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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    The big issue is that even scouts/websites that make an honest effort to actually evaluate prospects and then rank them can't see every basketball player in the country. They end up focusing on the big AAU tournaments where they can see a ton of players at the same time/place. Wagler didn't play...
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    NBA Draft

    Never underestimate Vivek's ability to do stupid things.
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    NBA Draft

    Pretty good deep dive of Keaton's game from someone who is very high on him: https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/keaton-wagler-current-star-future
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Guess I could've done even better:
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Yeah, we should try that newfangled booty ball, but with a tall player...šŸ˜‚
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but it might be a start:
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    Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

    Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe were discussing Ayo getting 4 years $110 million after his post trade performance, plus these playoffs. But also mentioned that none of the teams with a lot of salary cap space really make much sense.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Let him go to Kentucky for a year, sort out any visa issues, learn the college game and start hating Pope, then we can grab him in the portal next year
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Never said they backed off, just sounds like he's not coming. Literally said I was being greedy
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    We are going to count on one freshman to be a starter and at least one more to be a rotation piece off the bench. That's definitely riskier than just needing one or two to be bench guys. I think this staff has earned our trust at this point, but I still would've preferred getting Blackwell to...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It's almost like there's a reason people are saying next year's draft is going to be weak
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    And we'll always have this
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