Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2017)

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IlliniBus said:
I was just thinking how Te'Jon, Frazier, and Smith would look together. It may look a lot like Dee, Deron, and Luther, although anything close to their level would be a huge win.
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And throw Damonte and JCL into that mix. Oh the possibilities.
 
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Illiniguy13

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HTT said:
I think Tejon and Smith can play with good chemistry given one of them significantly improves in outside shooting. The opponent team can use a zone to cancel out their penetration/cut threat if Tejon/Smith cannot punish them by shooting 3s.

I would say JCL + CM(or a guard transfer for next season) + Smith is the best guard lineup because this creates ton of spaces for Smith to slash into. Maybe Tejon starts at the beginning of the season and then it becomes a competition between Tejon/Smith. Or one of them become reliable shooters and start together.
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Good thing Frazier can shoot 3's and penetrate with legit speed & ball-handling...zzzz
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

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Second and Chalmers said:
Not to pick on either of you, but here's an example of teenagers courting attention on Twitter (which speaks to a certain set of personality traits, though I'd stop well short of "character") being treated radically 180 degrees differently based on a bunch of middle-aged fart keyboard jockeys perception of what those tweets mean for their favorite sports team.

That says more about our character than that of the kids, frankly.
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Meh, you're obviously right in the abstract ... but I'm recently 25, and I don't see these guys as "kids," I see them as "younger than me" (that sounds so dumb, but I can't help but feel most people will know what I mean). While I personally would never, ever tweet something negative at a recruit or really even judge them for their life decisions like this, I don't see it as pathetic or weird or whatever if I sit around analyzing a recruits decisions and give my opinion on things that he does.
 
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timmytao

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Fighter of the Nightman said:
Meh, you're obviously right in the abstract ... but I'm recently 25, and I don't see these guys as "kids," I see them as "younger than me" (that sounds so dumb, but I can't help but feel most people will know what I mean). While I personally would never, ever tweet something negative at a recruit or really even judge them for their life decisions like this, I don't see it as pathetic or weird or whatever if I sit around analyzing a recruits decisions and give my opinion on things that he does.
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Just wait, I'm about to hit 30, and they look like "kids" to me now.
 
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Peoria Pipeline

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HTT said:
I think Tejon and Smith can play with good chemistry given one of them significantly improves in outside shooting. The opponent team can use a zone to cancel out their penetration/cut threat if Tejon/Smith cannot punish them by shooting 3s.

I would say JCL + CM(or a guard transfer for next season) + Smith is the best guard lineup because this creates ton of spaces for Smith to slash into. Maybe Tejon starts at the beginning of the season and then it becomes a competition between Tejon/Smith. Or one of them become reliable shooters and start together.
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Smith has impressed me with his shooting the times i've seen him play. I'd say hes quite a bit better shooter than TJL.
 
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TheGMan

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Second and Chalmers said:
Not to pick on either of you, but here's an example of teenagers courting attention on Twitter (which speaks to a certain set of personality traits, though I'd stop well short of "character") being treated radically 180 degrees differently based on a bunch of middle-aged fart keyboard jockeys perception of what those tweets mean for their favorite sports team.

That says more about our character than that of the kids, frankly.
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Middle-aged fart? Or fart keyboard? Either way, I need to know more about it. How old does a fart need to be to be middle-aged? What are the different characters on a fart keyboard?
 
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SampsonRelpenk

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Edwardsville, IL
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Future Walk-On said:
Not saying something is a lock, but in general it is sad that kids literally ditch their state and local community to go somewhere random.

I mean unless he grew up a Michigan State fan? :confused:
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Personally I am very glad that Trent Frazier ditched his state and local community by signing with Illinois!
 
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ILLINIFAN2

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Des Moines, IA
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jcgoldie said:
I guess this has been covered haven't caught up on the thread or maybe no-one cares, but Jerry Meyer has now switched his crystal balls to Illini. :thumb:
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Just waiting on the Ron Paul gif now....
 
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Future Walk-On

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Peoria, IL
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SampsonRelpenk said:
Personally I am very glad that Trent Frazier ditched his state and local community by signing with Illinois!
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Yeah not sure how accurate the websites are on scholarship offers but... all I am seeing is Florida Atlantic and North Florida for the Florida schools.

UCF and Florida say no offer and FSU and Miami aren't listed.

Rivals also list some very nice offers otherwise.
 
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SampsonRelpenk

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Illinoiser33 said:
Frazier felt slighted by Florida schools IIRC. Can't say the same for Mark. He's been shown the love.
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Yeah, looking at his 247 profile it seems that FAU and North Florida were the only Florida schools to offer. That's surprising to me.

Still, kids have no duty to "stay home". It's great when they do (and you are the "home" team) though.
 
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OldGreg

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You guys all realize that these crystal balls are switching because it's Smith is visiting today correct? So if Smith actually commits today, they will all be right! And if he leaves today without committing, no harm done and they can just switch their pick again this weekend.
 
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Future Walk-On

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Peoria, IL
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aluma said:
I'm a bit surprised that Frazier would want Smith to come to Illinois considering in some ways its extra competition. But Frazier doesn't seemed fazed. I feel like Frazier just wants to win. Did he not get recruited by Florida, Miami, or FSU? Normally that would be a bit of a red flag. I'm not worried about Frazier one bit, but it's still odd that he didn't get recruited by them.
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I thought the same but he does have offers from the likes of

SMU
Memphis
Kansas State
Baylor
Seton Hall
VCU
MSTU
Georgia

so that makes me feel better and honestly at this point.... his positive attitude and excitement on social media is enough for me to like him enough.
 
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Peoria Pipeline

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Future Walk-On said:
Yeah not sure how accurate the websites are on scholarship offers but... all I am seeing is Florida Atlantic and North Florida for the Florida schools.

UCF and Florida say no offer and FSU and Miami aren't listed.

Rivals also list some very nice offers otherwise.
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I think his recruitment would of been similiar to Smiths if he wouldn't of committed to Illinois. I'm not sure about Duke and Kentucky getting involved, but big name power five schools.
 
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Future Walk-On

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Peoria, IL
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OldGreg said:
You guys all realize that these crystal balls are switching because it's Smith is visiting today correct? So if Smith actually commits today, they will all be right! And if he leaves today without committing, no harm done and they can just switch their pick again this weekend.
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But don't they not get "points" for switching too late or too much
 
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Illinoiser33

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OldGreg said:
You guys all realize that these crystal balls are switching because it's Smith is visiting today correct? So if Smith actually commits today, they will all be right! And if he leaves today without committing, no harm done and they can just switch their pick again this weekend.
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Crystal Balls are changing because the MSU Insder who changed his pick first heard from 2 sources that ILL is winning. And if ILL is winning at this point with all MSU visits done, well you can do the math. Then the rest of the CB's followed. Has less to do with what's actually occurring today (his visit) and more to do with where the recruitment stands at this point in time. And for a guy like Meyer to switch there was probably some additional smoke to ILL as well.
 
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illiniguy24

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247 also doesn't have an offer from Kentucky for Mark Smith so they aren't totally up to date with everyone.

Especially once players commit somewhere, they usually stop updating the profile besides ranking changes.

I thought Trent had an offer from Florida?


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