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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Doesn't want to play with Freeman.
Interesting. He showed some range in HS (admittedly highlights, so we/I didn't see all the misses or his %). I don't think his shot is broken like many other bigs, but I'm also not sure there's much schematic value to him trying to stretch the floor given there will be plenty of downs. Reminds me of the Kofi dialogue where people, myself included, said he needed to be able to shoot (which was true), but also...why would you move him further away from his most effective spot on the floor (the basket)?
Is he eligible for the NBA draft? That might be on the table if he is starting in the Euro league.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Illinois has made more recent success than Kansas. Question is will Kansas be better next year.
2024 Illini # 3 Elite 8 vs KS #4 lost first weekend
2205 Illini #6 lost 2nd round, KS #7 lost first round
Kansas also has 5 star 2 guard and 4 star SF coming in next year. Does Josh Dix want to split time with them.
Our 2G and SF positions are open and we have strong returnees at PG, PF and Center.
On the other hand Dix may have to play @ Iowa if he comes to Illinois. He does not if he goes to KS. He will called traitor for leaving Iowa no matter where he chooses.
Stirtz and Dix on the same team at Iowa would be an interesting wrinkle. A couple of…
This is my plan, too...At least this year, I don't have to make time to check for any possible morsel of information about TSJ and the trial. That should free me up to do some scrolling on X.
Oh, that sucks! I moved from there a few years ago to get away from CenterPoint. I still have friends in the area, so I've heard about the recent monopoly hike
To answer your question...pay attention to these recruiting threads. Coaching carousel has some good tidbits as well.
To answer your question...pay attention to these recruiting threads. Coaching carousel has some good tidbits as well.
Dame Sarr scored 13 points on 3/4 shooting and 2/2 from three IN ONLY SEVENTEEN MINUTES in his team's game today versus EA Armani Milan
He also had 2 rebs 3 assists and 2 steals
17 minutes is half a game, basically
Impressive
Want to see it be even more impressive? Here's a list of players who participated in this game:
Name - Age (# of NBA Seasons)
Willy Hernangomez - 30 (7)
Tomas Satoransky - 32 (6)
Jabari Parker - 30 (8)
Jan Vesely - 34 (3)
Alex Abrines - 31 (3)
Nikola Mirotic - 33 (5)
Justin Anderson - 31 (6)
Chimezie Metu - 28 (6)
Armoni Brooks - 26 (3)
Freddie Gillespie - 27 (2)
Leandro Balmaro - 24 (2)
Nico Mannion - 24 (1)
Honorable mentions for former college stars Zach LeDay, Shavon Shields, Kevin Punter and current Illini target Luigi Suigo
For the love of everything sacred, please lock this man up in the O&B
He also had 2 rebs 3 assists and 2 steals
17 minutes is half a game, basically
Impressive
Want to see it be even more impressive? Here's a list of players who participated in this game:
Name - Age (# of NBA Seasons)
Willy Hernangomez - 30 (7)
Tomas Satoransky - 32 (6)
Jabari Parker - 30 (8)
Jan Vesely - 34 (3)
Alex Abrines - 31 (3)
Nikola Mirotic - 33 (5)
Justin Anderson - 31 (6)
Chimezie Metu - 28 (6)
Armoni Brooks - 26 (3)
Freddie Gillespie - 27 (2)
Leandro Balmaro - 24 (2)
Nico Mannion - 24 (1)
Honorable mentions for former college stars Zach LeDay, Shavon Shields, Kevin Punter and current Illini target Luigi Suigo
For the love of everything sacred, please lock this man up in the O&B
Caught the fourth quarter of Barcelona vs. Olympia Milan. Milan has Nico Mannion and former Bull Nikola Mirotic.
No sign of Sarr, but in an intriguing development, Milan apparently had to lose by fewer than 13 points in order to hold a point differential tie-breaker over Barcelona. Jabari Parker threw down a tip-dunk with a second left to build Barca's lead to 13 points.
After a clock review, Milan gets the ball at the half for a final shot. Dude jumps to catch the inbound and without landing hits a 23-footer at the buzzer to keep the margin under 13. So if the two teams finish with the same record, Milan gets the better playoff seed. Sarr was in for that final 1 second possession. Wild, haha.
Edit: A couple of Sarr plays featured in the post-game highlights. He looks awesome.
No sign of Sarr, but in an intriguing development, Milan apparently had to lose by fewer than 13 points in order to hold a point differential tie-breaker over Barcelona. Jabari Parker threw down a tip-dunk with a second left to build Barca's lead to 13 points.
After a clock review, Milan gets the ball at the half for a final shot. Dude jumps to catch the inbound and without landing hits a 23-footer at the buzzer to keep the margin under 13. So if the two teams finish with the same record, Milan gets the better playoff seed. Sarr was in for that final 1 second possession. Wild, haha.
Edit: A couple of Sarr plays featured in the post-game highlights. He looks awesome.
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That's old man at Y game he got. I'll take that round mound of rebound on our team.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
I would tend to agree. However, I do believe he will become a threat from 15' and in.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Freakin' awesome show lol
It looks like Nojus played less for Iowa State than Carry Booth played for Illinois.
Love to see a shot chart of his season. My assumption is that 80+% of his points were from less than 3 feet.
Was never going to play with Freeman again
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Looked him up earlier this season. Saw he hardly played. Thought he was hurt.
He had 2 turnovers
I also had his field goal makes/attempts wrong - he was 5/6 total and 2/2 from three
Haven't seen Dix play enough to know if he is as good on defensive end as offensive. Numbers say he can shoot from range, but if he is not as good as we have on defense, I would pass.
if i recall correctly, Nojus was Morez' teammate back in high school
He has been pretty poor defensively across his college career, for context's sake Domask had a DRtg of 109 his senior year, Dix was 115 this year (lower is better)
I would normally say that's a bad comparison because DRtg can contain 'noise' and be influenced negatively if the team is poor on defense as a whole... but we were also pretty poor on defense last year so it may just be a perfectly valid comparison to make in this case
He seems like a nice add, but I would hope we aren't using 2M of our budget on him
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