2017 NBA Draft Early Entrants

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Ubermensch

Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
Ubermensch
IlliniTargetAcquired said:
Bridges is staying
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Of course he is. He'd be a first round pick easy but, sure, just stay.

Is Frank coming back for his junior year the only time this happened for IL? Honestly, at the time, I felt like he'd made a mistake, but I was glad. In hindsight I don't know if I was right or wrong in thinking he should have left after his soph. year.
 
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Second and Chalmers

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Second and Chalmers
Ubermensch said:
Of course he is. He'd be a first round pick easy but, sure, just stay.

Is Frank coming back for his junior year the only time this happened for IL? Honestly, at the time, I felt like he'd made a mistake, but I was glad. In hindsight I don't know if I was right or wrong in thinking he should have left after his soph. year.
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Dee breaking his foot.
 
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Ubermensch

Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
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Second and Chalmers said:
Dee breaking his foot.
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I recall that, now. I guess I never felt like Dee was going to be able to leave early. Who knows. I recall, also, talk of him being bound and determined to leave. I think? Memory fails.

Does Bridges have an injury I'm not aware of, or is he simply coming back because he doesn't think he'll get drafted high enough?
 
#61      

AttentionDeficit

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AttentionDeficit
64th out of 64 in scoring. Well maybe he was playing team ball and everyone else was jacking up shots? 64th out of 64 in FG% (3 for 16 with no 3s taken). Umm...

Yeah, didn't have a good showing is pretty generous.
 
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Adnarel

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Adnarel
Oh, that's just straight-up ugly. I wonder what happened; he's obviously better than that.
 
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Sal Iacuzzo

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Yonkers, NY
Sal Iacuzzo
Malcolm Hill's game doesn't translate to the NBA at all. He doesn't hit many threes and he doesn't get many easy baskets. There is no room for a guy that just hits mid range jumpers.

We are more likely to see Paul or Egwu break into the league than Hill.
 
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PlayAZ

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PlayAZ
Sal Iacuzzo said:
Malcolm Hill's game doesn't translate to the NBA at all. He doesn't hit many threes and he doesn't get many easy baskets. There is no room for a guy that just hits mid range jumpers.

We are more likely to see Paul or Egwu break into the league than Hill.
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I have always liked the kid, but I also have always stated he was not a NBA caliber player.

Under athletic for SF
Under Sized for PF
not accurate from 3
Average rebounder
average ball handler

Was a STUD at Illinois mostly due to players here while he was...Was by far our best player, would not have been for many others. Again like the kid...but?
 
#71      

illiniguy24

illiniguy24
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westcoastillini said:
My hopes for Malcolm in the NBA are fading fast. I hope he makes good money playing somewhere. That guy is awesome and deserves it.
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Malcolm will have a good career playing overseas somewhere. Even if it is a small league. I have a buddy playing in Kosovo that is killing it right now, and he is nowhere near the player Malcolm is.

Regardless of basketball, he is a bright kid who has a good future ahead of him.
 
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Illiniguy13

Illiniguy13
Illiniguy13
Wherever Hill winds up professionally, one "league" you may see him in is TBT (The Basketball Tournament). This was hosted by ESPN last year and gained a ton of popularity and will likely be around for awhile. It's a collection of teams that include alumni/d league/overseas/ex NBA players. VCU, Indiana, Colorado, Marquette, etc. fielded teams of alums and it was very entertaining with strong competition. Cory Bradford is rumored to be assembling/coaching an Illini team this year. Some guys rumored to be involved are Brian Randle, McCamey & Mike Davis. Get Rayvonte & Malcolm on that squad ASAP.
 
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Peoria Illini

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Peoria, IL
Peoria Illini
Illiniguy13 said:
Wherever Hill winds up professionally, one "league" you may see him in is TBT (The Basketball Tournament). This was hosted by ESPN last year and gained a ton of popularity and will likely be around for awhile. It's a collection of teams that include alumni/d league/overseas/ex NBA players. VCU, Indiana, Colorado, Marquette, etc. fielded teams of alums and it was very entertaining with strong competition. Cory Bradford is rumored to be assembling/coaching an Illini team this year. Some guys rumored to be involved are Brian Randle, McCamey & Mike Davis. Get Rayvonte & Malcolm on that squad ASAP.
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That would be cool. Bradley fielded a team last year and made it to the semifinals, I think. One of the 16 team regionals will be held at the Renaissance Coliseum at Bradley this summer. I was planning on going anyway, would love it if the Illini had an alumni team playing.
 
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KewpieNation

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kbattle33 Fanboy
Columbia, MO
KewpieNation
Illiniguy13 said:
Wherever Hill winds up professionally, one "league" you may see him in is TBT (The Basketball Tournament). This was hosted by ESPN last year and gained a ton of popularity and will likely be around for awhile. It's a collection of teams that include alumni/d league/overseas/ex NBA players. VCU, Indiana, Colorado, Marquette, etc. fielded teams of alums and it was very entertaining with strong competition. Cory Bradford is rumored to be assembling/coaching an Illini team this year. Some guys rumored to be involved are Brian Randle, McCamey & Mike Davis. Get Rayvonte & Malcolm on that squad ASAP.
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He probably doesn't have the time, but I'd love to see the Rev coach the team in a future tournament.