Some should sit back and take a look at yourselves.
Never be disappointed when a recruit is visiting- Don't care who it is.
This kid is solid.
If we go any smaller we should just not contest rebounds. All we could do is get a foul called on us.
Stop complaining kid is easy top 75 kid. Terrence Lewis is very close with Tejon Lucas so that really helps us out would play the 3 here at Illinois. Kid is very long and athletic I am a big fan of his game.
I absolutely love what coach is doing with the wings tho yes we may have 1000 of them but the size on all of them in the recent classes : Kipper 6'7 AJ 6'5 DJW 6'7 Pickett 6'6 even Damonte is 6'3.
Some should sit back and take a look at yourselves.
Never be disappointed when a recruit is visiting- Don't care who it is.
This kid is solid.
I do not think anyone is saying the kid is not solid. But you already have JCL, Jordan, DJ Williams, and Kipper at the wings. We have already added Pickett, and Damonte is a combo. We definitely want Goodwin. The real question is not whether the kid is solid, but whether we need to add another SF type at this point when we still have major gaps at C, PG, and great uncertainty at PF. One of our main problems has been positional gaps, positional balance, and players forced to play out of position, more than overall recruiting.
So the question is priorities more than ability, sans the obvious recruiting of top ranked players who you take no matter what. Unless of course there is knowledge of possible attrition at the wing positions or we are not confident on what we already have at the wings.
Now that would be a nut punch, depending on the player, but I really like the potential of the new freshman.
Are you saying that you're worried about scholarship numbers? We would still take Goodwin and Tilmon in a heartbeat even if this kid were to commit tomorrow.
No I don't. I never worry about scholarships and I do not know where you read than in my post.
My post is about priorities, positional gaps, and (recruiting) balance at positions, not overall number of scholarships. There is no worries that we run out of scholarships for either Goodwin or Tilmon (not sure again where you read that in my post). But even with Goodwin and Tilmon on board, the priorities still remain PG, PF, and C, especially with Mav graduating.
Silky smooth in that video. Above average athleticism and I'm guessing his wingspan is closer to 6'9 than 6'6.
I think everyone wants balance at those positions, but I'm failing to see how this affects the recruiting at the other positions. It doesn't take much effort to get a kid to go on an unofficial visit. Now if the staff was spending many resources at the expense of other more important recruits, then I'd be concerned but that's very unlikely.
He was also lost on defense, was not a good rebounder and didn't understand that he needs to have his head on a swivel. With his athleticism, those are all things that can be improved quickly through coaching but they are deficiencies now.
Things are certainly slow right now, this discussion has gone on for pages.
If we go any smaller we should just not contest rebounds. All we could do is get a foul called on us.
Dead on.
His wingspan is incredible.
I would be thrilled to get this kid. Long, athletic, smooth