Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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wc_illini
EmpoweredIllini said:
i had an achilles tear as a soph in college at mckendree and they made me wear a boot only after practices and rehab work as began physical activity again, and other guys with lower body injures, ankles, feet etc all did the same far as i can recall so the boot proves nothing imo

the scooter seemed a bit much though so that part worrried me unless mirk was just being his silly old self
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Sep 16: illini0440: "Obviously out of the boot. Rehabbing and doing things individually. I think if game 1 was a tournament game he’d play. If you catch my drift."
Oct 13: Dunk video posted (even landed on the injured foot)
Oct 23: In a boot with a knee scooter
Oct 27: LvilleILL1: "They wanted to give him a little more time to get to a 100%. Don't think the boot will be on very long."

That doesn't sound like he's been wearing the boot outside practice all along and that nothing has changed since the dunk video.
 
#577      
Illinisnake
EmpoweredIllini said:
i had an achilles tear as a soph in college at mckendree and they made me wear a boot only after practices and rehab work as began physical activity again, and other guys with lower body injures, ankles, feet etc all did the same far as i can recall so the boot proves nothing imo

the scooter seemed a bit much though so that part worrried me unless mirk was just being his silly old self
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Yeah I wouldn’t have been worried if it was just the boot, scooter makes it look bad
 
#578      
RollChief
Illinisnake said:
Yeah I wouldn’t have been worried if it was just the boot, scooter makes it look bad
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Like every other 19-year-old, he was probably offered a scooter by the docs to get around campus, etc., when he is using the boot. They've got him in the boot to promote further healing. Does this seem like the kind of guy who would stop using the scooter just so message boards wouldn't worry?

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#579      
EmpoweredIllini
wc_illini said:
Sep 16: illini0440: "Obviously out of the boot. Rehabbing and doing things individually. I think if game 1 was a tournament game he’d play. If you catch my drift."
Oct 13: Dunk video posted (even landed on the injured foot)
Oct 23: In a boot with a knee scooter
Oct 27: LvilleILL1: "They wanted to give him a little more time to get to a 100%. Don't think the boot will be on very long."

That doesn't sound like he's been wearing the boot outside practice all along and that nothing has changed since the dunk video.
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‘obviously out of the boot’ meaning it’s not a 24/7 thing anymore

will be interesting to see whose mental gymnastics win out of all of us lol
 
#586      
illini0440
Rap47 said:
I can't understand how a coach very seldom has our two seven footers around the offensive basket when they shoot 83 and 71 percent on two point attempts.
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Really the whole point of having the bigs away from the basket is to create driving lanes for our guards and wings to get layups without the other teams big guarding the rim. Also helps our offensive rebounding when we send our wings and their big isn’t down there.
 
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