Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Relating to this, I went to see Kansas play at the Rosemont horizon, second round NCAA game.
They had their five guards all at the three-point Arc, just shooting threes during warm-ups. I was watching, and noticed they were ALL going in. I started counting, and between the five of them 15 straight went in, and time ran out. I don't think I saw a miss. That was a shorter arc, as it was a while back, but just a reminder - these guys are REALLY good.
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Mayer is like bizarro Luke Goode. 6'9" that can actually play the 2 and even solidly handle the ball.Which would clearly push Luke Goode to the 2.
I don't disagree on preferring Nance, but I think the performance gap is smaller than last year's stats might suggest. Even over a full season there's still quite a bit of sample size noise in individual stats, and especially when you're talking about 3FG% (see also: Williams, Da'monte). My guess is that both will show some reversion to the mean and that their true shooting ability is actually pretty close together, though Mayer's higher volume this year gives me a bit of pause. They're roughly ten makes apart in each direction, if that puts it in context.
I like what Nance brings in the post a bit more and he's clearly one of the best players in the portal, but I'd be over the moon with either of these guys. If it's truly a choice we have to make, I'd consider it an envious position.
Does the NBA have anything like the NFL scramble to sign guys post draft?
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Yeesh, that is one cute little pup.
Don't think it's quite the same, just because rosters are so much smaller. Certainly not as much opportunity to actually make the team. Pretty much all undrafted guys (and a good chunk of the 2nd round guys) end up in the G-League rather then on the NBA roster.
The team is going to end up pretty deep off the bench.
I would think someone would bring him in for camp at least. Knowing how hard he is to evaluate given his questionable fit in today's game, it would be worth checking out how it actually plays out in the preseason. Just my two cents.
Kofi made the decision that he felt was best for him. He’s ready to start his professional career, so he’s taking the step to do that. We understand you don’t think it was the right decision and he should have taken the NIL money. No reason to bring that up every time the conversation turns to Kofi and the draft.
sacraig
- The desert
It will forever be too soon for this.
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We're used to that. I believe the 28th straight season where "we're going to be deep"
Early '90s. It was quite a saturday. Kansas beat BYU. Duke was upset by Cal, starring Jason Kidd, Tony Gonzalez, and Lamond Murray.No kidding it was a while back. Rosemont horizon....
In the Mayer v. Nance talk, I presume we would take the first that jumps? This can't possibly involve a slow play for either, correct?
WingedWarriors
- Leesburg, FL
That Daily Digest article referenced today stated ... "Though both Mayer and Hawkins can get a bit wild at times with their decision-making" ... so I immediately looked for his TO's and was pleasantly surprised to see his TO margin per 40 min's playing time to be less than 2.0. Ofc, poor decision making doesn't always translate to an actual counted TO in the strictest definition, but can be like one. Nevertheless, it sounds like he has so many positives to his game.
I can’t imagine a scenario where CH doesn’t start. Unless it’s Nance at 4 and Dain at the 5?
If we get both Mayer and Nance, Hawkins is gone. That’s the other scenario but it’s unlikely.
I get that he'd be upset about playing time, but would he really do that, considering he'd have to sit out anyway? I mean, over the course of the season, opportunities can arise, and the transfer is always there after the season.
That’s one way to develop bad locker room and team chemistry. Let’s hope we just wouldn’t do that to a guy spoken so highly of by staff.
Literal LOL. Ha ha. This staff has found multiple players that play above their ranking.
Maybe he was thinking of Groce?
We have been spoiled by Kofi for past 3 years. Having Kofi dominate the boards meant we could play small ball with rest of lineup.
In 2021 DaMonte at 6'3" routinely guarded 6'9" PF like Lidell etc. We also had Ayo' 6'4" 6 rbg and Adam 6'4" 3 rbg to help with rebounding.
In 2022 Coleman played 20 mpg at PF so we added some size but our guards Trent 6'1" and Alphonso 6'1" were small. When Coleman went out we were back to DaMonte at 6'3"
With Kofi gone we are left with 3 post players
Coleman 6'10"
Dain 6'9"
Rogers 6'6"
we badly need another body to throw into the lane. Dain and Rogers are unproven HS players. Coleman was only part-time starter last year.
In 2021 DaMonte at 6'3" routinely guarded 6'9" PF like Lidell etc. We also had Ayo' 6'4" 6 rbg and Adam 6'4" 3 rbg to help with rebounding.
In 2022 Coleman played 20 mpg at PF so we added some size but our guards Trent 6'1" and Alphonso 6'1" were small. When Coleman went out we were back to DaMonte at 6'3"
With Kofi gone we are left with 3 post players
Coleman 6'10"
Dain 6'9"
Rogers 6'6"
we badly need another body to throw into the lane. Dain and Rogers are unproven HS players. Coleman was only part-time starter last year.
Nappy I_L_L
- Northern Indiana
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