Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

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Recent News
Keaton Wagler drafted by LA Clippers (1st Round, 5th Pick)
Kylan Boswell signs two-way contract with Charlotte Hornets
Ben Humrichous signs Exhibit-10 contract with Brooklyn Nets
Ayo Dosunmu intends to sign 5-year, $112 million contract with Minnesota Timberwolves
Kasparas Jakucionis traded to Milwaukee Bucks

This upcoming season there will be at least 5 Illini players playing in the NBA. When is the last time that was true? (Edit: 2006-2007 season it appears, where Powell played 3 games and Augie played 2).

And what's crazy is there are 3 or 4 Illini with a reasonable shot at being 1st round picks next in next year's draft (that's without someone having a Wagler-like unexpected breakout). Turning the NBA orange and blue one draft at a time.

skyIdub said:

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One of my top 3 favorite things about this board is topics being extended significantly by posters complaining about topics being extended.

For example, the first (and only) Morez post in the 5 or so hours this thread was open was...this.

It's Schrödinger's Morez, if you hadn't mentioned him, would anyone have mentioned him? Would he even still exist?

jamarvelous31 said:

One of my top 3 favorite things about this board is topics being extended significantly by posters complaining about topics being extended.

For example, the first (and only) Morez post in the 5 or so hours this thread was open was...this.

It's Schrödinger's Morez, if you hadn't mentioned him, would anyone have mentioned him? Would he even still exist?

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Before they started, it was a preemptive "shhhh".

Just know I have a whole bag of "shhh" with Morez's name on it.

Very funny to me how Flemings and Wagler both ended up on their respective teams due to hysterically bad trades.

They both have the opportunity to make the trade look even worse, for New Orleans and Indiana.

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The Zubac trade is legitimately the worst I’ve seen since the Luka trade (perhaps even worse if you go with the direct logic that trading Luka got them Flagg).

The details are bonkers: they traded a top 4 protected pick, which landed at No. 5, and ended up being Wagler. Alongside, they also traded:

2029 unprotected first
Mathurin (who was a 17ppg scorer)
Isaiah Jackson

That’s an insane package for Zubac. Their GM came out apologizing to their fans, saying they really needed a “starting center.”

Then why not just draft Mara or Steinbach? Perhaps after a trade down if necessary? Perhaps Boozer or Wilson could also play the 5, who knows.

But this is absurd. If Wagler saves the Clippers — then they got stumped by OKC on a bad deal of their own, but get out of it with an equally bad deal (or perhaps worse) by IND.

skyIdub said:

Before they started, it was a preemptive "shhhh".

Just know I have a whole bag of "shhh" with Morez's name on it.

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been there , done that.....................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmkay....................