Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Navy_illini
I have no problem with any player playing for us. However there are things I don’t like

Players forcing shots
Players thinking they are above the team
Players not having fun
Players not playing hard
Players playing with low basketball IQ

When the Illini struggled in years past there were several players I did not care for. This past years teams had a couple. So any transfer coming in satisfies that list I think most fans would be happy. Part of being a team player is not demanding the highest NIL dollar which hurts building the rest of the team
 
#154      
illini0440
Sedino said:
Nothing to let go. Just making an observation :)
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#155      
WeWillWhen
My guess is that HD will go to whatever school guarantees him the biggest NIL deal.

He *should* go to whatever school guarantees him the biggest NIL deal, because I don’t see him getting an NBA contract.

I don’t think we can give him the biggest NIL deal.
 
#157      
Combo
PizzaHutGM said:
Regardless if he is likable HD makes this team a favorite for Big Ten championship. He is by far the best center available. Dainja while I like him isn't At HD level. Grab him and a real pg will go along way in building for next year. Only have to stand HD for 1 season I can manage that if winning
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Not a chance unless we bring in a big-time talent at PG. Our backcourt next season looks really bad. And in college ball, guards are sort of important.
 
#159      
SCMART Illini
Second place is 1st loser said:
We're going down a path of nitpicking, but if we want to go down that road, if TSJ played like that for 30 games, we'd have been 30-0, he'd have been BTPOY, a First Team All American and a top 10 draft pick. TSJ is an exceptional player. That's not even in question(to be clear). He was flat out special for those two games, was really good is most others and he was non existent in a handful. He was a microcosm of our season.

On the whole, which I think was the point, he's a very high level player....just not as high as 35-40 others. Fair?
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That's absolutely fair. lol. My first comment on this was in response to some saying that:

No one on this past year's roster remotely comes close to "massively talented."

I was actually saying the same thing as you, "TSJ is an exceptional player."
 
#164      
BryceHopkins
People, please. HD is a very very talented basketball player. Obviously, Brad would be very interested if he wanted to come here. Which he most likely does not. Also, if you think 7ft Lieb (whose practiced against Kofi and Dain and played against Edey ) belongs in D3, then you don’t watch a lot of basketball.
 
#165      
BashCtIllini
BryceHopkins said:
People, please. HD is a very very talented basketball player. Obviously, Brad would be very interested if he wanted to come here. Which he most likely does not. Also, if you think 7ft Lieb (whose practiced against Kofi and Dain and played against Edey ) belongs in D3, then you don’t watch a lot of basketball.
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Lieb is not going to make money playing basketball. If I were him, I'd be preparing for my career. I'd be looking at Penn, Columbia, Harvard and the like. Let basketball open that door for you.
 
#166      
Bigtex
My dad said he read James to Penn st - told him it was likely an April fools joke.
 
#170      
jamarvelous31
sacraig said:
His job, more cynically, is to put butts in seats and sell merchandise. So at some point you have to consider whether a good player is too polarizing.
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95+% of fans wouldn't know Dickinson from a transfer from any other B10 school. Winning fills seats & sells merch.

...as part of the 5% I still wouldn't prefer him here though.
 
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Big Jack
BryceHopkins said:
Ivy leave does not allow grad transfers. We’ve been over this. He’s obviously not a pro, but he’s a solid mid/low DI post.
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Who said he is a grad transfer? Haven not seen that published anywhere. Technically he could play two more years by my recollection. He could use a covid year plus his one year of normal eligibility. Might still be able to apply for a redshift for his freshman year.
 
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GoodePodzMelendez
mysterio2525 said:
That's nice. See you in another 100
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The Cubs will win another WS before the Cards do. Now back on topic, the Illini, as everyone has said, needs a veteran PG who has proved to be able to run a offense, has dribble drive and mostly, be able to make his team mates better making sure our shooters cash get the ball in shooting position. A stretch 5 who can pass from post and can shoot from farther than 2 ft and one additional shooter. We get this, we will contend next year by playing 10 guys double digit minutes while no one gets over 30 a game.
 
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#173      
BryceHopkins
Big Jack said:
Who said he is a grad transfer? Haven not seen that published anywhere. Technically he could play two more years by my recollection. He could use a covid year plus his one year of normal eligibility. Might still be able to apply for a redshift for his freshman year.
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Are you serious? If you are paying attention, he’s graduating in May. If you’re not paying attention, Ivy League would NEVER accept an undergrad who had majority of his credits at another school but would get an Ivy degree. I know we all love Illini and don’t mean to be rude, but you need to know the score before you post.
 
#175      
logjam
Our players are going to the combine...they will see how they stack up....it's that easy...does anyone have a question about this...?
 
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