Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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BrownTown
Quinton has a 6'10 wingspan....

Not out of the realm of possibilities that he grows 3 inches before he's on campus. I'd be careful to label him as a developmental piece when he's got P5 programs coming for him.

Not the same situation so take it as you may...

If you were recruiting Anthony Davis in 2010 at a comparable age to Kitt now....
You would have been recruiting a 6'2 PG.

Trust the eval and open the valve to the 309 pipeline.
 
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Combo
BrownTown said:
Quinton has a 6'10 wingspan....

Not out of the realm of possibilities that he grows 3 inches before he's on campus. I'd be careful to label him as a developmental piece when he's got P5 programs coming for him.

Not the same situation so take it as you may...

If you were recruiting Anthony Davis in 2010 at a comparable age to Kitt now....
You would have been recruiting a 6'2 PG.

Trust the eval and open the valve to the 309 pipeline.
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Or more likely he'll grow maybe 0.5 - 1 inch. Growth spurts like A Davis, S. Pippen, D Robinson are pretty rare.

Also 6'10 wingspan for a 6'6 basketball player is good (and the definition of the overused "long"), but it's not atypical.
 
#333      
Brosky
I hope Underwood and staff are watching a 6-5 freshman named Dallas Marshall at Bloomington High School. He has led the team in scoring, each of their team's first two games. 19 points each time.
 
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NarrowJ
Combo said:
Or more likely he'll grow maybe 0.5 - 1 inch. Growth spurts like A Davis, S. Pippen, D Robinson are pretty rare.

Also 6'10 wingspan for a 6'6 basketball player is good (and the definition of the overused "long"), but it's not atypical.
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Wingspan and hand size are very underrated physical attributes for basketball players imo, or at least you just don’t hear a ton about it (well, maybe wingspan you do). MJ had a 6-11.5 wingspan if my memory is correct and had enormous hands as well. Keaton Wagler has a 6-11 wingspan, I believe. Not comparing him to either player, of course, just saying he has the physical stuff already and he’s a great shooter. Those types of kids tend to have high ceilings, imo.
 
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BrownTown
NarrowJ said:
Wingspan and hand size are very underrated physical attributes for basketball players imo, or at least you just don’t hear a ton about it (well, maybe wingspan you do). MJ had a 6-11.5 wingspan if my memory is correct and had enormous hands as well. Keaton Wagler has a 6-11 wingspan, I believe. Not comparing him to either player, of course, just saying he has the physical stuff already and he’s a great shooter. Those types of kids tend to have high ceilings, imo.
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Kawhi is another great example.
 
#336      
logjam
NarrowJ said:
Wingspan and hand size are very underrated physical attributes for basketball players imo, or at least you just don’t hear a ton about it (well, maybe wingspan you do). MJ had a 6-11.5 wingspan if my memory is correct and had enormous hands as well. Keaton Wagler has a 6-11 wingspan, I believe. Not comparing him to either player, of course, just saying he has the physical stuff already and he’s a great shooter. Those types of kids tend to have high ceilings, imo.
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They were lucky to not have the T-Rex gene...
trex GIF
 
#337      
Combo
NarrowJ said:
Wingspan and hand size are very underrated physical attributes for basketball players imo, or at least you just don’t hear a ton about it (well, maybe wingspan you do). MJ had a 6-11.5 wingspan if my memory is correct and had enormous hands as well. Keaton Wagler has a 6-11 wingspan, I believe. Not comparing him to either player, of course, just saying he has the physical stuff already and he’s a great shooter. Those types of kids tend to have high ceilings, imo.
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Are you serious? Any half-way knowledgeable observer looks at wingspan. Height + Wingspan = "length." Although I think some people that use that term don't get the wingspan/arm length part of the equation.

And again, 6"10 is good, but hardly exceptional, for a 6'6 basketball player.
 
#338      
NarrowJ
Combo said:
Are you serious? Any half-way knowledgeable observer looks at wingspan. Height + Wingspan = "length." Although I think some people that use that term don't get the wingspan/arm length part of the equation.

And again, 6"10 is good, but hardly exceptional, for a 6'6 basketball player.
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Yes I’m serious. I said “well, maybe wingspan” but you didn’t read that part. I also didn’t use the word “exceptional” either so I don’t even know who you’re responding to now.
 
#339      
Combo
NarrowJ said:
Yes I’m serious. I said “well, maybe wingspan” but you didn’t read that part. I also didn’t use the word “exceptional” either so I don’t even know who you’re responding to now.
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No "maybe" about wingspan. When evaluating a player, whether as a recruit or in the NBA draft, it's a prominent part of the discussion. I will concede that hand size isn't discussed much.

Admittedly, I hear some posters hear using the terms "long" and "length" with little awareness of what they actually mean.
 
#340      
NarrowJ
Combo said:
No "maybe" about wingspan. When evaluating a player, whether as a recruit or in the NBA draft, it's a prominent part of the discussion. I will concede that hand size isn't discussed much.

Admittedly, I hear some posters hear using the terms "long" and "length" with little awareness of what they actually mean.
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Ok cool, appreciate the… uh… contribution to discussion

Why does everyone have to try and semantics people to death, sheesh
 
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MDchicago
NarrowJ said:
Wingspan and hand size are very underrated physical attributes for basketball players imo, or at least you just don’t hear a ton about it (well, maybe wingspan you do). MJ had a 6-11.5 wingspan if my memory is correct and had enormous hands as well. Keaton Wagler has a 6-11 wingspan, I believe. Not comparing him to either player, of course, just saying he has the physical stuff already and he’s a great shooter. Those types of kids tend to have high ceilings, imo.
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MJ immediately comes to mind. Remember seeing video of Kobe talking about MJ's hand size being a great advantage, recounted in this article purporting to rank the 37 largest hand sizes in NBA History. Note that the Illini's very own Meyers Leonard checks in at number 36.

>> Kobe Bryant recognized this advantage. When asked what he wished he could change about his game, his answer was his hands. He revealed he wished he had massive hands like Michael Jordan. When Phil Jackson was asked who would win in a game of one-on-one between Jordan and Bryant, the Zen Master went with MJ. His main reason for picking MJ was simply because of the hand size advantage he enjoys over Kobe. <<
 
#350      
Combo
MDchicago said:
MJ immediately comes to mind. Remember seeing video of Kobe talking about MJ's hand size being a great advantage, recounted in this article purporting to rank the 37 largest hand sizes in NBA History. Note that the Illini's very own Meyers Leonard checks in at number 36.

>> Kobe Bryant recognized this advantage. When asked what he wished he could change about his game, his answer was his hands. He revealed he wished he had massive hands like Michael Jordan. When Phil Jackson was asked who would win in a game of one-on-one between Jordan and Bryant, the Zen Master went with MJ. His main reason for picking MJ was simply because of the hand size advantage he enjoys over Kobe. <<
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Our own Kendall Gill had ridiculously large hands.
 
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