Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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The factor you aren’t taking into account is how the NBA has changed. In a lot of ways Draymond changed the league’s perception of players like him. Out of MSU he was viewed as a “tweener,” which was at the time a knock. Then he went on to a hall-of-game career. Coming out of college today he’d be viewed as a switchy, versatile player and a surefire lotto pick.
Or Yuri Collins or both
His recruitment from the Illini's perspective was a clown show from what some Loyalty insiders have said. I'd doubt Underwood would get involved in that recruitment again should he decide to transfer.
I'd get over it if he can help me win.
Yuri Collins, Jaden Schutt, and Tristan daSilva would be a pretty good set of transfers.
While it seems unlikely Schutt will be an Illini, I just don't see a lot of strong shooters on the transfer market. I believe Kerwin Walton might have been brought up as a possible transfer. That would work over Schutt, but I'd rather have a guy with more eligibility.
And btw I have no knowledge of any of these guys even being a possibility. Just going through teams stats and making a wishlist.
I have no idea how to measure "culture", but, that said, I would like players that are talented AND understand, and adapt to "culture", "buy in", etc by summer end.
Cannot go into the season trying to figure out the basics.
And, please no Monster drinkers or addicts. Avoid them as much as possible.
Cannot go into the season trying to figure out the basics.
And, please no Monster drinkers or addicts. Avoid them as much as possible.
With CoHawk another factor is the NBA toughness and rules. CoHawk has come a long way but feel his trajectory is close to Brian Cook. A fourth year to get his ppg above 16 pts and smooth out his game, get stronger.
Joel Goodson
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Other than very similar height, they're games are (were?) quite different.
Do NBA scouts hate him complaining after every foul call like it's the biggest miss in the history of basketball? I know I do.
On a serious note, I hope he comes back. Cook really took on the alpha role in his senior year! Get that 3pt % up, work on the mid range shot, and stop pump faking and he's first rounder for sure!
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
TJ is among the very top FTA in all of Power-5.
It’s a pretty unfair standard to hold Coleman to that stat, not to mention that it’s only one of many metrics of a player’s “aggressiveness.”
For example, Coleman has in the ballpark of double the offensive rebound than does TJ. That, to me, also denotes a certain level of aggressiveness…
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Saturday Sports Talk:
This past Saturday Steve and Loren talked with a well-seasoned beat writer from Lafayette, IN. They asked him what he thought of the 2022-23 Illini. He provided an interesting response (paraphrasing)...................I think Brad is having to spend way too much time coaching "culture & effort" this year. And that sometimes happens with too many transfers. In his opinion, he thinks it's much more important to recruit your own guys and teach them the program's culture, rather than trying to force-fit the puzzle pieces with juniors and seniors transferring from other programs.
Not sure where I land on the issue, but it was an interesting take.
He's 31st in college, but I'm not gonna argue the point since they're not even remotely close --he's over 4 times as many. I feel like that's intentional misrepresentation to say I'm holding him to that standard when I'm comparing him to one quarter of the 31st most. TSJ IMHO represents the attribute I'm talking about, and in no way would I hold anyone to that as a standard, even TSJ. Simply meant for illustration.
Anyway, we can agree to disagree as to whether it would benefit Hawkins to be more aggressive. I think it would, but I'm no scout.
I agree 100% with it. We were dealing with issues with players and the media, players not happy with the offense, a transfer situation, a guy going pro mid season......this was going on well into January. I still don't think that this team has meshed 100%, but it's obviously infinitely better than it was. I'm not sure that Mayer/Shannon have played overly well together. I'm not a fan of this his turn/my turn philosophy. I don't think that we've established a true "go to guy" because we have two guys who want to be it. It's had to be incredibly hard for BU to define roles on the fly. Those roles should be defined in September/October and not November thru March. That's the challenge put in front of these coaches.
Cook
- Richmond, VA
Morez?
Joel Goodson
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high school, believe it or not
He'll be here for 2024/2025, no?
Shannon could come back. It won’t happen though
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Covid year "available" for both......
Shannon has his covid year but doubt he sticks around.
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