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2017 Basketball Transfer Thread
Who's expecting him to be? I was disappointed in his defense and ball handling skills, he was ghost in many games, (nit game ) so maybe he could improve, but you have to work at it. Not sure his heart was in it, and little mention of him in interview s lately seems BU hadn't seen anything worth mentioning. He wants to stay, work hard, and be productive, I'm all for it. I just don't see it happening.
Anyone can shoot.Jordan needs to become the athlete that he looked to be in high school, I never actually have thought he was a great shooter, maybe scorer, but in high school if you are gifted to that level, then you will score on anyone. College is different, I think BU system could benefit him though...we will see.
So where did the speculation come that JCL might transfer? That would be hard to understand with the amount of playing time that is available to him the next two years. I find it hard to imagine that he will find a school that is better than Illinois and offers as much possible playing time as we do.
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The JCL transfer rumors have been bandied about premium sites for a couple of weeks.
Who's expecting him to be? I was disappointed in his defense and ball handling skills, he was ghost in many games, (nit game ) so maybe he could improve, but you have to work at it. Not sure his heart was in it, and little mention of him in interview s lately seems BU hadn't seen anything worth mentioning. He wants to stay, work hard, and be productive, I'm all for it. I just don't see it happening.
Don't understand the defensive criticism, seemed to me he was as good as anyone except TJL. Also believe you can teach ball handling a lot easier than shooting. I think he would be a huge loss.
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Disagree here. JCL showed improvements over the course of the year, but he really has trouble defending on the perimeter.
And who other than TJL did not? TA only lacked a cape.
best shooter maybe, best player I would give to TJL. If the kid improves at all in his scoring he will be the best passer , ball handler , best D so yeah I would give him the best player title
I would argue that Kipper was a much better defender as well
We were not a good defensive team but c'mon. JCL routinely got beat off the dribble and I can't count on two hands how many times he desperately leapt into shooters after being slow to rotate over. TJL, Kipper, Malcolm, Leron, hell even Finke and AJ showed better flashes of defense than JCL.
It would suck to lose JCL. I'm not positive whether he's still our starter at the end of the season, but at the very least he would be starting at the beginning of the season and a key depth piece, one of the first off the bench.
That said, I think Underwood's personality as a coach is about as different as you could imagine from Groce's, and it's not going to mesh with everyone. Indeed, I was just listening to a podcast with Bob Huggins the other day, someone asked if he or Martin was the "bad cop" at K-State, and he said "if you think we're tough, you should see Brad Underwood". We need some of that toughness -- Groce never seemed to get the best out of his players after his first year -- but Underwood's style might not suit everyone. I'm not shocked that this is a possibility. Hopefully JCL stays but if not, good luck to him.
That said, I think Underwood's personality as a coach is about as different as you could imagine from Groce's, and it's not going to mesh with everyone. Indeed, I was just listening to a podcast with Bob Huggins the other day, someone asked if he or Martin was the "bad cop" at K-State, and he said "if you think we're tough, you should see Brad Underwood". We need some of that toughness -- Groce never seemed to get the best out of his players after his first year -- but Underwood's style might not suit everyone. I'm not shocked that this is a possibility. Hopefully JCL stays but if not, good luck to him.
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Update on Agau (non-paywalled article):
http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1779883-nearing-decision-akoy-agau-sees-fit-smu
http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1779883-nearing-decision-akoy-agau-sees-fit-smu
Sounds like SMU is strong competition though. Decision expected by end of next week.
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Kipper was a lockdown defender. I would not put him and JCL in the same category
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EfremWinters84
- S. Carolina
At a minimum, I'm expecting to hear a decision announcement timeline. MA seems to be quite the communicator, so I'm guessing he probably has something elaborate planned.No Alstork leaks yet?
BillyBob1
- Champaign
No Alstork leaks yet?
Tate just said LSU probably the favorite.
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If that's the case, we're going to need Gene Hackman as our Head Coach.
Severely undersized with a short bench. Hopefully we have Jimmy Chitwood as one of the walk-ons.
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King Monkey Nut
- Mooresville,Indiana
Jimmy Chitwood "JCL stays I play, JCL goes I go"
Really think you and I were watching two different JCL, Kipper was always after the ball, up on defense, and blocked out for rebounds. The comparison between JCL and Kipper is not close. Hope JCL can improve on that and ball handling, it will make better player wherever he is at.
Bubba Eder
- Northeast Missouri
All the negativity is a strong sign that you've been in Iowa way to long dude, it wears on you, lol.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
I have not caught up yet, but in case no one has asked, can you link the podcast?
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