Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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acmcco2
How do contract negotiations work on the university side of things? Do they have "front office" of sorts that deal with the agents and lawyers? Just curious how that chain works.
 
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madillini4
joeybcrazy13 said:
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I’d be willing to guess this is the first and last time Rick Santorum is featured on this forum.
 
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HensonHall71
JBfor3 said:
Moving day. Kind of excited. Sad to lose Ty on a personal level but he really doesn't fit our new style of play. Would love Petro to stay as our backup PG. I think hes much better than this board gives him credit for.

On Andrej and KW - how long will these guys take? It seems like dominos are falling for top guys, how long can we afford to wait.
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I don't disagree that Petro is better than what he has shown no doubt, but if you think Ty doesn't fit our style of play, Petro certainly doesn't as well. He doesn't have positional size, not a great three point shooter, and he's lost on defense. Plus, I don't think he would want a backup role. He can start for a lot of teams and it would make sense that is what he's looking for with 2 more years of college NIL, he would want to maximize his value.

I think the plan would be to add a guard in the portal and Morillo could be backup at lead next year.
 
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RichardKeenesCousin
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Dude! LMAO. I didn’t even notice that one. Do you know how hard it is to get these AI engines to do anything correctly? So dang frustrating.
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I agree with you. However, after telling chatGPT some flying illini facts and about 9 edits….. I did get it to make this poster for me that is on my wall.
 

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OrangeKrush1981
JBfor3 said:
... Would love Petro to stay as our backup PG. I think hes much better than this board gives him credit for.
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I'd say it's not this board's judgment that matters. Rather, Coach Underwood seemed unable to find a way to play Petro even while Kylan and Andrej were injured. So it appears that Mihailo doesn't provide what his coach is looking for. Maybe that could be fixed up over a full off-season.
 
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RockfordIllini
On Blackwell, on the one hand I certainly understand the prestige of the brand and the likely deeper pockets. But Duke doesn’t really bring in transfers to be the guy. They are still very much of the bringing in and featuring one n done 5 star talent and portaling for veteran role players as needed. Think Grandison, Mason Gillis, Scion James, those types of players. They don’t really have a history of taking a transfer and elevating his game.

Now Duke may be pivoting this year because the incoming frosh class isn’t nearly as strong as it’s been in recent years. Looking at their incoming class, I don’t see a Flagg, a Boozer or a Knueppel, so maybe this is Scheyer acknowledging and pivoting to a more portal focused roster. But that feels like more of a gamble from Blackwell’s perspective because there’s no proof of concept. In fact, when Scheyer hasn’t had a transcendent, NPOY/top 3 lotto type talent, he’s merely done okay, finishing top 3ish in a very diluted ACC and getting 4 an 5 seeds in the tourney.

So long as the money is comparable I just think we have a better sell. Better conference, track record of success with transfers, track record of putting guards in the league. Plus we have a sentimental angle in that we are his old man’s alma mater.

All that said, would gladly take Blackwell but I hope we don’t overpay for him. We’ve seen time and time again the splashiest portal gets don’t always pan out (see Storr, AJ) and sometimes under the radar guys explode (who had Nick Boyd being the first badger since Michael Finley to average 20 ppg?). It’s as much about fit, culture and buying into a role as it is about overall talent. We need a lead guard and Blackwell is clearly the best of the bunch, but there are plenty of other big scoring guards who are or will be available. The staff has a really good track record of identifying fits with our roster and I trust them to find the right guy, even if it’s not Blackwell.
 
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rdk573
JBfor3 said:
Moving day. Kind of excited. Sad to lose Ty on a personal level but he really doesn't fit our new style of play. Would love Petro to stay as our backup PG. I think hes much better than this board gives him credit for.

On Andrej and KW - how long will these guys take? It seems like dominos are falling for top guys, how long can we afford to wait.
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The only way we have a chance to keep KW is pay him the same as a NBA 1st Round top 10 Pick. I seriously doubt we would fork over that kind of NIL money to a college player.


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ChiefGritty
OrangeKrush1981 said:
I'd say it's not this board's judgment that matters. Rather, Coach Underwood seemed unable to find a way to play Petro even while Kylan and Andrej were injured. So it appears that Mihailo doesn't provide what his coach is looking for. Maybe that could be fixed up over a full off-season.
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On some level there's just a broader story about bigs translating from Europe better than guards, especially smaller craft and feel guys like Petro.

The last couple decades in the NBA are full of Euro guards who left a short legacy of awesome Youtube compilations and terrible advanced metrics.

I do believe going full Balkan could work in the Big Ten, I don't think it's impossible, but I'm not sure Brad and Tyler are the guys to do it, and we're winning so much already that there's no reason to go crazy risking it.

My guess is Petro goes right back to being a terrific player back home.
 
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