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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Some players do click. When players think about basketball the same way, notice the same things, they anticipate those cuts to happen. Add in a player that sees the same things and makes the cut and boom - instant chemistry. Is that a very surface level analysis of a complex topic? Of...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    When does it go from decommitting to transferring? He has yet to take a class there.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Couldn’t qualify for…what? Based on what?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Zion Cruz should give us a clear picture. You could say the same about oak hill academy and others, they just have the track record. I don’t see any reason to expect they aren’t until someone is declared ineligible
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    What do you mean by that?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    So with JJ Taylor dropping out of the top 30, seems more realistic he will end up going to college. Are we still actively pursuing him?
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    Illini Basketball 2022-2023

    I would certainly say he’s the closest, but there’s a fine line between star and superstar and I don’t see Skyy as one and done and a top 10 pick. Or I should say, he’s not projected there CURRENTLY. He has a ton of talent, but I think it would be premature to call him a top 5 player in college...
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    Illini Basketball 2022-2023

    I agree until your last sentence, except that I while the ceiling is pretty high for RJ, I don’t think we should already put him in the same category as Kofi and Ayo… Also, minor point here, but Skyy and Ty haven’t started their college careers yet, so hard to say they have equal or greater...
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    Illini Basketball 2022-2023

    As one point of clarification, I was speaking to the general sentiment of “too much depth” and the constant complaints when February rolls around and so and so player should be getting more minutes or they’ll leave and then when players enter the portal they blame “we didn’t give them enough...
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    Illini Basketball 2022-2023

    Think there is a large sentiment among fans of needing to give minutes so guys don’t transfer, but guys transfer for such a variety of reasons, minutes is far from the only reason they leave or come. Any player that fits into the culture doesn’t want guaranteed minutes, they will want to earn...
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    Illini Basketball 2022-2023

    Maybe one, but not both.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Yeah, to be fair, very talented doesn’t mean will succeed. See Emoni Bates for an obvious example of this exact worry. I would challenge the notion on one side though. This is not limited to freshman. Every year there are sophomores, juniors, and seniors that play worse than their previous...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    So you think skyy is staying 3 years? Also - Lieb was a healthy redshirt….
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Dainja kinda fits that bill…
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Was curious if there was any chance he reopens.