Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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This is my personal preference of our potential roster and starters which is probably not realistic:

PG: Kylan Boswell (6’2”) / Ty Rodgers (6’6”)
SG: Wooga Poplar (6’5”) / Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6’1”)
SF: Egor Demin (6’8”) / Tre White (6’7”)
PF: Ben Humrichous (6’9”) / Carey Booth (6’10”)
C: Tomislav Ivisic (7’1”) / Morez Johnson (6’9”)

Other/Redshirt: Jake Davis (6’6”), Jason Jakstys (6’10”)
 
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Joel Goodson said:
he's pretty good:
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Now this is interesting. He looks like he prefers going left as a righty and even fades at times to the left while shooting. You don't see that much, but I'm gonna guess he's a fellow right handed, left footed player. You don't see many of those, but they will tend to have a very strong right to left crossover and will feel comfortable shooting while not completely set and floating to the left much like in his video. Right handed left footed makes for a terrible combo in baseball, but can be dangerous in soccer and basketball as it's unconventional and can be deceptive to guard. Thankfully this kid has much much much more skill than I ever had, but nice to see him put it to use. Would love to see him in the orange and blue.
 
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FightinIllini30 said:
Love his game. Always room for a 6’8 guy with those kind of skills IMO.
I will say the only downside to what I’m seeing here or potential issues he’ll run into is physicality. Hardly any from what I’m seeing in this league he currently plays in. He’ll have to adjust big time in the B10
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I assume TSJ type development is what Brad is selling. Strength, conditioning and a chance to play against more physical competition to be league ready.
 
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aaeismacgychel said:
Now this is interesting. He looks like he prefers going left as a righty and even fades at times to the left while shooting. You don't see that much, but I'm gonna guess he's a fellow right handed, left footed player. You don't see many of those, but they will tend to have a very strong right to left crossover and will feel comfortable shooting while not completely set and floating to the left much like in his video. Right handed left footed makes for a terrible combo in baseball, but can be dangerous in soccer and basketball as it's unconventional and can be deceptive to guard. Thankfully this kid has much much much more skill than I ever had, but nice to see him put it to use. Would love to see him in the orange and blue.
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Well it’s fairly common for shooters to prefer going toward their weak hand to shoot off the move or step back because then you don’t have to rotate your body around as much to bring your strong side toward the basket.

Im not saying you’re wrong about anything, but I’m just saying a shooter preferring to move to his weak side is fairly normal. (Watch Luka or Harden do a step back, for example)
 
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NCIllini10 said:
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Your welcome!
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BashCtIllini

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blackdog said:
More Fears video

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I really hate AAU ball. The defense is so pathetic.

I saw Geno Auriemma talking about why European players are so good, and he said simply they practice. In America kids practice 1 day and play 6 games, in Europe they practice 6 days and play 1 game.

AAU is basically a constant try out for perspective college coaches. If they actually wanted to play some real basketball and improve their skills, it would not be constant games with guys playing ole defense, jacking 3s, playing constant hero ball. Sure it's fun to watch one of your guys perform, but it is terrible basketball and I take very little away from AAU stats.
 
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IllinoisssssssVarsity

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FightinIllini30 said:
Love his game. Always room for a 6’8 guy with those kind of skills IMO.
I will say the only downside to what I’m seeing here or potential issues he’ll run into is physicality. Hardly any from what I’m seeing in this league he currently plays in. He’ll have to adjust big time in the B10
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International game is much more physical than given credit for. US players often have an adjustment period in international competition because it’s not as ticky tack as our game.

Anecdotal evidence: we host a hs Christmas tournament. I’ve had an Australian team come the last 2 years. They pick up the most fouls in the tournament every year. Not cause they can’t play, but because they have to reign in the physicality they’re used to, and they struggle with it.
 
