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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (August 2019)
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I think the flaw in your thinking is that Giorgi and Kofi will play 28 mins/game. Wood doesn't want that. More like 25 mins/game, which opens up another 6 minutes/game for Kalk.
Even if Kofi is at 25 and not 28, that’s still only 15 for Ryan. Only 3 additional minutes, not 6, since he won’t be playing at the 4 at all.
Ultimately if he's good they'll find PT for him. Depending upon match-ups, if two bigs are in for the opponent, he may play alongside Kofi when Giorgi is out.
Kalkbrenner appears to be a guy who can earn minutes from the get go. He’s someone who has been playing high level competition and more than holding his own. Why should he worried about playing time?
True.
Besides, what if he opts for say Purdue and in his year 2 Purdue recruits over him? After all, Purdue has produced very good centers and should be able to attract really good talent at that spot - if the analysis is right.
I think OA is a bigger part of the equation than playing time. But, that does not mean PT is not an issue.
Look at Blackshear. He could have picked any team and probably played 30 minutes per game but he went to a Florida where his contribution was both needed and his role was guaranteed. I think it’s realistic to think that Kalkbrenner will want to standout like that wherever he ends up as well.
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Except Blackshear is/was a proven commodity with suitors wanting that output that they KNOW will be there day one, Kalkbrenner will have suitors anticipating the output, but it is not a given going into college. Blackshear is a man, Kalkbrenner is still and will still be a boy at that point. Kalkbrenner to me seems like another Tisdale to me in all seriousness. His frame is not B1G at all and I am not sure that it would ever be really? Brad Lohaus maybe?
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Kalkbrenner put up serious numbers for a top EYBL team. Am not suggesting he's an early entry candidate, but he's far better than Tisdale was.
I’m not sure I see any commonalities between the 2 aside from both being tall skinny and white. Maybe they have the same eye color?
They both looked more like Wisconsin guys to me.
I believe Kalkbrenner can get minutes right away for the simple fact that he is great defensively. Give him a year or 2 to get his offense down but I believe he will be a solid player if come to the Illini
Early entry candidate for Don't Believe the Hype...Tisdale considering we all wanted more, finished 2nd in career blocks, 25th in scoring, and tied for most games played. We should all hope if we get this kid he truly is "far better" than Tisdale. I wasn't a big Tisdale fan either, btw.
It's not always just black and white...but it easy to read it that way most often?
Maybe he is far better than Tisdale was in HS but Tisdale was pretty darn good.
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Tisdale was a good player. He was just missing a few pounds of muscle and a killer instinct to make him a great player.
I agree, thus from limited highlights, not sure this kid has either as well. Thus the comparision. I will say the kid is very skilled, but lacks athleticism to say the least.
It seems if we could get a big that's moving up the rankings, in an area we need to, and should do well in, plus who has been a camps all-defensive team in the summer circuit we would be happy. I get he needs to gain, but he could help. Also I don't know of many other bigs we're on, with a good chance at.
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I suspect you have no idea what RK is looking for.
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