Recent content by LongLiveTheChief

Right. That’s the part I was curious if anyone knew - when does he turn 17? He is still 16 from what I can tell, and coming up on the new year.

Does anyone know if he would be eligible for the 2023 draft or if he would become a 2 year player?

This is the approach of some stuck 20 years in the past. Even if Rogers is a 3 year college player - there’s nothing to guarantee he stays at Illinois. Also - nearly every championship team has a 1 and done caliber player. If we want to aim high, we have to get top tier recruits.

Pretty sure we would not have the same projections for a top 10 in state 5 star prospect as we would for a high end transfer. The two aren’t really comparable.

Let the record show I’m still 1 for 1 on booms.

And hutch?

Hutch and grandy still have another year don’t they?

I wasn’t even really suggesting money would be under the table. Rather I think NIL brings it to above the table. But I think there are rules within NIL that are surely getting broken by the same peopel that would break the rules before. Why did people break the rules given the risk...

Because it’s much easier to convince a teenager to join your team if you guarantee him $X dollars rather than projecting a range. Especially if another school guarantees him $X. Why do you think players got paid under the table before?

I thought he only helped with mean streets…

You think NIL makes all payments legal? There will still be under the table/illegal payments going on

To an earlier point - not sure they are going there for the coaching either.

Worth noting we are poised to get at least 3 top 100s the first year of the new ACs. Pretty solid start to what should continue to be done good Illini basketball

Yes but transfers and super seniors are a big part of that, as well as talent evaluation. Rankings are just rankings. If you recruit a top 20 player every year, but they are always a bust, then are you better off than the team that got a 40-50 that played above their ranks? Probably not. The...

In that same 3 year stretch, 4 top 100 recruits. Nobody outside those 4. Just noting.