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jamarvelous31

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FightinIllini30 said:
Love his game. Always room for a 6’8 guy with those kind of skills IMO.
I will say the only downside to what I’m seeing here or potential issues he’ll run into is physicality. Hardly any from what I’m seeing in this league he currently plays in. He’ll have to adjust big time in the B10
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Definitely looks good on the highlights. Looking at recent stats here, some concern about the competition in the Spanish 4th tier. His stats against top competition in the Adidas U18 tourney & U19 spanish league has been..mixed. Definitely inconsistent from 3 with some turnover concerns, but he's young and facing better competition than any same aged HS kid we'd bring in.

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DeonThomas

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BashCtIllini said:
I really hate AAU ball. The defense is so pathetic.

I saw Geno Auriemma talking about why European players are so good, and he said simply they practice. In America kids practice 1 day and play 6 games, in Europe they practice 6 days and play 1 game.

AAU is basically a constant try out for perspective college coaches. If they actually wanted to play some real basketball and improve their skills, it would not be constant games with guys playing ole defense, jacking 3s, playing constant hero ball. Sure it's fun to watch one of your guys perform, but it is terrible basketball and I take very little away from AAU stats.
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Bold take. Perhaps valid. And I just may be willing to buy-in. Geno is certainly credible.

(Although my son played on a very competitive youth AAU team in South Carolina that traveled to Akron, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Charlotte, Augusta, GA and Atlanta. Admittedly, this was just 5th-6th-7th-8th grade. Our practice to game ratio was 80%........most of it focused on half-court/full court zone and man-to-man trapping defenses. You want to talk about playing with pace! No D-1 players, however, so perhaps I'm comparing apples to oranges.)
 
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ILFaninFL

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FinallyMadeAnAccount said:
This is my personal preference of our potential roster and starters which is probably not realistic:

PG: Kylan Boswell (6’2”) / Ty Rodgers (6’6”)
SG: Wooga Poplar (6’5”) / Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6’1”)
SF: Egor Demin (6’8”) / Tre White (6’7”)
PF: Ben Humrichous (6’9”) / Carey Booth (6’10”)
C: Tomislav Ivisic (7’1”) / Morez Johnson (6’9”)

Other/Redshirt: Jake Davis (6’6”), Jason Jakstys (6’10”)
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Morez might start. The dude is a baller.
 
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strobes77

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DeonThomas said:
Bold take. Perhaps valid. And I just may be willing to buy-in. Geno is certainly credible.

(Although my son played on a very competitive youth AAU team in South Carolina that traveled to Akron, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Charlotte, Augusta, GA and Atlanta. Admittedly, this was just 5th-6th-7th-8th grade. Our practice to game ratio was 80%........most of it focused on half-court/full court zone and man-to-man trapping defenses. You want to talk about playing with pace! No D-1 players, however, so perhaps I'm comparing apples to oranges.)
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I think the type and focus of practice matters too. Coaching. It’s not like American players play games Saturday and Sunday and twiddle their thumbs otherwise. My daughter just started her AAU season and they practice 2x per week with a 3rd skills session on Friday night. They scrimmage maybe the last 10 minutes of practice. Her feeder/school teams were very similar. I think it depends on the kind of program.

Alternatively, if you are just putting a team or adding players together for a specific tournament or event, I get where that impression comes from.
 
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IllinoisssssssVarsity

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DeonThomas said:
Bold take. Perhaps valid. And I just may be willing to buy-in. Geno is certainly credible.

(Although my son played on a very competitive youth AAU team in South Carolina that traveled to Akron, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Charlotte, Augusta, GA and Atlanta. Admittedly, this was just 5th-6th-7th-8th grade. Our practice to game ratio was 80%........most of it focused on half-court/full court zone and man-to-man trapping defenses. You want to talk about playing with pace! No D-1 players, however, so perhaps I'm comparing apples to oranges.)
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My guys who play AAU practice 2 nights per week and then play 2-3 games per day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Kids play without learning how to play.

See Charles Barkley’s rant about zone defense recently.
 
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illiniwil said:
its all about match ups. our offense during the last month when we were super efficient was
exactly about match ups, who switched and who could take who to the basket, down low or
kick it to a shooter. Boswell can bring it up against anybody, but it might not be the match
up we want against a particular team to initiate the offense.
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This! I looked forward to seeing it when it began to unfold each game.
 
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