Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Downey said:
Did you see him take a single jump shot all year? I didn't. And at the FT line, he's a true brick mason. Do Illini fans ever pay attention?
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No, we typically just look at Illinois Loyalty during the game and picture it in our heads of what is happening. Same thing with post game thread. It keeps the brain strong with mental computation and imagination. I also do stats in my head during the game thread...that gets tough at times.
 
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IllinistuckinGopherland

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I’m not hating on DGL. As of today, I think he would be competing with Harmon for the starting point guard spot. Hopefully by tomorrow, he’s competing for the backup PG spot… and my guess is his defense won’t be ready to win that competition- but could certainly get there during the season.

Yes, there have been freshmen over-achievers at PG in our history. But I don’t think any of them had to beat out two fifth-year transfers with known and established skills at the position.
 
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Krombopulos_Michael

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Oldskoolkoach said:
No, we typically just look at Illinois Loyalty during the game and picture it in our heads of what is happening. Same thing with post game thread. It keeps the brain strong with mental computation and imagination. I also do stats in my head during the game thread...that gets tough at times.
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Downey said:
Did you see him take a single jump shot all year? I didn't. And at the FT line, he's a true brick mason. Do Illini fans ever pay attention?
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Do you realize Shooting and Scoring are not the same thing? Yes, Rodgers is not a good shooter, but to make the statement that he isn’t a threat to score when he clearly demonstrated in games last year that he can score, is absolutely absurd.
 
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logjam said:
Why can't he be a Jalen Pickett type player...
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Because he will be better than that. Ty is going to the next level. He will improve. If we think we know how he to improve his game, I bet something, something that Ty knows what needs to happen with his game to get to the next level. He is a worker and will make it happen.
 
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artist3 said:
Do you realize Shooting and Scoring are not the same thing? Yes, Rodgers is not a good shooter, but to make the statement that he isn’t a threat to score when he clearly demonstrated in games last year that he can score, is absolutely absurd.
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This! You know what who wasn’t a threat to score - lookup da’monte his junior season when he had something like 8 big ten games in a row not scoring while playing 10-20 minutes a night. That’s a 4 v 5 situation. Ty isn’t draining 3s but you still have to constantly account for him. I’d argue the way he does score is more demoralizing at times to the opposition.
 
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Illini in OC

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Illinicpa14 said:
This! You know what who wasn’t a threat to score - lookup da’monte his junior season when he had something like 8 big ten games in a row not scoring while playing 10-20 minutes a night. That’s a 4 v 5 situation. Ty isn’t draining 3s but you still have to constantly account for him. I’d argue the way he does score is more demoralizing at times to the opposition.
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I like this take.
 
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is DGL fully aware that he probably won’t be playing tons of meaningful minutes this year short of major injury problems?
 
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John Scheyer said a long time ago. Why go to Illinois to compete for BIG championships if I can go somewhere to compete for national championships. Well he was right apparently. When is our fanbase going hold our program to higher standards? We act like we are a blue blood, but defend our program that can't get to a sweet 16. Programs across the country have turned nothing into something. We have turned something into average. If we can't be thick skinned enough to hold our leaders to higher standards, then we need to root for Northwestern.
 
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STATS GUY said:
Because he will be better than that. Ty is going to the next level. He will improve. If we think we know how he to improve his game, I bet something, something that Ty knows what needs to happen with his game to get to the next level. He is a worker and will make it happen.
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Ty will be better than the most productive guard to play college basketball in the past 2-3 years? Bold prediction there guy.
 
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Chickenmane said:
is DGL fully aware that he probably won’t be playing tons of meaningful minutes this year short of major injury problems?
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He signed with us thinking Skyy Clark and Epps were going to be here. So I'm sure he's fully aware of playing time challenges.

I'd actually argue the path to minutes is harder for Hansberry than DGL.

Excited to see how it all shakes out.
 
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DGL Committment thread.

If you're curious what the mood of the board was when DGL announced he was coming, here's a link. Insiders down to lurkers were pretty excited. Remarkable how now we've got some almost trying to push him out the door. I'm not sure I've ever seen a commitment go so sour. Usually we just get wildly over optimistic prognostication. With this one we have a bunch of people throwing shade and already insinuating that he made a bad decision coming here.
 
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