He was pure joy to have as an Illini. Definitely will be remembered forever and will miss him tremendously
Giorgi Bezhanishvili leaves Illinois to pursue pro opportunities
Giorgi will continue to be an outstanding ambassador for Illini basketball. His smile, competitiveness, and positive character always gave his team mates a lift. Hope to see him return some day when former Illini are recognized and honored, so he gets a standing O from 16,000 + fans who love and appreciate him as a man and a player. Well done, GB, you have a permanent place in out hearts.
Ignatius Shang
5th year PhD, school of Information Sciences
- Champaign, IL
I really love Giorgi and think highly of his efforts/basketball IQ, but... does his talent make him qualified for NBA? I doubt so.
Giorgi gave everything to this program, and will live on as a great ambassador for the program! Top moments for me are his freshman scoring record performance against Rutgers, his poster dunk against Michigan, and him going toe-to-toe against OSU in the B1G tournament helping us to a historic championship.
Buy his mom a condo in Champaign and keep him as a grad assistant...he is one of the few Illini legends who prob won't have an NBA contract ( although if I'm an NBA GM I'm signing him ..his personality tips scales)
... i love this guy. wow. gutted. wanted to see him tear it up next year.
He's selling tickets to a meet and greet in Mahomet
Good for him! I assume that means he can’t come back no matter what.
For real?! Details please.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Check his Instagram story...I think it has the deets.
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Thanks, guys!
That’s right next to coach k’s land purchase