Illini Basketball 2025-2026

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Icy veins
Brett Bielema has talked recently about how players in our football program earn their way to good NIL rather than Brett prioritizing tapping out our NIL budget with high-value transfers. For basketball, it seems like this is the opposite from the outside looking in: we’ve given big, $2M+ offers to transfers like Andrej and lower offers to returnees like Rez ($900k before he reneged). For anyone is the know, am I characterizing our team’s NIL allocations correctly? Is there any concern that this could cause a rift between players?

Also, I’m not intending to be critical of the staff. I understand that the NIL market has ballooned in the last few years/months(!) so I get why these discrepancies could happen.
 
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Big Jack
Indy Illini Fan said:
I like Jakstys … Got no problem with the kid …

If he ever gets significant minutes … We’re in trouble …
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You obviously have never watched this then.
I Did It Win GIF by Rocky
 
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oskeewowwowboomtime
pruman91 said:
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I've climbed hills my whole life , in snow up to my armpits and never complained.........I really really did.........At least I think I did.......OK , maybe not armpit deep but pretty pretty deep..........I think , therefore I am, I think......
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Walken in the snow backwards to meet Pru at Assembly Hall to attend the 1983 Christmas Eve Kentucky/ILLINI Blizzard game with 10,000 frozen fans and 3 substitute refs pulled from the stands . . . and we liked it . . . until Kentucky won on a last second shot. James Blackmon hit a 9-foot bank shot with a second left to give #2 ranked Kentucky a 56-54 victory over Illinois in a game between unbeaten basketball teams. I walked backwards through the snowstorm with 40 degree below zero windchill temperatures to see the game, too!

Winter Stopped by for Valentine's Day - Auburn Examiner
 
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aveseaboy
Icy veins said:
Brett Bielema has talked recently about how players in our football program earn their way to good NIL rather than Brett prioritizing tapping out our NIL budget with high-value transfers. For basketball, it seems like this is the opposite from the outside looking in: we’ve given big, $2M+ offers to transfers like Andrej and lower offers to returnees like Rez ($900k before he reneged). For anyone is the know, am I characterizing our team’s NIL allocations correctly? Is there any concern that this could cause a rift between players?

Also, I’m not intending to be critical of the staff. I understand that the NIL market has ballooned in the last few years/months(!) so I get why these discrepancies could happen.
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football has more variables so you can afford to reallocate your $ versus basketball where some of these guys are highest bidder no matter what
 
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