TheFameProtector
- Champaign
@Indy Illini Fan when's that photo from?
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of April 19th, 2021)
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This past Thursday. Staff dinner.
Does EJ Liddell being at the game mean anything? I’m sure he just had a friend playing but just wanted to ask.
Was there to support his buddy Keith.
FWIW, it would not shock me one bit to see him withdraw from the draft and enter the portal...
Said on his Insta live last night he wasn’t going
Well, he’s a great player but definitely not one of the 60 being drafted like a lot of players.
Seems like the NBA should get the workouts and combine out of the way THEN have kids declare.
I don’t see why declaring is a prerequisite of receiving feedback.
Curbelo taking the role of lead recruiter if OA does in fact leave, followed Liddell on Instagram tonight 
Tacomallini
- Washington State
I don’t get the 2nd wave of players entering the portal after withdrawing from NBA Draft. Doesn’t the portal close in May? How does one reopen the portal?
It's tricky.....but I think I saw capt Kirk do it once.
ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
You have to scare the hell out of the local police in a summer camp cabin.
illininutt
- Tinley Park
MSU got his older brother....don't think he gave Illinois the time of day! Hope we get a shot at the younger one!
I don’t like that.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
illini80
- Forgottonia
The portal doesn’t close. The date to declare for the draft closes the end of May.
texillwek
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There is no "scoop". Just *sigh* rumors, speculation based on an absence at the O&B game/Kentucky-based writers, tweeters.
No insider, but even assuming EJ was home, seems a little odd to drive 2 plus hours to watch your friend play in a practice game, particularly when the basketball team is being honored at half. If Ace not being there speaks volumes, EJ being there at least speaks a paragraph IMO.
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EJ and his family are smart. They know the optics of this. If I was Chris Holtmann I would not be happy
kcib8130
- Parts Unknown
How times have changed. Seems like a lifetime ago we were relying on hot dog vendors and the local barber to keep us up to speed on the latest recruiting buzz.
I don't know if you know this (I was shocked too), but I've heard that there are things in Champaign you can do after the game...
Don't like seeing him again in the BIG10.
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