Recent content by bringbackoldkams

Completely agree. Next year averaging 24 and 12 instead of 21 and 10 doesn’t change his draft stock or limitations to the NBA game. Add the fact that he is very old for his class (turns 23 in September), it’s fair to wonder if he is what he is at this point, for better or worse, in terms of...

It was strange to me how he would finish a couple times at the rim early on with great confidence in some games then not score the entirety of the second half

Damn. Recruiting is really on a year by year basis and a lot of guys don’t want to spend time “developing”. Hope he gets a better shot at a larger role on whatever team he chooses next.

Finishing in first instead of second or third for awesome recruits is fun. It’s almost like I could get used to this.

It has been a few years since I have been to KAMS but I could tell you more than a few stories that started exactly like this

Sad the students now don’t get to experience the real KAMS

Unfortunately … yes

He had 58 fouls and 57 points lol

For a guy that was a similarly ranked recruit as Kofi coming out of high school, having more personal fouls (58) than points (57) and rebounds (53) on the season was very disappointing. Looking forward to seeing what Dain can do next year.

Completely agree. My point was more so around what Fighter said that it's not as if Illini fans are significantly more down or harsh on him than fans of other teams. Recency bias is strong, and fans of other programs who didn't watch him as much as we did his freshman year would seem to be more...

For what it’s worth, I asked some friends from multiple other B10 schools if they would want him as their starting PG and the answer was a resounding no.

This is my exact sentiment as well. We've come a long way these last few years to get to the point where there are legitimate reasons to believe a talented transfer or recruit will more than adequately replace a departed player.

Maybe I missed it, but has it been announced if Adam would have to sit out a year or would he get a play-right-away waiver because of the Will Wade situation?

Not to be the rain on the parade, but (just my opinion) the preseason expectation of Belo making the jump from at best the third player the opposing team game-planned for to an All-American was insane to begin with. It set up a “down” year, even without the concussion and lingering effects...

I too want to see a fully healthy Belo in an Illinois uniform next year. One can think this while having confidence in other returning players, incoming recruits, and optimism about incoming players from the portal that the team won’t nosedive without him. A lot of talent remains along with a...