Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (November-December 2016)
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Damonte
Watching the game. Damonte looks stronger; he was aggressive in the first have and made three or four jumpers. a few of those jumpers were off the bounce or a power dribble to get better position. he dribbles well. he also dunked from a two footed stance. I'm impressed so far.
Watching the game. Damonte looks stronger; he was aggressive in the first have and made three or four jumpers. a few of those jumpers were off the bounce or a power dribble to get better position. he dribbles well. he also dunked from a two footed stance. I'm impressed so far.
he for sure ups our athletic quota, I hope he can play like this game all year long. It is a shame they don't have much size where he could play more D on guards rather then post player for the other team just to see what he can do
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
Sure it would be nice to see now, but I actually think these are some small things that help give guys a complete game in college.
2 of peoria manual top players are out right now as well. So more will be put on damonte. Let's see how he responds.
Damonte finished its 28 tonight. Javon had 29 tonight. Our commits are tearing it up!
Awesome highlights! If the switch has flipped for Da'Monte, he's got the potential to be a big time player. Good size, athleticism, and skill package. I hope he gets to play more on the ball this year.
If he didn't take plays off last year and stayed aggressive I think he would of been a top 50 player. The bad part is he might not of taken plays off but it looked like it. Didn't get to see him much so don't know. I know there was times I thought his dad took plays off but simply he just had a natural flow it just looked like it
today, damonte was the best player by far. he physically dominated the game on both sides of the floor.
This is GREAT. Of all of our commits, everyone is most worried about Tilmon after their 1st games! If this continues, we are going to have a dynamite class!
This is GREAT. Of all of our commits, everyone is most worried about Tilmon after their 1st games! If this continues, we are going to have a dynamite class!
LOL I really don't think anyone is worried about JT , more about his team and the lack of them getting him the ball. You would think he would at least touch the ball every other time down the court, if not every time.
I watched the game on my phone but I believe Damonte had a put back dunk on a missed free throw to end the 3rd quarter and then on the first play of the 4th quarter had a back door alley oop slam. Like I said before don't discount him from being the starting PG or getting a ton minutes at PG and SG.
I don't really care where he is ranked I can't recall a player we have had that can do that from the PG/SG position in the last 10 years. Better athlete and more in control than Nunn at the same stage. Better around game than Luther but not the same hops. I think the closest is Paul, but I think Williams is ahead as well. Like somebody mentioned he has size, dribbling/passing, athleticism, shooting skills. The kid covers the court very well, hard to measure that. But he covers a lot of ground on defense and gets from point a to point b pretty fast.
We should be really happy with our recruits.
I don't really care where he is ranked I can't recall a player we have had that can do that from the PG/SG position in the last 10 years. Better athlete and more in control than Nunn at the same stage. Better around game than Luther but not the same hops. I think the closest is Paul, but I think Williams is ahead as well. Like somebody mentioned he has size, dribbling/passing, athleticism, shooting skills. The kid covers the court very well, hard to measure that. But he covers a lot of ground on defense and gets from point a to point b pretty fast.
We should be really happy with our recruits.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
I am delighted with our recruits. Thankful for our recruits, even, on this Thanksgiving Day 
last night was the first time i got to watch Damonte in a game. He exceeded my expectations by far. To be honest i wasn't sure what to expect. I know this isn't fair to Damonte but while watching him i was thinking Baby Dwayne Wade.
Trent Frazier is a electric scorer. i watched a few of his games and all i can say is....smooth. he is pretty athletic too. i think he just needs to gain muscle.
I would love to get a look at Javon's game.
I was thinking DWade as well but didn't want to say it because I would be feeding the trolls. Like I mentioned before got to see Nunn quite a bit his senior year on tv or online and Williams game is further ahead IMHO.
Probably the biggest problem for Damonte is that he will be playing out of position like most recruits in high school. It would be nice for him to be a full time PG or Combo guard. But last night he played mostly on the wing in the first half. During the second half it appears a switch was made and they have him more as a PG or top of the key. Once he gets a head of steam on him he is tough to stop, just a big PG.
Anybody have an idea what happened to their 3 pt shooter from Kentucky? I hope he didn't transfer.
Probably the biggest problem for Damonte is that he will be playing out of position like most recruits in high school. It would be nice for him to be a full time PG or Combo guard. But last night he played mostly on the wing in the first half. During the second half it appears a switch was made and they have him more as a PG or top of the key. Once he gets a head of steam on him he is tough to stop, just a big PG.
Anybody have an idea what happened to their 3 pt shooter from Kentucky? I hope he didn't transfer.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
If DWill puts it together, look out. Obviously, one can say that about anybody. But Williams brings a level of athleticism and size rarely seen, at least by the likes of us. Impossible to tell if he'll be able to morph into a legit PG now, but hopefully the motor questions will be put to rest. Sky is the limit.
He had back surgery over the summer and has not suited up yet.
FT35
- Naperville
Did Adam Miller play last night?
It's good to hear that DW had a good game last night. With Youngman and RDW out he is probably the tallest player on the court for Manual.
Frank had to play a similar role for Manual back in 1997-98 as he was the tallest player on the team that year.
It's good to hear that DW had a good game last night. With Youngman and RDW out he is probably the tallest player on the court for Manual.
Frank had to play a similar role for Manual back in 1997-98 as he was the tallest player on the team that year.
I think Damonte as a PG is a high major with NBA potential. When looked at as a SG/SF with a low motor is where we likely saw the drop off in rankings and potential. Like I mentioned earlier he was active and can cover the court with size/speed. There is probably a sabermetric stat for basketball players to show points prevented.
Anybody have anymore links to the Belleville, Manual, and ESL games?
Manual link -- live now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQF8UpGECgA
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