Illini in the NBA

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Pikeillinifan

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Seeing how Ayo has grown and continued to get better and better every year is absolutely crazy. I watch Bulls games again and check the box score only to see how he did.

I remember watching him as a freshman and thinking he was pretty good, but I didn't get all the hype. I was so wrong, just an incredible kid, a true pro and a great, great representative for Illini basketball, and now the Bulls.
 
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pruman91

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phats22 said:
i have to credit Stacey King's return and Ayo's continued great play for my wife's own personal watch streak of the past 5 games. she's loving it; the banter is priceless.
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Stacey King is my kind of guy......having fun doing something , you can tell , he loves..............the "" Ayo , dos , tres "" along with the "" Ayooooooooooo silverrr awayyyyyyyyyyyyy "" is so cool and having Ayo progressing like we all knew he would makes for an entertaining night's viewing pleasure......and 420 mixed in.
 
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phats22 said:
I, too, haven't watched NBA ball for years but have watched every out of market game so far; they are a really fun team to watch. Great comraderie , you can tell they really enjoy playing together.
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Ditto for me because of the Ayo effect I paid the 139.00 for the rest of the season of NBA League Pass to watch all of the remaining Bulls games
 
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IlliniRunIn07

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Even without Ayo's performance, this Bulls team is must-watch-tv. You sprinkle in Ayo, and I cancel just about any other plans when this team is playing.
 
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Ga65 said:
Still surprised at Jaden Ivy being called a lottery pick. Like him very much and thought he was Ayo jr last year but don’t see his superiority to Ayo. Guess I’ll give up my NBA scouting ambitions. I couldn’t see the high ranking of Wagner either and he has been great in the NBA.
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The only person who can hold Franz Wagner under 20 points is Juwan Howard.
 
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Bulls got their butts kicked tonight end of the 9 game win streak Doncic was good he had a triple double and Dallas was up for playing the Bulls the defensive lapses that Donovan lamented about rang true to tonight when their shots did not fall
 
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illiniguy24

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illiniguy24 said:
Draymond subtweeting about Ayo’s outfit for his jersey retirement night.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480112288426180608
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Illiniguy13

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3 point girl said:
Held him to 14-14-24 his 39th triple double
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If you watched any of the game you would have seen a combo of Ayo and Ball guarding Luka in the first half, which he started the game 1-9 shooting with a couple turnovers forced by full court defense applied by those two. The broadcasters were raving over it giving him a ton of praise. Luka was getting visibly frustrated at the refs allowing Ayo to get up in his business. It was defense by committee and it’s all you can do. His stat line doesn’t tell the whole story.
 
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Illiniguy13 said:
If you watched any of the game you would have seen a combo of Ayo and Ball guarding Luka in the first half, which he started the game 1-9 shooting with a couple turnovers forced by full court defense applied by those two. The broadcasters were raving over it giving him a ton of praise. Luka was getting visibly frustrated at the refs allowing Ayo to get up in his business. It was defense by committee and it’s all you can do. His stat line doesn’t tell the whole story.
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I watched the whole game. In fact I was there.
 
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skyIdub

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Exactly! Luka is arguably more like 6'7-8" and 250-60#! A 260lb guard!! He's a bit out of shape but still is going to be a nightmare for most smaller NBA guards. Ayo has the physicality to really bother him (as he did) and Ball is quick enough to frustrate him. There aren't many that are going to stop him when he gets going.

Bulls have a tough decision to make. They are too small. Coby is awesome, but they have to get bigger and more physical to make a playoff run.
 
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Joel Goodson

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the juiceman cometh said:
This. Doncic is going to get his. He's an MVP caliber talent, and is leading the league in usage again this year after leading the league last year. He's going to get enough touches and shots to put up gaudy counting stats even when he's inefficient, as he was last night.
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This.

Bulls D, beyond a select few, has been pretty poor lately. Last night was the exclamation point. DeRozan's heroics have masked this somewhat.
 
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skyIdub

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Joel Goodson said:
This.

Bulls D, beyond a select few, has been pretty poor lately. Last night was the exclamation point. DeRozan's heroics have masked this somewhat.
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KG had a great breakdown in the post game. You can't let a guard like Luka get to the FT line and below. He called it the "drop defense" or something like that.
 
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