As our resident sage of the cosmos pruman said....if you choose to don the orange and blue for our beloved....I will cheer for you the same as I have for 40+years.
However, when you leave, If you aren't a true Illini (I'm looking at you MM, Epps, Mark Smith...etc) I couldn't care less about your path.
I watch Bulls games now because of Ayo. I've watched G League games with Giorgi...I have watched Japanese basketball......
Japanese basketball.....because Kofi.
Same for all the Illini that moved on to play professionally from our past. We are always following you.
I haven't watched Trent in Serbia or Russia yet.....but I'm hoping he gets to Turkey or Spain or somewhere I can travel to see him soon.
For me, that's the difference between these hired guns and an Orange Blooded Illini.