Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

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AnnaMay
IlliniHardwood said:
Alfonso Plummer is certainly in the conversation, but not the definitely the best in Illini history. See pages 166-168: https://fightingillini.com/documents/2025/11/5/2025-26_ILLINI_MBB_Record_Book.pdf

I would give more of a nod toward players who played their entire career here: Cory Bradford, Sean Harrington, Derek Harper, Luther Head, Dee Brown, Rich McBride, Brandon Paul, DJ Richardson, etc.
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I would take a healthy, sober, Jamar Smith over any of them when it comes to shooting 3s. Oh what could have been.
 
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WyattEarp
logjam said:
He's trying to lock down the 9th spot...
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jamarvelous31
eas23 said:
He graduated, so fair, but at the same time he still made the choice to leave and play for a rival. Then didn't do himself any favors with his social media freakout after the beat down in Bloomington where he told Indiana fans not to "switch sides".
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Seems like a stretch. He would've been fighting Jake Davis for 8th man minutes and IU has lost any meaningful rival status in the 2020s. I like Luke but he was a liability defensively and wasn't a great rebounder for his size. We ended up in a better spot with Jake.

Re: "switching sides", it's a bit out of context don't you think? "To all those fans that were booing and are so negative on social media, just don't switch sides when we get this thing turned around."
 
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