Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Emerson Bigguns
RimPressure said:
I'm pretty sure if multiple people start writing posts at the same or similar time, the platform can end up inserting posts before yours that might not have been initially visible. So you kind of have to watch your number for a bit after you post to make sure you don't need an edit to correct for that. Protip for , uh, counting...
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Apparently, Brad isn't the only one who can count.
 
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the juiceman cometh
RimPressure said:
I'm pretty sure if multiple people start writing posts at the same or similar time, the platform can end up inserting posts before yours that might not have been initially visible. So you kind of have to watch your number for a bit after you post to make sure you don't need an edit to correct for that. Protip for , uh, counting...
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I think it's more that some people go off the post# in the upper right of the post, forgetting that the #1 post is from Dan, and the #2 post is whoever inevitably posts "1st" or "#1"
 
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Grange Grover
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ColSLU69
Hoping 🤞 that Andrej Stojakovic commits to the Illini asap! He would be a great addition to the Illinois roster.

I just read an article yesterday saying that the 3 best landing spots, in order, for Jamir Watkins are 3. Kentucky, 2. Illinois, and 1. Louisville. I doubt that the writer has any inside information, but I hope that he's right to the extent that we might be in the top 3 or so teams vying for a Watkins transfer.

If, by miracle, Illinois could sign BOTH Stojakovic and Watkins, I'd be a VERY happy Illinois men's basketball fan. :hailtotheorange: At that point, I wouldn't be worrying any more about a backup PG, an athletic scoring SG, a backup 2/3, Kennard Davis, or any other additional players.
 
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ColSLU69
illiniguy24 said:
For around 3 million dollars………
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Let's compare stats....

6'4" 198-pound Sophomore Guard Rodney Rice, 13.8/2.2/2.1 and 43.4/37.4/81.4
6'6" 215-pound Sophomore Guard Kennard Davis Jr, 16.3/4.9/2.6 and 45.5/37.6/76.3

Rice signed with USC "for around" $3M. K Davis is apparently asking for an amount in excess of $1M. I know that the Big Ten is a tougher conference than the Missouri Valley Conference, but does that alone make Rice worth $2M more than K Davis? Or is it because Rice shoots 5% better on FTs? (Davis is better in every other stat above. He's bigger than Rice. Plus, he's stronger and more athletic than Rice.) [Again, I'm not an agent for, or related to, Kennard Davis Jr. ☺️]
 
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HensonHall71
ColSLU69 said:
Let's compare stats....

6'4" 198-pound Sophomore Guard Rodney Rice, 13.8/2.2/2.1 and 43.4/37.4/81.4
6'6" 215-pound Sophomore Guard Kennard Davis Jr, 16.3/4.9/2.6 and 45.5/37.6/76.3

Rice signed with USC "for around" $3M. K Davis is apparently asking for an amount in excess of $1M. I know that the Big Ten is a tougher conference than the Missouri Valley Conference, but does that alone make Rice worth $2M more than K Davis? Or is it because Rice shoots 5% better on FTs? (Davis is better in every other stat above. He's bigger than Rice. Plus, he's stronger and more athletic than Rice.) [Again, I'm not an agent for, or related to, Kennard Davis Jr. ☺️]
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I think teams watched Rice's tape against Illinois :)
 
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the juiceman cometh
ColSLU69 said:
Let's compare stats....

6'4" 198-pound Sophomore Guard Rodney Rice, 13.8/2.2/2.1 and 43.4/37.4/81.4
6'6" 215-pound Sophomore Guard Kennard Davis Jr, 16.3/4.9/2.6 and 45.5/37.6/76.3

Rice signed with USC "for around" $3M. K Davis is apparently asking for an amount in excess of $1M. I know that the Big Ten is a tougher conference than the Missouri Valley Conference, but does that alone make Rice worth $2M more than K Davis? Or is it because Rice shoots 5% better on FTs? (Davis is better in every other stat above. He's bigger than Rice. Plus, he's stronger and more athletic than Rice.) [Again, I'm not an agent for, or related to, Kennard Davis Jr. ☺️]
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Quite possibly.

Not every transition from MVC to Big Ten is the same, and it's harder to project. On the one hand Marcus Domask. On the other hand, Ben Humrichous.

And even with Domask, his 3pt% did take a dive in the Big Ten (from 35% to 30%). For him, not a huge deal because it wasn't pivotal to his game. Kennard Davis takes more 3s though, and Rodney Rice takes a lot of them. Rice had about the same 3pt% as Davis on higher volume, in a much tougher conference. I think there's just a significantly higher degree of certainty that it will carry over with him than with Davis.
 
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FI_890526
Did Illinois pass on Dame Sarr, or did Sarr pass on Illinois? Totally depends on who you talk to.

Adam Miller buzz was also exaggerated, IMO. No way Illinois was paying off handlers.

All eggs in the Adrej basket right now and boy it’s a huge amount of eggs.
 
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Emerson Bigguns
the juiceman cometh said:
Quite possibly.

Not every transition from MVC to Big Ten is the same, and it's harder to project. On the one hand Marcus Domask. On the other hand, Ben Humrichous.

And even with Domask, his 3pt% did take a dive in the Big Ten (from 35% to 30%). For him, not a huge deal because it wasn't pivotal to his game. Kennard Davis takes more 3s though, and Rodney Rice takes a lot of them. Rice had about the same 3pt% as Davis on higher volume, in a much tougher conference. I think there's just a significantly higher degree of certainty that it will carry over with him than with Davis.
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All true. I will say, the positive correlation of All-MVC players also being pretty good at high majors is pretty high over the past few years. (Ben was not...)
 
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