Huh. Kid looks…pretty good. If this has legs, Woodbury would be a heckuva consolation prize.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Quite frankly losing top 35 Skyy Clark, then top 50 Jayden Epps and replacing him with Trey Woodbury? No that would not have satiated the fanbase, then bringing in a guy with less than stellar stats coming off a torn achilles, no. That would not have been much better. True we wouldn't feel the loss of this prolonged recruitment, but we would have said we're bringing in a bunch of mid-majors to replace our highly rated players.
Which is still true and why this thread exploded with frustration today. I mean for pete's sakes, Aziz Bandaogo was talked about a lot on here. Could you imagine brining in three players from Utah Valley and telling that to your friends from other Big Ten schools? I'd avoid those guys so I wouldn't have to resort to saying, hey Utah Valley won the WAC, AND they made the NIT semifinal.
20/20 hindsight is easy. Keep in mind that Fears was not even primary ball handler at La Lumiere. If we had him coming in people would be complaining about his size and lack of outside shot.
You should have been around when Isiah Thomas (the good one) went to Indiana and led them to NCAA champiionship. He did not even visit Illinois.
The world does not end everytime we lose a recruit. For every Cam Whitmore (turned into star) there is a Mac Etienne (did nothing). Targeting and signing the right players is a crap shoot. Adam transferring looked awful but first he blew out his knee and then had a mediocre following season.
I hope we leverage the talent we have. Have Coleman use his height to feed Dain in the low post. Can you imagine Coleman in the pick and roll at 6'10
Plus blond hair, can't remember another blond haired Illini MBB player since, heck didn't Groce have one with a blown out knee?
Like that guy Marcus Domask from way back when
I think I can field this one. You both make VERY good points…and both are essentially correct at the same time.
Thank you. I’ll be here all weekend.
So wait, aside from the injury, why are we upset about a 6’4 guard who seems to produce and looks athletic? Comes from a productive high school program and Temple isn’t a terrible program for producing solid guard play.
Homecoming 2019
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I'm ready to absolutely clean up the glass with a Williams, Rodgers, Guerrier, Coleman, Dainja lineup or the same replacing Dainja for Shannon.
Haven't seen a pic of him yet
Connor Serven?
Don’t Forget Connor Serven.
Joel Goodson
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maybe so, but it's about an order of magnitude more likely from Jeremiah than Jeremy. telling Fears we wanted to see more was the right call, IMO. happy to revisit this in a year or two.
socalini
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I was speaking more of using what was the currently available scholarship for a guy who would definitely play next year, then waiting for an something to open up for Jeremiah Williams.
Big Jack
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Then I don't get the offer? Did we miss something while recruiting him? Seems no one thinks he is good enough to play B1G bb. If this is the case we should cut ties now.
Because he probably won't get a waiver and last time I checked we still need an actual PG and now all the scholarships are full.
Never has my reluctance to use the ignore button been more tested than by reading this thread.
(What can I say? Sometimes the idiotic takes are good entertainment)
(What can I say? Sometimes the idiotic takes are good entertainment
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Bullish on getting a waiver fwiw
Exactly, when Fears was about to commit he was stinking it up on La Lumiere. Didn't even play that great last summer during EYBL. His rise to a "five star" was suspicious. Could he be a great college player? Sure, but until he actually produces in college I'm not losing sleep on passing on him.
This is post of the day in my opinion! Sneaky good!
OK, should have said rotational players, I turn off the game when the scrubs come in
You forgot Bruce Douglas.
We lost a possible transfer from frigging University
Think of all the future NBA players we lost - Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon, Cory Maggette, Jalen Brunson, more recently Talen Horton Tucker. No comparison.
I am intrigued by idea of using Coleman or Ty at PG. We did not have problem with press.
Nothing wrong with freshman PGs. Kiwane Garris, Derek Harper, Deron Williams, Frank Williams all did fine as freshman. Skyy and Jayden would have been much better as sophomores. Welcome to the new Portal world.
Mr. Tibbs
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hmm and a football team with two qb's , has no qb
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