Recent content by bbpeoria

Agree with all of this and I love both Coleman and Mirk but I don't see top twenty right now...maybe later. Vaaks may be the talk of the country at times this year.

As an Illini fan, all I can say is ....Oh thank heaven for 7-11!!!!!

I'm just not sold that Mirk will be the best player despite (the deserved) hype. I could easily see Vaaks, Stoj or even Tomi as the top player. Tomi playing more at the level he did two seasons ago would be huge. He was my favorite player on that team. The great thing is any of them and maybe...

If he improves his outside shot just a little bit and sees the floor a bit better, it is not hard to envision him as a 1st round pick next season. He is a good athlete, fantastic driver/create own shot, and a plus defender already.

I'm no insider but from reading all the various tea leaves this seems the most likely scenario and, if true, was correctly played by the Illini staff imo. BTW, I was mentioning to an Illini fan buddy days before on Blackwell, when it looked like he was leaning Illini, that I liked Vaaks even...

0440, I think you're missing the point of the question. From the Blackwell's perspective, were they anticipating Andrej would not be back or did his retention simply give them 2nd pause that they previously did not factor in? I agree with caboose that all indications were the Illini led w...

Is anybody questioning he is good? I penciled him in for at least 20mpg even if Blackwell were to come. The kid is fantastic and I love Vaaks game too but this team has a chance to be generationally good and is not missing much. Backcourt depth may now be an issue as it was last season. And I'm...

Anybody saying Blackwell wouldn’t or couldn’t play on this team has sour grapes. I think he could have had a huge role and been the perfect final piece to a potential championship puzzle. If he goes elsewhere I’m sure he will do well but from a professional standpoint I think he and his team are...

Will they still host him for a visit or is it completely over? I’m curious to hear Indy’s thoughts

Is that just your own thinking or something from staff?

I like your thinking and have my own slight tweak.... Vaaks (30) / Blackwell (5) / Coleman (5..maybe this all goes Blackwell & Coleman gets 5 more at 2G) Blackwell (25) / Coleman (15) Andrej (30) / Davis (5..know many will disagree) / Morillo (5) Mirk (30) / Morillo (5) / Z (5..He is the four...

I think it easy to start at least...It is a 3-guard rotation with Vaaks and Blackwell starting and Coleman coming off the bench. SB something like 30mpg/30mpg/20mpg. This is why there is speculation another guard (Lee?) could leave. I could even see some 3-guard lineups at times as all those...

And I'll add that you can have too many alphas and not enough of a good rotation with set roles. For example, if adding Blackwell, I believe a 3-man guard rotation with Vaaks, Blackwell and Coleman off the bench would be a perfect balance of skills and needed minutes to keep room happy. I also...

With the new 15 roster/scholarship limit, there sb no problem even if Ty, Wagler and another transfer/recruit want in. Agree?