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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
If we want a back-up PG, why wouldn't we just hold on to Petro?
Mentality...hmmmm...60% of this board still dreams of Curbelo
Yes, I watched him all of his minutes. If you watched any of his tape, you'd easily see why we took him in the first place.
Mentality...hmmmm...60% of this board still dreams of Curbelo
FightinIllini30
Future insider
I can answer this one.
1. I don’t know
2. Not sure, maybe someone else knows?
3. I have no idea
FightinIllini30
Future insider
My money is on Kentucky or a team where he’ll get a lot of usage. Not sure if he’d want to come here and fight for a spot against a bunch of guys who were retained.
I know someone who might take on the role we have room for though (not an insider, just vibes)
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Good find! 1 of those teams was not like the other...
Wanted to add - Morillo appears far more likely/ready to contribute than does Ethan Brown. Assessment just from watching some of this game: Brown's team was WAY overmatched. They needed him to be way more assertive for this to be even moderately competitive. Just wasn't that guy on this night.
That said, I do like the way he sees the game - has some true point guard tendencies. Made a lot of passes that I'd guess typically work but against this level of comp (Principia starts exclusively D-1 caliber players), they do not. It will take him a bit to adjust to the speed of the college game. Reminds me of Nico Moretti but with better size. Didn't pay attention to his defense, but he was not guarding QC. Not that it mattered because Principia could pick on any of the other defenders on the court and score at will.
Morillo, on the other hand.... when I picture him, I think of a lanky freshman Will Riley-type build. This is not the case at all; he more closely resembles Virgil van Dijk (google him if unfamiliar). Fletch will have him READY for the B1G from day one. Does not whatsoever look out of place against elite competition. Just a different tier of basketball player and that is not an indictment of Brown (or Landon Davis or Zens).
Norlander hinting Haugh got over $8 million…
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
She left me for another man. A few days before, though, I was suspicious, so I texted her mom to ask if she’d heard anything and all she said was, “everything is fine, good night”.
They will all play.
Petrovic and Bilic may choose to go back to Europe, if they don't get the NIL they are looking for, but they will certainly find a soft place to land.
Lee and Ty will have no shortage of suitors. They could start for a whole lot of teams... That's why they left.
She saw all the weird stuff I put in cottage cheese... She never looked at me the same way...
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
She told you that to let you down easy.. It was really the butt stuff!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The "if we get Blackwell we're preseason #1" stuff is probably more or less true, but as I said from the moment that possibility was raised, to howls of derision from the insiders and others, the fit made no sense, which was exactly the conclusion the players themselves came to.
With the right addition of a more complementary passing-and-defense guard, this will be a better team that gets more out of our returning stars than we would have been with Blackwell.
My money is on Kentucky or a team where he’ll get a lot of usage. Not sure if he’d want to come here and fight for a spot against a bunch of guys who were retained.
I know someone who might take on the role we have room for though (not an insider, just vibes)
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Thought the same thing when @NarrowJ posted him...
Still think he'd look for a bigger role somewhere, but he does defend like heck. gives spacing. doesn't really fit our rebounding profile though.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
I feel like I've been waiting decades to read something like that (third-party valuation of a very high ranking, whatever the source). Does an old man's heart good. Thanks.
Feel like UConn should definitely be included in that
Really praying Tennessee forks over enough for Juke.
but with Hill, Haralson, Ames, and Lundblade. Don't love the way this is trending
but with Hill, Haralson, Ames, and Lundblade. Don't love the way this is trending
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
She insisted on putting Western dressing in my cottage cheese
Feel like for whatever reason people still forget about uconn and florida....but they should always be 1 and 2 on the list the last 20 plus years
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
yesh, please!
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
This will probably be an unpopular opinion, but in addition to just not being a great fit (adding a guy who scores points but doesn't add much else to a group that will have no issues scoring), I actually just feel like he's just not that good.
The overall quality of what was available via portal this year seemed far weaker than previous years, so I do get him being highly ranked there, but what does he do other than score? I guess he is a good rebounder for his size... but, again, something we already have in droves.
He wasn't even the leading scorer on a 24-11 Wisconsin team.
So, in all, the ball dominance combined with non-upgrades in virtually every other facet of his game and I think as far as Illinois is concerned as a fit: redundant with the potential to create chemistry problems.
In regard to the former badger...
Anyone know the story on TTU's Christian Anderson? There are news stories saying he withdrew from the draft and entered the portal, but I don't see him listed.