Recent content by PepeSilvia

Malauch is a more interesting piece imo. Potential Rudy Gobert type defender that can guard on the perimeter and defend the rim. If the Suns are dumb enough to get rid of Malauch for 15, I would take it. Mara pretty much forces you into drop coverage. I think Mara probably has a higher...

I think Brown would be a solid swing at a potential lead guard. Id argue there is more upside with Brown then every other guard outside of Peterson. Better shooter than Flemings, more explosive than Wagler, and bigger than Acuff. I agree with your assessment of their roster and even Buzelis...

Pretty crazy how quickly went from 1 guy in the NBA(Meyers Leonard) to 5 with Ayo about to get a huge contract. And that number looks like it might keep growing.

If we're going to go there, I suggest we do a test run to convince Wagler to stay an additional year.

It didn't help that Brian Randle broke his hand. But also it's just a different era now. Teams have more depth because they are able to plug holes in the portal and guys stay in school longer because of NIL.

Kylan isn't an NBA caliber guard. He can play professionally in the g-league or overseas. There isn't a huge demand in the NBA for 6'2 guards that shot a combined 27% from 3 over their final 2 seasons in college. It's definitely better for Illinois if the 5 in 5 rule doesn't go through this...

The impact on the upcoming football and basketball season would be absolutely insane. Football you would have guys that don't get drafted or get cut from teams in the preseason trying to go back to college and likely lawsuits saying they signed a pro contract because they didn't know they...

5 in 5 being enacted in May after the transfer portal would be absolutely insane. Obviously I would hate it in that other teams get way better which hurts Illinois but also just in general what happens to all the kids that transferred places expecting a role and now that role is gone because a...

So basically you want to be ranked in that top 10ish unless you're Florida or UConn.

I would take Sarr at 15 with the Bulls 2nd pick. The guy is tailormade to be a special perimeter defender with that combination of size, length, and fluidity. He may want to stick around and try to develop offensively and go higher but if he goes through the draft process I would bet on...

Has he entered the draft? I wouldn't be surprised to see him get picked way higher than anyone expects. Athletic 6'7/6'8 wings with long wingspans that have shown promise with shooting don't exactly grow on trees.

I would bet that it's Matt Lloyd. Jerry loves guys he has relationships with and Lloyd started in Chicago and presided over college scouting the last time they had any success drafting.

I don't think it could necessarily work the way the modern game is reffed and with how many guys can shoot now but I would love to see a team try to bring back the Nolan Richardson 40 minutes of hell style and that would be interesting to see on a team that did hockey style line changes to keep...

I just don't understand the Blackwell or bust part. If you have the resources to make a legitimate offer to Blackwell after all the retention and paying for Coleman and Morillo. Then why not pivot and pursue a different guy? There are other extremely talented guards available that I think that...

The rumor was that Illinois was retaining all the main guys and still had money for Blackwell. See the #retention and #theaddition stuff was going on and then when Stojakovic signed, it seemed like Blackwell cooled on an Illinois and now the roster is all set despite supposedly having the money...