of a healthy Hawkins that would outweigh the cons of another year of college? He didn’t seem to get as much NBA buzz through the year (at least publicly) as I anticipated with how much he improved his 3pt shooting.

 

[champaignpak]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1781065173224071394

 

[ptgrd23]

Coleman needs to take more good shots. He is too unselfish. He also does not cut to the hoop or try to take it the length of the court ala TSJ.
Needs to be more ball dominant. Demand the ball when the shot clock is running out. Drive to the hoop and draw fouls.
If he averaged 18 ppg 6 rbg 5 apg he would be more attractive.

 

[AnnaMay]

FIFY

Unfortunately, that is 1 to many. Someone would have to pack

 

[Bert2022]

Don't be sad. He's just transferring to the football team.

You're on a roll!

 

[abchew2]

You should have a problem with it. It's bad for business giving kids all the power that they want. And how do you force a women's team to take a player when they are building their own culture and need pieces that are fits for them. Again, bad business.

Kansas women’s team in shambles right now

 

[Bert2022]

Yeah. I mean look at his social media activity. Look at Goode's interview with Piper. Look at some of the other boards. Be silly for him not to have that as an option.

Must I remind you that he's Trollman Hawkins?

 

[AnnaMay]

Ok. Should rephrase it. Coleman Hawkins will not be playing in the NBA next year. He has a serious injury that will not heal in time for him to participate in the NBA draft process. He only really has 2 options:

1. Sign an NIL deal now with assurances that he will play the 4 next year in college
2. Wait until he is healed then attempt to sign a contract with an overseas team for likely less money and NBA visibility.

I suppose there are other options too. He could run for office, pursue his CPA, or join the circus. But really the only option he has is to play college basketball. That is why I said it was a fact. Not trying to be snarky, but I get actual information about once every 2 years and this is it.

He told me he was pursuing a stand up comedy career

 

[abchew2]

You think a kid would be excited as heck for the opportunity to play in the NCAA tourney. Very weird.

Sure but also if he is highly competitive we just kept him from a championship. Hard to read into a kids emotions directly following a heart breaking loss.

 

[FleetFeetIllini]

FIFY

Hard to believe he signed all these players, kept Ty DGL Goode, and convinced all of them to come off the bench. Our rotation was what, 8 or 9 last year on most nights? This would be 12. Tough to keep that many happy.

 

[ChiefGritty]

Ok. Should rephrase it. Coleman Hawkins will not be playing in the NBA next year. He has a serious injury that will not heal in time for him to participate in the NBA draft process. He only really has 2 options:

1. Sign an NIL deal now with assurances that he will play the 4 next year in college
2. Wait until he is healed then attempt to sign a contract with an overseas team for likely less money and NBA visibility.

I suppose there are other options too. He could run for office, pursue his CPA, or join the circus. But really the only option he has is to play college basketball. That is why I said it was a fact. Not trying to be snarky, but I get actual information about once every 2 years and this is it.

Has he had surgery?

 

[STLini25]

Hard to believe he signed all these players, kept Ty and DGL, and convinced all of them to come off the bench. Our rotation was what, 8 or 9 last year on most nights? This would be 12. Tough to keep that many happy.

Our rotation will be 9

 

[Big Jack]

Who said Coleman was transferring ?

Well probably someone on the internet which makes it 120 % true... Same person who keeps being hateful to Dre..