I like Tyger's hair. Prefer either one of them that want to commit 1st.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Well technically the school doesn't give any athletes NIL soooo
Kids should never be treated like pieces of meat for any reason. But to be fair... some of ‘the kids’ aren’t so unblemished either. We who have play this sport start as kids with the love of game as the sole driver. But the better ones among us realize that we could try to make a name for ourselves and make some good cash along the way. So for those kids... money becomes a major motivator if not the major one. And once you get to the pros... sometimes there’s a better game going on in between Player Agent and GM than what you see on the court.
We know the old system was with riddled with financial dirty tricks and has been so for many years. At least some of that has been replaced with a system that is at least a bit more open and transparent.
We aren’t going to get perfection. Whatever kind of system evolves in the future we’ll still get entertaining roundball played by the best ball talent on the Planet and we’ll still have love and devotion to our chosen Beloveds. And none of that will ever change.
I think this new obsession with height is an overreaction to our '22 team's uhh...shortcomings.
Sure, you don't want to be undersized as a team. But if you have the opportunity to get a good, skilled individual player, you take him regardless of how vertically challenged he is. I would even argue that our most recent case study, Jayden Epps, didn't struggle on D because of his height. His errors were more technical and mental in nature.
Give me Tyger and let's run this thing back with a legit PG.
Sure, you don't want to be undersized as a team. But if you have the opportunity to get a good, skilled individual player, you take him regardless of how vertically challenged he is. I would even argue that our most recent case study, Jayden Epps, didn't struggle on D because of his height. His errors were more technical and mental in nature.
Give me Tyger and let's run this thing back with a legit PG.
If we're looking for a senior guard that we'll only have for a year, mark me down for the guy who's tournament savvy, has been in high pressure situations under the bright lights and has succeeded. We've been missing that for a looooong time. Put me in the Tyger column.
“Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose...”
Can the Illini ‘borrow’ this for a while?
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
Yes. Give me whichever one wants to come.
Indy is eastern time. You must be in central.
I am really hoping the Illini get a point guard that will be a facilitator. Seems to me the lack of that type of player led to many of the problems on offense, including the poor 3-point shooting, causing the ball to stick too long in one spot and often being seconds late in getting the ball into the post or into an open shooter's hands. Sounds like Tyger might be just the person.
Indy is eastern time. You must be in central.
What if I’m in the central time zone today …
Joel Goodson
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are you a parrot?
out of curiosity, do you two know each other's identity?
I can't believe that anyone is still hung up on hair. What century are you living in? I can see it now, Illinois wins the National Championship. They hand Tyger the trophy. Someone from Loyalty posts : Tyger's hair looked awful in that trophy presentation! Couldn't watch, turned the channel. Watched Andy Griffith. Everyone on that show had great hair.
This is what I don't get with this board. Am I just an old now?
The rumors tied to Reggie Rose and almost every Chicago player Illinois lost to Kansas all revolved around bag men and IL playing it straight. My assumption with NIL has been payment being above board helps IL overall since we're not as caught up by internal compliance & being an easy legacy target for NCAA sanctions.
We're never going to get every recruit, but having a big boy coach willing to fight for big boy prospects gives us a real shot at putting up more banners. Hopefully the lessons learned from last year get us a roster that's built for the 2nd weekend.
For me it’s Tyger all day long. RayJ would be a very nice consolation prize, but Tyger has done it on the big stage. I watch a fair amount of Pac 12 basketball and I’ve always liked his game. And the kid has been starting PG in a Final Four team and 2 S16. I’ll take that over starting PG on 2 NIT first round losses any time.
Mick probably knows he’s thinking about leaving right? Would they have that convo with him? Or was a previous poster correct that he has is potentially being somewhat Creaned?
I'll bet my beach house they do.
In my opinion the best thing Tyger would bring is leadership and the ability to help grow an in house gaurd for the following season.
Weber didn't have a bag man, all of our other coaches did.
I knew a top 100 recruits dad from the same class as Shaun Livingston, same area. I asked him about Illinois's chances, he said not good. When Self left, the checks stopped coming. I believe people fairly openly said Groce offered Cliff Alexander $75k, but Kansas outbid us.
The only thing dirtier than college recruiting is politics.
Honestly I'd trust your judgment with Tyger raising
I do know how to handle the business that needs handling.
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