Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Oldskoolkoach]

Gotta say I'm sad about BBV leaving. After the way he played in the Purdue game I was hoping we'd get a chance to see more of him in the future. Hope he does well wherever he goes.

I loved his rawness when he came in. Seemed like he was on the fringe at times, but timid. Put up big numbers for his national team

 

[FinallyMadeAnAccount]

see y'all soon

I think I know what this is referring to - tomorrow could be a very nice day

 

[BuckDitkis]

see y'all soon

Like, 30 minutes soon? Sunday? November???

 

[Calvin]

Sounds terrible, Coleman hasn’t proved anything to be talking like that.

Meh, he sounds like he felt his role was limited due to Kofi, and he's undeniably correct. Staff needs to sell him on his role for next season, which they should be able to do now that Kofi's going pro and we're looking to have more spacing and bouncy guards/wings.

 

[sacraig]

I think I know what this is referring to - tomorrow could be a very nice day

Care to share?

 

[the national]

I think I know what this means and I really hope it's true

 

[illiniballknower]

The redemption arc would be crazy

 

[FinallyMadeAnAccount]

Care to share?

Not an insider whatsoever and this is like fourth hand info at best so it's not worth getting peoples' hopes up.

 

[AnnaMay]

I think I know what this is referring to - tomorrow could be a very nice day

I think I know what it's referring to as well and I'm not buying it lol.

 

[the national]

Not an insider whatsoever and this is like fourth hand info at best so it's not worth getting peoples' hopes up.

Did you get the info from your barber who happens to go by the name Gio?

 

[BuckDitkis]

T.Jannon Sr. seems to be the chatter. I’m not buying it.

 

[illiniballknower]

I think I know what it's referring to as well and I'm not buying it lol.

I'm not sure if I'm buying it but this will be @LvilleILL if it comes true

 

[derrick6]

Shannon…lol

 

[21ChampaignSt]

I guess for me, a rebuild implies that whatever was built before wasn't good enough to last.

We have something solid that's already built. At this point, we're just sustaining it. Improving it. I can't call it a rebuild anymore than I would call Kentucky or Duke a rebuild in a given year. And it's not like we're LSU. This transition year was always part of the plan (part of the orange and blueprint if you will). We're prepared for it. A changing of the guard? Sure. But not a rebuild.

Edit: we just got a Rock gif so this post is now irrelevant.

 

[FinallyMadeAnAccount]

Yeah, it's apparently TSJ coming around but I really wouldn't get your hopes up, I doubt it's true

 

[AnnaMay]

I'm not sure if I'm buying it but this will be @LvilleILL if it comes true

I guess so, but it's on the usual premium boards. Not hard info to acquire lol.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

I guess for me, a rebuild implies that whatever was built before wasn't good enough to last.

We have something solid that's already built. At this point, we're just sustaining it. Improving it. I can't call it a rebuild anymore than I would call Kentucky or Duke a rebuild in a given year. And it's not like we're LSU. This transition year was always part of the plan (part of the orange and blueprint if you will). We're prepared for it. A changing of the guard? Sure. But not a rebuild.

That’s fair if you’re using that definition. I tend to think of it in the way that EVERY program has a “rebuilding year,” and they’re inevitable. In other words, it just means you graduated some studs, and the new generation is still young!

I’ll compromise on calling it a reloading year, though, because you’re correct - we are continuing to build upon a new excellent era of Illini Basketball.

 

[LvilleILL]

My post was not TSJ related but there has been some chatter recently

 

[IlliniwekKDR]

My post was not TSJ related but there has been some chatter recently

Hunter Dickinson is coming to walk in his father's footsteps

 

[illiniballknower]

My post was not TSJ related but there has been some chatter recently

Me rn

 

[IMPE ALL STAR]

I think I know what it's referring to as well and I'm not buying it lol.

This.

 

[BuckDitkis]

My post was not TSJ related but there has been some chatter recently

 

[JJE]

My post was not TSJ related but there has been some chatter recently

 

[the juiceman cometh]

I guess for me, a rebuild implies that whatever was built before wasn't good enough to last.

We have something solid that's already built. At this point, we're just sustaining it. Improving it. I can't call it a rebuild anymore than I would call Kentucky or Duke a rebuild in a/F given year. And it's not like we're LSU. This transition year was always part of the plan (part of the orange and blueprint if you will). We're prepared for it. A changing of the guard? Sure. But not a rebuild.

Edit: we just got a Rock gif so this post is now irrelevant.

For some reason I doubt the people referring to this as a rebuild were implying that a team that has won a Big Ten Tournament and a Big Ten Championship the last two seasons wasn't "good enough" and are instead referring to the complete overhaul of the roster from one season to the next, but maybe I'm giving them too much credit.

 

[Ramrod2010]

Gif game strength through the roof.