Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[cfdog27]

I’m predicting this is our squad for next year:

PG- DGL
SG- Domask
SF- Goode
PF- Hawkins
C- Dainja

Bench- Rodgers, Hansberry, Harmon, Moretti, Harris

A lot depends on DGL being able to play a minutes right away. Even if you get a low to mid major PG or JUCO to come in I don’t see the ceiling being raised much. Gonna need Goode/Domask to each shoot 37+% from 3, Dainja to be a consistent low post scorer, Hawkins to be a rim protector. Harris to be a lock down defender. Rodgers to improve all facets. A collection of role players coming together to be greater than the sum of their parts which was the opposite of this past year.

I think we will struggle athletically playing Goode/Dainja/Domask together. Hawkins will need to cover up ALOT which he’s capable of if his mind is to it.

yes, we need all respect on dgl

 

[Joel Goodson]

If what is being talked about among a select few of us actually comes to fruition and from what we hear it may …

Oh my …

More to come …

Bona-rific?

my apologies

 

[Battle89]

I do the exact opposite so I can get excited about a secret I don't know.

Clearly many follow Dee's lead given how often questions get repeated on here

Now someone tell me what the hell bread eyes means in those gifs above, thanks.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

Ah the internet, whose binary nature seems to prevent users ability to accept that 2 facts can be true at the same time. Recent examples:
Epps had decent success, has even more potential, and will likely develop into a very nice player (Why we're pissed he didn't work out here)
and
Epps was put in a bad position as a Fr, wasn't up to the task defensively (which is why he got schooled a lot at that end), and turned out to not be as coachable as needed (Why coach didn't see his $ demands lining up with his value)

or
DGL is an exciting player who is motivated to prove the doubters wrong by earning court time (Why we recruited him)
and
DGL is undersized (bulk) to play D in this league and hasn't had to play much D (did his league this year even play D?) who will be playing for a coach who has just watched 2 Fr PGs flame out by being pushed into the fire before they were ready (He's not going to watch that movie a 3rd time)

True this.

I just can't fathom the DGL redshirt talk.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Paxton Warden is coming back?

 

[ChiefGritty]

And I still find that absurd. Risking losing your best player to pay another player who underperformed in 80% of his position’s jobs, just to MAYBE keep him all 4 years where he MAYBE becomes a better all around player is crazy. And nothing is stopping him from transferring the next year, or are you gonna offer him even MORE money after that?

Well there are two pieces to it.

1. I don't think there's a night-and-day gulf between 2024 Epps and 2024 Shannon. I may be wrong. But I just thought Epps was hugely promising this year warts and all.

2. I guess even in this moment I'd look at retaining a player as something like restricted free agency in the pros? Where by keeping him you at least get the right to match other offers for the next season.

At the end of the day I think Epps and his camp and BU and his staff just didn't feel like they could work productively together anymore. I respect that. I think both parties will have success in the future, and I would be very excited by getting Shannon back to be clear.

 

[WyattEarp]

How imminent is the violent erupt/ boom likely to be?

I’ve got yard to mow and peach trees to prune unfortunately.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Mike Tyson traded in his tiger for a lion?

 

[Rad]

The team will look really good when we are done with the roster construction. I promise y'all that

I like the sound of this.......but seems like de ja vu all over again.

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

Ah the internet, whose binary nature seems to prevent users ability to accept that 2 facts can be true at the same time. Recent examples:
Epps had decent success, has even more potential, and will likely develop into a very nice player (Why we're pissed he didn't work out here)
and
Epps was put in a bad position as a Fr, wasn't up to the task defensively (which is why he got schooled a lot at that end), and turned out to not be as coachable as needed (Why coach didn't see his $ demands lining up with his value)

or
DGL is an exciting player who is motivated to prove the doubters wrong by earning court time (Why we recruited him)
and
DGL is undersized (bulk) to play D in this league and hasn't had to play much D (did his league this year even play D?) who will be playing for a coach who has just watched 2 Fr PGs flame out by being pushed into the fire before they were ready (He's not going to watch that movie a 3rd time)

This is no place for well-balanced rational thought. THIS IS LOYALTY RECRUITING!

 

[Chuck Nuggets]

I'd pay Epps more than Shannon to play for us next year.

