Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2019)
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Let's add the shooter in Woldetensae from Italy and call it quits.
Talent and they get the pick of the group...pretty easy when winning, we weren't so I wanted to show that even without that, with where we were, we faired well.
Agreed Kouma takes Higgs, January gets in and Samba stays. Kouma redshirts and develops offense from OA.
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
Looking forward to see how Kouma Chameleon develops under OA's tutelage.
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YankeeIllini
- Northeast Iowa
Nice showing here from Kouma (pronounced Koo-mah), esp. in the 4th quarter. Looks to already be a very good FT shooter with a well-developed elbow jumper and solid touch around the rim. Quickness and mobility need some work but the foundation is there.
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Winged Warrior
I'm a man who doesn't know, but hopefully he won't just come and go.
.4 percent is still in it kids
- Virginia
Nice complementary add to our Boy Giorgi.
High character young man. Should be a positive addition to the Kulture of our Club.
OSKEE WOW WOW
- Rochester, IL
Been away for a week or sao, so I am just now catching up, so I apologize if this has already been said, but THIS is exactly what I saw watching that game. That team seemed like an AAU season extension........all 1 on 1 offense. You could just see Kofi getting pissed because the other ball hogs wouldn't feed him. Is he going to take some work, sure, but every freshman(outside of the freaks like Zion) needs work. I for one, am excited to see this piece of the puzzle fit in.
Those of you on here that seem to see the negative side is EVERYTHING, need to ask yourself one simple question........is Kofi the kind of player you want to face for the next four years(Fernando from Maryland types)......OR..........have on our side, beating the boards and destroying rims in the Orange and Blue?
OSKEE WOW WOW
- Rochester, IL
Seems like OA has had his eyes on this guy for some time. The News Gazette article had some great quotes from their head coach regarding OA. Also, seems Bernard's decision was down to us and Pittsburgh, as well as Hofstra as previously mentioned.
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/2019-04-08/another-new-york-area-big-joining-illini.html
I get what you are saying but if you don't think Zion needs work you are crazy. I will admit that I don't watch any AAU games but from highlights that I see, it seems like they don't run much offense. High ball screen and if you don't get anything off that just go 1 on 1. It shows in guys when they go to college. I think it is making the transition to the NBA even harder cause all these kids want to be 1 and done. They aren't developing skills enough in college. I really want to see the success rate of the 1 and done players since the rise of AAU. I think it would be an interesting study.
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Ratskin
- Morrison, CO
Hard to picture him in orange and blue, tho. I could see red, maybe. Or gold. Possibly even green.
I thought it was basically a foregone conclusion at this point that January is going JuCo?
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"Olivier Robinson-Nkamhoua was an underrated prospect heading into his senior year but the Finnish born forward has seen his recruitment skyrocket in recent months. Just last week, he visited Pitt and will be tripping to Illinois and Tennessee before the month completes."
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/twitter-tuesday-indiana-duke-cole-anthony-arizona
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/twitter-tuesday-indiana-duke-cole-anthony-arizona
When you leave HS as a non qualifier, the two year JUCO route is the normal path. See Andres Feliz.
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TheGMan
No I cannot be disappointed, thats what I have been for the last 15 years with ILLINI basketball!AZ, I hope you are not disappointed.
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