Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (August 2018)

[Deleted member 4723]

Did you ever see Greg Oden?

Granville Waiters says hello. Wasn't he at tOSU for like 12 years?

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

Same. Once he decided to go to prep school in Florida, I had no doubt that he would end up at FSU. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up at a school outside of his top 4 if other area schools reach out.

Which area schools, Florida or Chicago, do you think would win out over FSU (or Illinois since nothing has been announced)?

 

[Tacomallini]

Carlwell is still playing. Put up 27 points and 15 rebounds on Aug. 5, 2018.

I always liked Carlwell, and he's had an interesting post-Illini life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Carlwell#San_Diego_State_(2008–2011)
"Despite the tragic events of February 12, 2007, Carlwell and Jamar Smith remain close friends, and in 2010, Carlwell was named the godfather of Smith's son."

 

[Andy Kaufman]

I would never let Darius Paul anywhere near my car. That Uber driver has some balls.

Correct, he was lucky to escape with out a few broken windows.

 

[TCTORNADO]

Whitney up to #6 i n the latest 247 rankings.

 

[Spoon House]

Whitney is our proverbial "one that got away."

 

[Hoppy2105]

Whitney up to #6 i n the latest 247 rankings.

I’m just glad we were able to pull the band-aid off quickly with that recruitment and not be left at the alter in 3 months.

 

[Joel Goodson]

I’m just glad we were able to pull the band-aid off quickly with that recruitment and not be left at the alter in 3 months.

Altar, but +infinity!

 

[Illini0114]

Whitney is our proverbial "one that got away."

(Whispers) "Great White Buffalo"

 

[drewillini89]

Whitney up to #6 i n the latest 247 rankings.

Would have dropped to 60th had he committed to Illinois. /s

 

[Hoppy2105]

Altar, but +infinity!

I’d like to claim auto-correct did that one...but it was a good old fashioned human mistake. :doh:

 

[UncleBob]

Would have dropped to 60th had he committed to Illinois. /s

Had he dropped to 60th he might have committed to Illinois.

 

[AEX]

Whitney is our annual "one that got away."

Fixed it for ya.

 

[JRockIll33]

I know from a very good source that Brunson was never seriously considering Illinois, Darius Paul or not. Sounds like Darius has salty grapes if this story is even real.[/QUOTE
Are you questioning my source? A long time friend and die hard Illini fan. Must be salty grapes.

 

[JRockIll33]

1) People are taking a post mentioning Darius Paul and Brunson seriously, and 2) someone thinks that recruits read this site and what they read has an impact on where they commit. Just two things that made me laugh out loud today so thank you, IllinoisLoyalty. Stay classy.

See ya! Glad I could provide a good laugh.

 

[tpbradley]

Whitney up to #6 i n the latest 247 rankings.

Perfect example of the Not Illinois effect

 

[illinitiger]

Yeah- it would be great to get a guy with a Kentucky, Kansas or Duke offer to stay in Illinois, but it would be tough. Miller will have the offers and I don't expect to be able to save him from the shiny NBA factories.

won't he be in the "direct to NBA " class?

 

[PlayAZ]

won't he be in the "direct to NBA " class?

he will

 

[alaskaillini]

Anybody on here currently one or have a son in the cub scouts?

Yea, but he wasn't drunk when he signed up.

 

[drewillini89]

Did Terrence Shannon take down his Twitter page?

 

[jmilt7]

Apparently even a blue blood is having trouble recruiting for 2019. Duke has no verbal commits yet. "Before this year, every Duke basketball recruiting class since 2007 had already added its first commitment by September"

https://balldurham.com/2018/08/22/duke-basketball-recruiting-needs-spark/

 

[breadman]

Anybody on here currently one or have a son in the cub scouts?

Used to. Now he is in Boy Scouts. He loves it!
What's the reason for the question? I guess I missed that part.

 

[Deleted member 29907]

Used to. Now he is in Boy Scouts. He loves it!
What's the reason for the question? I guess I missed that part.

Yeah, you'd have to read back in the thread to see who (whom? what?) the Shannon/DePaul de-commitment was compared to. My comment was an attempt at dry humor.

 

[Bill Lumbergh]

he will

What makes you say that? I hear that 2022 would be the absolute earliest that the NBA will consider opening up the draft to high schoolers. Doing it any earlier would cause outrage amongst NBA teams that have traded future draft picks without this knowledge.

 

[Dan]

Top-50 wing Quincy Guerrier has an official visit locked in to Illinois beginning on Oct. 5
https://247sports.com/college/illin...in-official-visit-date-to-Illinois-120960312/