based on this 2:21 video clip , I don't care if he ever dunks......ever................he has good skill at getting open and his shot looks pure as could be..........I'm excited to see him on the court in an Illini uni...............I really really am................
He committed after the 20-21 season. That year we shot 41 2s a game and 17.5 3s. Last year we shot 33 2s and 30 3s.It is a bad look, and a ridiculous one too. It makes me question what the whole point it was for MJ to commit to Illinois in the first place then. Not to mention commit to Illinois AS A SOPHOMORE!!
It's one thing to commit at the last minute in high school and find out soon after that perhaps maybe that program just wasn't the right fit for you. But you didn't know this 3 freaking years before you put on the O&B dude?
B***h, please!
Don't think it is because of change in philosophy - if it made sense to pound it inside to Morez or to let Morez take threes, BU would do that. Why I think it is understandable is that given our roster, even without Mirkovic, he would have been sharing time with Tomi, Z and Ben. Given his propensity to foul he might have averaged 20 mins a game. He went to Michigan and didn't plan on Yaxel not going pro or getting recruited over. He didn't think he was going to be in a fight to get tick when he jumped, but it has turned out that way. He has been trying to rationalize his decision ever since.
We can speculate all we want about reasons. That really wasn't my point. The OP was suggesting that the early commit should somehow have caused him to be more locked in. My point is that ironically, the type of offense and defense he committed to changed dramatically so the early commit was in some ways a detriment.
We have 5 games on Peacock this year..............Peacock just announced a price increase from $ 79.99 to $ 109.99 annually......I don't like it but I love my Illini so I reasoned it's only $ 2.50 a month more and I pizz away a lot more than that so I am still a Peacock customer....................
But Zach Edey is 7' 4" and Johnson is 6'9". Lot's of 6'9" to 7'0" players in the NBA and most can shoot the 3.
I've gotten Peacock for $19.99 a year that last 2 years by cancelling my sub and waiting for the special offer email. Not sure if they'll keep being so generous, but I'll try again next year when it lapses.
Understand your point now, so disregard my comment, thanks.
Typical Loyalty……
Wagler starting is the last thing I would've ever expected in the summer.
Isn't Arenas done for the year?
Click on that. We have 2 Freshmen on the list. Mihailo Petrovic is number 9!
I'm not sure what is more surprising, that the media expects Wagler to be better than Petrovic, or that Petrovic is being considered a freshman.
Speaking of.....are we still up in the air on the eligibility of MP regarding where he will be classified?
That would be something. Not a single Balkan player that wasn't already in the NCAA last year. I didn't have that on my bingo card.
He was asked why someone would sign a deal if they weren't happy, which essentially asks for speculation. One extremely logical possibility is that it was the best ("committable") offer on the table at the moment and they were hedging. Sure, it's speculation, but it's also a very logical bit of speculation.
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