Obviously you make very good points about the wing positions and I agree I would love to have at least 1 if not 2 of THT/Griffin/Hellems. That being said, this team works best with multiple guys that can handle the ball and flat out score. That is something that Ayo absolutely does in addition to having excellent size at the PG spot. Ayo could play anywhere from the 1-3 positions in this offense. Also, I wasn't trying to say that the bar has been set for BU to land back to back Mr Basketballs but landing Ayo would help to set that bar and show that Illinois is a premier destination for top recruits in Chicago.
On Ayo (maybe you've seen him?) he's just a tough kid to gauge by highlight tapes because he's not a ridiculous athlete and his frame is almost slight. He's obviously ranked what he is for a reason but I see primarily layups from him and obviously nobody gets too blown away with a highlight film full of layups. Gurus have him ranked top 50 for a reason.
I think 2 out of THT/Griffin/Hellems would be fantastic. Ayo/Griffin/Hellems and I would be ecstatic moving forward to the next class. If Ayo comes here I wouldn't be shocked to see Pearson too.
I'm higher on Pearson than most as I think he's a fairly good athlete at that size that could get 6-8ppg off transition baskets alone but if you take him do you hurt your chances with a higher ceiling 2019 guy? Who knows.
This beef with the Fire.. I see a lot of tweets/retweets.. And Conditt's coach(i believe that's who it was) kind of fired a shot at Ayo a couple nights ago and Conditt/THT/Griffin are regularly tweeting/retweeting this thing about not being scared to play ranked players etc. Seems you're either with the fire or you're not right now..
Some guys are really high on where Conditt could be a couple years from now..
I'm rambling on because I could, if there wasn't any drama, see Ayo/Griffin/Hellems/Pearson/Conditt as a 1-5 class... Yeah that makes it tough to pitch to Okoro/EJ the following year but guys go play behind other 5*s at Kentucky/Kansas so shuold Pearson or Conditt scare a guy off?