Illini Basketball 2026-2027

#26      
Fly Illini Fly!
RollChief said:
That's so horrible to hear.

At this point he should just transfer back to Illinois, honestly if we're leaving a roster spot open might as well give it to a elite glue/culture guy vs a late add or another mid-season Euro...
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That's what I was thinking. Why not just come back and be that leadership voice? (we have an open roster spot)

At the end, he's much more "at home" here than at Boise State. Plus, better doctors and rehab procedures.

Maybe the NIL deal agreed to is more than what he'd get here?
 
#30      
WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?
A good baseline for Z next season, is to make as many threes as games played in.

At Arkansas he played in 35 games and made 47 threes (shot 38%).

Last year at Illinois he played in 37 games and made 28 threes (shot 28%).

His shooting slump at the end of the year might have just been the worst I've seen from an Illinois player. Absolutely brutal. You could tell it was in his head.
 
#31      
Fly Illini Fly!
WhereDoWeStandWithStorr? said:
A good baseline for Z next season, is to make as many threes as games played in.

At Arkansas he played in 35 games and made 47 threes (shot 38%).

Last year at Illinois he played in 37 games and made 28 threes (shot 28%).

His shooting slump at the end of the year might have just been the worst I've seen from an Illinois player. Absolutely brutal. You could tell it was in his head.
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Yeah, he finished 2 of his last 31.

Very unsure what was happening.
 
#32      
PleaseMakeABowlGame
Andrej's shooting is a bigger key than Z.

Stojakovic needs to take the 3pt leap Boswell did. Doesn't need to be a good shooter, and likely won't be; just needs to be a respectable one.

Boswell shot 24.5% from deep his first year, and was up to 30.7% last year.

Andrej shot 24.4% last year. Just getting him to 30% would be massive.
 
#34      
NarrowJ
I definitely think Stoj getting to 30 percent is doable

33 percent on more attempts (104) as a freshman at Stanford
32 percent on more attempts (129) being the focal point of defenses at Cal

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My opinion, of course, but samples are very small and his shot does look funny (not sure how to explain it, but looks like he shoots it from the center of his head).

I'm sure it is something he is focused on as a kid who as we heard really, really wants to play in the NBA.
 
#38      
kmunt09
WhereDoWeStandWithStorr? said:
A good baseline for Z next season, is to make as many threes as games played in.

At Arkansas he played in 35 games and made 47 threes (shot 38%).

Last year at Illinois he played in 37 games and made 28 threes (shot 28%).

His shooting slump at the end of the year might have just been the worst I've seen from an Illinois player. Absolutely brutal. You could tell it was in his head.
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Nice analysis.

Those two corner 3’s he made on a Sunday at Carver Hawkeye Arena are what turned that game in our favor.
 
#42      
rtbritt
NarrowJ said:
I definitely think Stoj getting to 30 percent is doable

33 percent on more attempts (104) as a freshman at Stanford
32 percent on more attempts (129) being the focal point of defenses at Cal

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My opinion, of course, but samples are very small and his shot does look funny (not sure how to explain it, but looks like he shoots it from the center of his head).

I'm sure it is something he is focused on as a kid who as we heard really, really wants to play in the NBA.
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Someone else said this a few weeks ago, but even just 5 more makes for Andrej from 3 would be over 30% just 25-82 puts him there. So he is a few makes away from being considered respectable.
 
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