Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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joeybcrazy13
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#327      
HensonHall71
IlliniFan42 said:
I mean, when Adam Miller was playing games, we said fine we'll go get a 22-year-old guard who's far superior to him from Eastern Europe. If that's our permanent back-up plan I'm not too concerned.
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Yes - or Boogie Fland, Claude, Watkins, Haggerty . . .not all of those guys are going to stay in the draft. And we have a perfect spot for a primary scorer to land with not one, but two pass first PG's stretch bigs and absolutely nobody as a scorer at the wing to compete for time with and also . . .money to spend

It's just too good of a situation to not land one of the big fish if it's not Andrej it will be one of the others
 
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NarrowJ
IlliniFan42 said:
I mean, when Adam Miller was playing games, we said fine we'll go get a 22-year-old guard who's far superior to him from Eastern Europe. If that's our permanent back-up plan I'm not too concerned.
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That's the right attitude imo... someone will take the money
 
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pruman91
are we there yet ?...................request # 2..........

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Pondering what has caused the delay of the supposedly already done deal.....??........when I ponder anything on this website I get afflicted with a side effect called pondering wandering and........it......................causes ...................................
me.........to lose.........my train..........Taylor...................of thought.......................................TR, TR , uh oh it's happening again.....................

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Hi pru , are you having another pondering wandering cause of little ole me ??...........

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I can't help myself........

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Don't fight it pru , my love.....It's fate between us.......like recruiting our relationship is fluid......It really really is..........

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I can't think straight , I don't care about recruiting.....only care about you my darling Taylor...........

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that's how it should be , my pru........we don't care about the next big get.....just us together........sleep my pru, sleep.......

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Wait , what just happened ?????????????????????....and are we there yet ?????????????....wow , the ultimate pondering wandering..

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#335      
ChiefGritty
PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
if stoj is a miss this offseason is a miss. don't see the staff being able to pivot to another true quality target.
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Stojakovic was a pivot himself in the first place.

It's not the journey, it's the destination.

Petefrom3 said:
I just don't understand why deadlines are not given to make a decision and then move on to someone else.
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The teams don't have that kind of leverage, they want the player and the player has options.
 
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Grandpa
mhuml32 said:
It's an uneasy feeling because all of these Illinois transfer portal targets seem fully dependent on price. Transfer portal is here to stay, so need to look at the other side: How can the program create more player attachment to the program where it's not a yearly auction for player services?

There's not a magic elixir for everyone, but getting 4-5 guys annually that you know are willing to stick around because of buy-in to the staff, program, etc. could really throttle down the risk of having to re-recruit an entire roster and hope it gels.
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Hingle said this, great start: "Could not agree more. But that is where we need a strong recruiting and player development staff of Asst Coaches across the board, but that is exactly what we lack."

Grandpa adds: " And take all the kids who grew up being Illini fans and are great players that we can find. If the Illinois kid is ranked 86 and the Oklahoma kid is 74, take the Illinois kid. Give him the speech about how you want kids who are Illini fans these days. Stay competitive with NIL when they are all Big Ten and AA honorable mention. Make them stay! Don't play the old portal guy when they are freshmen and then get another old guy the next year because the sophomores you didn't play last season have no experience."

Or just keep having a new team every year.
 
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pruman91
Future Insider said:
Got to be honest the buzz for me has worn off. Hopefully he’s signed and good to go but I just feel like I started out in a sprint on this mile run.
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that's too bad.............I'm still medded up.........and glad I am.............
 
#338      
CleverHandle1
In a fantasy world, we get a "boom" soon, and it's Boogie! And we are all surprised and dancing in the streets of our respective hometown.

Then, we get a third confirmation through a "boom" that AS commits to the Illini.

In reality, I have a bad feeling. LOL!
 
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skyIdub
Kostas said:
I did the Belushi chug freshman year in the 6-pack. Even kept it down for 15-20 minutes after. Would not recommend. To the 2 Illinettes that assisted in the clean-up. Sorry again.
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This is one of the hardest flexes ever.

“I chugged a fifth of whiskey and then cheerleaders cleaned up my puke!”🤣
 
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1m4tr
Altuve27 said:
It 100% impacts Andrej. Less money in their NIL pool. Doesn’t mean he won’t go there. Can North Carolina round up enough dough to better Illinois’s offer?

I really think it’s that cut and dry.
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Not really. What changed was both Drake Powell officially declaring for the draft plus VAL hitting the portal. Drake was gonna get $2-2.5m and VAL was gonna get around ~$1.0m.
 
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