The best basketball players I have seen play for Illinois, in order of recruiting class:
Don Freeman: 1962-1966
Rich Jones: 1964-1966
Nick Weatherspoon 1969-1973
Derek Harper 1980-1983
Nick Anderson 1986-1989
Kendall Gill 1986-1990
Deron Williams 2002-2005
Those 7 are my best of the best, and omit some great basketball players:
Bill Burwell 1959-1963
Dave Downey 1959-1963
Tal Brody 1961-1965
Skip Thoren 1961-1965
Jim Dawson 1963-1967
Eddie Johnson 1977-1981
Bruce Douglas 1982-1986
Efrem Winters 1982-1986
Ken Norman 1983-1987
Kenny Battle 1986-1989
Marcus Liberty 1987-1990
Deon Thomas 1989-1994
Kiwane Garris 1993-1997
Frank Williams 1998-2002
Brian Cook 1999-2003
Dee Brown 2002-2006
Ayo Dosunmu 2018-2021
Kofi Cockburn 2019-
André Curbelo 2020-
...
Mark Smith 1977-1981
Lowell Hamilton 1985-1989
Cory Bradford 1997-2002
Brandon Paul 2009-2013
Trent Frazier 2017-
Adam Miller 2020-2021
...
Demetri McCamey 2007-2011
Rayvonte Rice 2012-2015
Malcolm Hill 2013-2017
Kendrick Nunn 2013-2017
Your list leaves out an old friend of mine "Dave Scholz" He was a survivor of the "slush fund" He also
was, for a stretch, the all time leading scorer for Illinois with over 1,400 points, he has been passed by more than 10 players.
Dave only lasted in the NBA for about two years. He was with the Philadelphia 76's for that brief time. When Dave came back to graduate
school, we played together on a the grad intramural team. That year we were the best team in the grad intramural
league. Dave was 6'8" with a deadly outside shot. I was a guard, that loved feeding Dave, and having wide open
15 to 20 foot jump shots because the defense was always trying to collapse on Dave. He played in 71 games for
the Illini, and averaged a little over 20 points per game. You have a long list of former players, and I just wanted
add Dave to your list