Recent content by joekam

Speaking of Donovan, curious to see how NBA job openings (sounds like Kerr is leaving GS too) impact college coaching and in turn new portal entries.

Andrej making up for Mirk being late to his own announcement. What a true teammate.

Nice position to be in. Don’t have to desperately outbid for Blackwell.

Selfishly I’m bummed about Ty leaving because he was the definition of an EDG. Still believe he would have carved a needed toughness, defensive, and rebounding role on 26-27 Illini, but after two seasons lost to res shirt, understand wanting to seek a larger role. For me it’s going to sting...

Andrej is coming back right? Either way kind of awkward sitting there with the rest of the team, watching four of them confirm they’re coming back…

You haven’t been keeping up? Jake is an honorary Ivisic now.

I’m not going to lie; the thought did enter into my head. I was staring to wonder how this live troll job was going to compare to the hat.

In a vacuum I wouldn’t mind paying more, but curious of the domino effect on #TheRetention if a new guy comes in getting the biggest bag. Starts to get really expensive, even if resources are deeper this offseason. Hopefully everyone gets their money and we get our hoped starting lineup/roster.

I read it the same way.

Assuming Brad keeps the offensive and defensive approach of this past season, would Diop even be a fit?

Can someone refresh my memory on why Blackwell didn't come to Illinois out of HS? Just curious considering his dad was an Illini.

This is what I came in here to find out about once I read Williams may need waiver to play right away.

If ZZ goes to Purdue does the Illini win the DGL ZZ trade?

I had read/seen somewhere earlier in the off season that Brad wasn't going to go hard after kids that started the convo with NIL. Based on your responses sounds like Mayer didn't start the convo with NIL but wants to maximize it (as I'm sure all kids do in this NIL environment).