Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of April 1st, 2021)

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POWURR

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From Downtown
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No Payne, No Gain. 🔥

Keep Fighting Sylvester Stallone GIF by Rocky
 
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2020FinalFour

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Imagine him playing with Curbelo. He is very active and a good dunker. At Montverde he was a stud. In his HS he had a double double in State Championship game before going to Montverde.
 
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hooraybeer

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have to think there’s some NLI money to be made on a “Payne” Illini jersey on campus
 
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Dbell1981 said:
I think if Kofi comes back Payne Giorgi, and Kofi would be a great 3 player rotation at the 4/5. Grandison will get more tic at the 3 and play the 4 only when we want to go small. With or without Kofi we needed bigger bodies.

He probably heard the Tre Mitchell rumblings and jumped on board first. Players will be racing to teams as rosters start filling up. If Kofi/Giorgi leave let's bring in both of them.
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I was hoping we would get a PF that could hit a 15 foot shot (not a free throw) to open up the middle. Maybe it is coming later?
 
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Tacomallini

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Payne will be listed as a Junior but with 3 remaining years of eligibility due to COVID year, correct?
 
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Oranges

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Ideally Mitchell comes here to play the 4 next to Kofi. But if Kofi does leave, would Mitchell still be interested either as a 4 or 5?
 
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hooraybeer said:
former fringe 5* recruit. let’s see what OA can do with him
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And Fletch too. He specifically mentioned Kofi's development as a key consideration.Just read that in Kofi's class, Payne was ranked as a center right between Drew Timme and Kofi.
 
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Emerson Bigguns

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Tacomallini said:
Payne will be listed as a Junior but with 3 remaining years of eligibility due to COVID year, correct?
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Same class as Kofi. He has up to 3 years of eligibility left. Plenty of time to work on his offensive deficiencies.
Not worried about one poor split second decision while tangled up with a guy in a playoff game. I feel like it turned out a lot worse than it was intended. Looked to me like he was trying to give him one in the ribs and Fulkerson was bent down and caught it in the face.
Doesn’t mean it was smart. Also doesn’t mean he’s a bad kid.
 
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Ga65

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Looks to be a piece we need. If he can protect the rim and rebound we can score with others. Hawk, Jake, Hutch and Belo will take care of that.
 
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I know someone posted something similar but I hope the staff checked out his maturity but also it's not like we have all choir boys either. Damonte threw an elbow an McCaffrey last year but missed. Whether we should be happy or sad the he didn't connect is up for debate
 
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armo859

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IlliniShelt said:
I know someone posted something similar but I hope the staff checked out his maturity but also it's not like we have all choir boys either. Damonte threw an elbow an McCaffrey last year but missed. Whether we should be happy or sad the he didn't connect is up for debate
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Think about this, I am looking forward to him playing in East Lansing and Columbus. With a little assist from Curbelo he should be getting a lot of dunks. If Kofi comes back they play volleyball underneath.
 
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illiniu

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All I know now is that nothing is for certain anymore.
(But I had the pleasure of watching Banks, Santo and Williams together for 10 years)
 
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