Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (September 2019)
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Or his most recent colonoscopy
Joel Goodson
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Sensing a pattern, lol. Really hope he pans out.
201154JC
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sacraig
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sacraig
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I am proud to say I don't understand this joke.
Get outta the sun already.....lol
I am just hoping that light at the end of the tunnel is not a train...like it has been lately for us.
illini80
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6’10” and 195 lbs. He won’t be doing a lot of banging with the bigs for a while. He could be a good piece, but certainly wouldn’t expect a lot next year.
Parse this quote from Andre Curbelo on Zagsblog:
"I’ve been talking to them,” Curbelo said. “Antigua, besides him being a great coach and a recruiter, I see him as a good friend. He’s friends with my dad. He speaks Spanish, so it’s always good to have a guy who if you’re somewhere you don’t like, you can always ask him, ‘Hey, give me some tips.’ Even though you didn’t go to his college, I’m pretty sure that he’ll always be there for myself."
Aside from the improper use of "myself" did he just write Illinois off? I am saying this half in jest.
2020 point guard Andre Curbelo remains open in recruitment
"I’ve been talking to them,” Curbelo said. “Antigua, besides him being a great coach and a recruiter, I see him as a good friend. He’s friends with my dad. He speaks Spanish, so it’s always good to have a guy who if you’re somewhere you don’t like, you can always ask him, ‘Hey, give me some tips.’ Even though you didn’t go to his college, I’m pretty sure that he’ll always be there for myself."
Aside from the improper use of "myself" did he just write Illinois off? I am saying this half in jest.
2020 point guard Andre Curbelo remains open in recruitment
illini80
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Yea, I was wondering how that works. Commit and we hire your coach, or hire the coach and try to seal the deal?So is the ASU and Nick Irvin deal dead?
illini80
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He and Miller would be a grand slam, but we really need to get one of them.Parse this quote from Andre Curbelo on Zagsblog:
"I’ve been talking to them,” Curbelo said. “Antigua, besides him being a great coach and a recruiter, I see him as a good friend. He’s friends with my dad. He speaks Spanish, so it’s always good to have a guy who if you’re somewhere you don’t like, you can always ask him, ‘Hey, give me some tips.’ Even though you didn’t go to his college, I’m pretty sure that he’ll always be there for myself."
Aside from the improper use of "myself" did he just write Illinois off? I am saying this half in jest.
2020 point guard Andre Curbelo remains open in recruitment
The Recruit
The Eternal Optimist
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Agreed. Realistically, I am thinking a good 1-2 years of trusting the process and working his butt off in practice against those guys. With his skillset, he is not a back to the rim kind of player anyway, but will hopefully learn some from being surrounded by some bigs that are. I wouldn't expect him to play much for the first 1-2 season(s). Our problem is just keeping those kind of guys. If we can start to retain our big players instead of using a scholarship to develop a player for another team, that would be ideal.
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That quote came out a couple weeks ago, right? IMHO, he's basically writing Illinois off while praising Antigua. I think it's safe to assume Curbelo is a no-go, but maybe one of our insiders can refute that. *shrug*Parse this quote from Andre Curbelo on Zagsblog:
"I’ve been talking to them,” Curbelo said. “Antigua, besides him being a great coach and a recruiter, I see him as a good friend. He’s friends with my dad. He speaks Spanish, so it’s always good to have a guy who if you’re somewhere you don’t like, you can always ask him, ‘Hey, give me some tips.’ Even though you didn’t go to his college, I’m pretty sure that he’ll always be there for myself."
Aside from the improper use of "myself" did he just write Illinois off? I am saying this half in jest.
2020 point guard Andre Curbelo remains open in recruitment
assume Curbelo is a no-go, but maybe one of our insiders can refute that
Parse this quote from Andre Curbelo on Zagsblog:
"I’ve been talking to them,” Curbelo said. “Antigua, besides him being a great coach and a recruiter, I see him as a good friend. He’s friends with my dad. He speaks Spanish, so it’s always good to have a guy who if you’re somewhere you don’t like, you can always ask him, ‘Hey, give me some tips.’ Even though you didn’t go to his college, I’m pretty sure that he’ll always be there for myself."
Aside from the improper use of "myself" did he just write Illinois off? I am saying this half in jest.
2020 point guard Andre Curbelo remains open in recruitment
I do not think that is a write off.
Most non-English speaking people think in their native language and translate to English on the fly. In doing so, the response in English sounds way different than what the person intended to say.
Having said that, it could mean I trust OA so much that no matter where I go I could count on him. I think he is trying to say he trusts OA lot.
Same here
Not comparing, but Durant weighed 204 coming out of Highschool.
So is the ASU and Nick Irvin deal dead?
Was it ever alive?
this is exactly what i thought when i read his quotes
And a Jerry Meyer CB now.
Yes it was! I'm not an insider but from some on multiple different sites it is dead now. Both AZ schools looking and feeling like they have other very comparable pieces in play that don't require hiring an Irvin.
As a side note the last bit of info 0440 had provided seemed to have been verified by some other site insiders who said some very similar things about Walker, coach Underwood and the Miller recruitment.
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Guess the Irvins are coming with Miller and his parents this weekend.
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