Definitely more athletic but Boswell can shoot lights out and handle with the best.First time poster long time lurker I have a bold take. Towards the end of the season we'll realize dlg is better than Boswell. Just need that on record.
They have Jacucionis at #11 in 1st round
Not sure if this has been posted, but 2 projected top 20 picks. We have came a long way.
The scouts will be in attendance in troves for that oneThey have Jacucionis at #11 in 1st roundand Demin at #16 with Riley at #19. Rutgers has two players in top 4 draft. Rutgers-Illinois game will be fun to watch.
Squad is all here. It's go time.Adam Fletcher (strength & conditioning coach) interview from this morning on WDWS.
Confirms Tomislav Ivisic (Croatian center) is on campus, will start workouts early next week.
Starts -1:16:10
Almost. Gotta get Kasparas back and then they are all finally together. Let’s go to WORK!!!Squad is all here. It's go time.
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For us - yesThey have Jacucionis at #11 in 1st roundand Demin at #16 with Riley at #19. Rutgers has two players in top 4 draft. Rutgers-Illinois game will be fun to watch.
Rutgers is very interesting this year. I think people are overestimating them because I don't think two stars make up for how bad the rest of the team is. Basketball being five players on the floor means two stars can cover up a lot of issues, so it's really a question of how much can they cover up?They have Jacucionis at #11 in 1st roundand Demin at #16 with Riley at #19. Rutgers has two players in top 4 draft. Rutgers-Illinois game will be fun to watch.
For us - yes
For them - no
For the casual fan watching - no as well.
Gonna be somewhat like...
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I'm not sure if you're joking, that's Nojus.#4 looks a lot like Nojus' doppelganger
also, never mind the bogus Helsinki FIBA U18 info I dropped earlier today
Here’s Lithuania’s second game (vs Italy), but KJ didn’t play. Anyone know why? I didn’t even see him on the sideline.
No need to watch it unless you just need a July basketball fix.
It looked like he had a pretty hard fall in game 1, so not surprisingHe was there, had a minor injury so they held him out until the tournament
I saw that fall and was like “oh no! Get up! Get up!!!”It looked like he had a pretty hard fall in game 1, so not surprising
The fact that none of us have seen him play and this is the first real exposure that he's getting within the States....what would you expect? If he puts in 20 PPG, shows NBA athleticism, that will rise. Keep in mind, troubles aside, TJ only snuck into the first round and we saw 100 times more of TJ than KJ. Honestly, that goes for any of the European players.![]()
Kasparas Jakucionis - Illinois Fighting Illini - Shooting Guard
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Just stumbled onto this...KJ ranked #61 on On3.
Ummm...
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Seem like the sort of thing that lingers or just precautionary? I'd hate to find out at the end of the season he's been nursing something the whole time.It looked like he had a pretty hard fall in game 1, so not surprising
Happened in the 2nd half and he kept playing, seems precautionary.Seem like the sort of thing that lingers or just precautionary? I'd hate to find out at the end of the season he's been nursing something the whole time.