That's not what the marketplace currently says, I know. The marketplace also once said you should be paying tens of thousands of dollars for pictures of cartoon apes.

I might pay Epps the player with his eligibility, but never Epps the guy who obviously checked out in the middle of the season and pouted on the bench during the middle of a great comeback win.

 

[JBfor3]

Yes but WHEN will this MAYBE happen is the real question!

 

[OrangeKrushRush]

If what is being talked about among a select few of us actually comes to fruition and from what we hear it may …

Oh my …

More to come …

 

[Sedino]

Well there are two pieces to it.

1. I don't think there's a night-and-day gulf between 2024 Epps and 2024 Shannon. I may be wrong. But I just thought Epps was hugely promising this year warts and all.

2. I guess even in this moment I'd look at retaining a player as something like restricted free agency in the pros? Where by keeping him you at least get the right to match other offers for the next season.

At the end of the day I think Epps and his camp and BU and his staff just didn't feel like they could work productively together anymore. I respect that. I think both parties will have success in the future, and I would be very excited by getting Shannon back to be clear.

1. That’s just a wait and see, obviously no one knows and I can respect that take as I do think Epps has potential, just not nearly as much as you believe. I personally thing TSJ has better odds of being NPOY with a vet PG in 24 than Epps has of even matching 23 TSJ.

2. You’re not wrong, I’d just much rather have players that want to play for our school and the money, and not just for the money. Completely different mindsets and the second mindset isn’t winning any championships.

Last point I completely agree and think there’s a likely scenario where both parties are totally better off without each other.

 

[Dee_4_Three_83]

(DMs are open )

That gif gives new meaning to spoiler. Bona-fide brat.

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah Dee ( )
If you are wise you will listen to me

Who do you blame when you have to wait
more than an hour for the insider bait?
Blame the insiders for this news lull?
Know that's complete and utter bull:
Blame NIL for this cruel fate!

Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you have patience you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do

 

[Ill in Cols]

If what is being talked about among a select few of us actually comes to fruition and from what we hear it may …

Brings up a question I've wanted to ask for a while. Feel free, of course, to ignore, lie, deflect or whatever. Do you, Lville, 0440, and DB11 know one another or, at least, who each other is? Just curious.

 

[IllinifaninIL]

Does it have to do with a coach or a player...

I thought GA was pushing with the WIU, but since that's been filled...expecting him to stay put?

 

[ChiefGritty]

If what is being talked about among a select few of us actually comes to fruition and from what we hear it may …

Oh my …

More to come …

To show I'm not above a bit of insider tarot card reading, I recall an offhand remark about the recent Coaches v. Cancer get together starting some NIL conversations?

Perhaps the Illini Money Cannon is about to be upgraded to a bigger and more powerful model?

 

[AyoDos11]

Brings up a question I've wanted to ask for a while. Feel free, of course, to ignore, lie, deflect or whatever. Do you, Lville, 0440, and DB11 know one another or, at least, who each other is? Just curious.

They are all just 4 different personalities of Tyler Underwood.

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

every morning there is a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's 4 post bed. I know its not mine but I'll see if I can use it for the weekend or a one night stand.

 

[cfdog27]

I do agree with this on defense. However Harris was only 160lbs. Walker from MSU is only 180. Offensively speed and quickness seems to matter more and more when offense from the PG position. So many very good offensively gifted college guards are small or skinny in stature. Id love the transfer from North Texas that was player of the year in conference USA.

Tylor Perry, his final 12 is Baylor, Florida, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Louisville, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Oklahoma, Creighton, Minnesota, Stanford, and Oklahoma State.

 

[sacraig]

That gif gives new meaning to spoiler. Bona-fide brat.

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah Dee ( )
If you are wise you will listen to me

Who do you blame when you have to wait
more than an hour for the insider bait?
Blame the insiders for this news lull?
Know that's complete and utter bull:
Blame NIL for this cruel fate!

Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you have patience you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do

 

[Qdog59]

Any chance DGL redshirts? I don't see a path to mins for him if you bring back TSJ and get a vet PG, as well as Harmon/Harris.

If you show me someone on this team who has his talent and aggressiveness I will listen to you, if not you're just talking to yourself

 

[sacraig]

Bona-rific?

my apologies

Bona James '03?

 

[Shane Walsh]