Trice just committed to Bruce.
Moving forward onto Calloo or Hinson - who will it be?
Trice just committed to Bruce.
I guess you could say NIU is a Junior College.
We don't have any very recent experience with JuCos. Here is a fairly complete list:
- Mike Washington 1974
- Nate Williams 1974
- Reno Gray 1977
- Craig Tucker 1980
- Ken Norman 1983
- P.J. Bowman 1988
- Rodney Jones 1989
- Andy Kpedi 1989
- Shelly Clark 1993
- Halim Abdullah 1996
- Arias Davis 1997
- Fess Hawkins 1998
- Cleotis Brown 1998
- Marcus Griffin 1999
- Blandon Ferguson 2001
- Rodney Alexander 2007
- Dominique Keller 2008
Of course, competition for playing time is only a concern at Illinois.
If Okoro goes there, maybe Trevion Williams and Emanuel Dowouna should worry?
Jacquil Taylor will be a senior.
Matt Haarms will be a sophomore.
Evan Boudreaux will be a junior.
Aaron Wheeler will be a rs freshman.
This is just pure nonsense
Agree...Damonte has the potential to be a tremendous shooter....but the skill he has now simply needs a tremendous amount of work to get there. Hours and hours of shooting drills and confidence building and he could become deadeye, 45%+ beyond the arc, dependable. Not many will do that and as a college student, not too many have the time. I watched Jackie Stiles put in that time during her college years and she went from a great shooter to as good as any I have ever seen, male of female. She even shot a legit jump shot out to about 18 ft. (there are no females that shoot jumpers beyond 21 ft.) How many remember Rick Mount, maybe the best of all time, and the hours and hours he spent shooting to earn that accolade? It is the same for any sport....you need to have some skills like hand/eye coordination and some ability to get off the floor. But those are not enough. Like the great pianists and other prodigies that have those gifts, hard work and long hours of practice are required until the act becomes like blinking the eye..
Yes, Damonte could become a tremendous shooter, but there is a tough road ahead to become such. BU may want his guys to get better in every skill at both ends which would not allow time to become elite at one skill. From what I have seen DW has many skills at both ends and will get better at all, But he can score in many ways and likely will not become an elite shooter...but maybe a better one who will make enough big shots to make us all happy.
He had a tremendous dunk today from a dazzling pass from the El General.
I think Okoro likes the Illini because he will have a chance to develop an outside shot. That doesn't happen at Purdue.
You were there? How did it go?
Both prospects had their moments, and you could see the potential with both, as they scrimmaged
All current Illini players on the roster participated in the scrimmage. The El General's team had Kipper, Vessel, and Williams and walk-ons. On Griffin's team was Frazier, Eboigbodin, Jordan, and walk-ons.
El Captain was matched up against Frazier and Griffin was match up against Williams.
Here is my perspective on both prospects:
El Captain is a good initiator and orchestrator, he was consistently directing players to get in position. He had a couple of high-end passes and dropped a couple of floaters. He took three or four shots from the outside and made, I think, two. He seems way more experienced than the average high school kid and showed some leadership qualities needed in a point guard.
Griffin made some 3's and you could see his athleticism and abilities shine through some of his misses. He seemed a bit rushed at times, but he has all the tools to be successful.
It looked like all the player bonded well with both players.
Both prospects had their moments, and you could see the potential with both, as they scrimmaged
All current Illini players on the roster participated in the scrimmage. The El General's team had Kipper, Vessel, and Williams and walk-ons. On Griffin's team was Frazier, Eboigbodin, Jordan, and walk-ons.
El Captain was matched up against Frazier and Griffin was match up against Williams.
Here is my perspective on both prospects:
El Captain is a good initiator and orchestrator, he was consistently directing players to get in position. He had a couple of high-end passes and dropped a couple of floaters. He took three or four shots from the outside and made, I think, two. He seems way more experienced than the average high school kid and showed some leadership qualities needed in a point guard.
Griffin made some 3's and you could see his athleticism and abilities shine through some of his misses. He seemed a bit rushed at times, but he has all the tools to be successful.
It looked like all the player bonded well with both players.
Nice post...agree DW does not need to match Rick Mount shooting to be an impact player.Agree...Damonte has the potential to be a tremendous shooter....but the skill he has now simply needs a tremendous amount of work to get there. Hours and hours of shooting drills and confidence building and he could become deadeye, 45%+ beyond the arc, dependable. Not many will do that and as a college student, not too many have the time. I watched Jackie Stiles put in that time during her college years and she went from a great shooter to as good as any I have ever seen, male of female. She even shot a legit jump shot out to about 18 ft. (there are no females that shoot jumpers beyond 21 ft.) How many remember Rick Mount, maybe the best of all time, and the hours and hours he spent shooting to earn that accolade? It is the same for any sport....you need to have some skills like hand/eye coordination and some ability to get off the floor. But those are not enough. Like the great pianists and other prodigies that have those gifts, hard work and long hours of practice are required until the act becomes like blinking the eye..
Yes, Damonte could become a tremendous shooter, but there is a tough road ahead to become such. BU may want his guys to get better in every skill at both ends which would not allow time to become elite at one skill. From what I have seen DW has many skills at both ends and will get better at all, But he can score in many ways and likely will not become an elite shooter...but maybe a better one who will make enough big shots to make us all happy.
Just to clarify, Ken Norman and Marcus Griffin both committed to Illinois out of high school, but went to Juco because of grades. Norman (Colliers at the time) was one of the top players in Chicago and Grif was a McDAA.
Aaron Wheeler is a wing and Jaquil Taylor's 2 ppg isn't doing to deter anyone. Haarms would be a good back up post so it would most likely be Boudreaux and Okoro as the starters.
IIRC, Swanigan and Jajuan Johnson improved their outside shots.
Feliz skills and clips remind me a little of Tony Parker.
I thought KB transferred from NIU?
But a little more athletic, and with better leadership skills...
Yeah, go to Purdue and you'll get a cup of coffee in the League before you're off to Europe. The drooling over Purdue here is getting nauseating.
1. No. You actually completely missed the point I made; which was that Okoro might cause the two freshmen bigs that signed in the fall to worry. Since I made it twice, and you have yet to have respond, I am assuming you are not interested in an actual discussion.
2. Unless we have actually seen the players; then ranking, height/weight, past trends, and other objective data are about all we have other than meaningless guesses. BTW, discussions of PU's decision to redshirt Wheeler described his competition for minutes as Vincent Edwards, Eden Ewing, and Jacquil Taylor.
If you are not interested in the actual points others make, are offended by clarifications, and prefer guesses to objective data; then I agree that exchanges with you might not be worth it.
Both prospects had their moments, and you could see the potential with both, as they scrimmaged
All current Illini players on the roster participated in the scrimmage. The El General's team had Kipper, Vessel, and Williams and walk-ons. On Griffin's team was Frazier, Eboigbodin, Jordan, and walk-ons.
El Captain was matched up against Frazier and Griffin was match up against Williams.
Here is my perspective on both prospects:
El Captain is a good initiator and orchestrator, he was consistently directing players to get in position. He had a couple of high-end passes and dropped a couple of floaters. He took three or four shots from the outside and made, I think, two. He seems way more experienced than the average high school kid and showed some leadership qualities needed in a point guard.
Griffin made some 3's and you could see his athleticism and abilities shine through some of his misses. He seemed a bit rushed at times, but he has all the tools to be successful.
It looked like all the player bonded well with both players.