Lol not quite he wants to commit soon and he would now be a spring project type of commit.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (November-December 2018)
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2019 qualification issues.
sacraig
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This feels like the kind of situation where he would not benefit from committing soon. He is kind of in that limbo position where he's probably good enough that the mid-major programs would love to have him at any time of year, but if he waits until spring, he may get some more serious sniffs from larger programs like ours.
SIU is where a lot of people want him to go.
Joel Goodson
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Dead wrong.
Previously had Iowa, Penn State, and Northwestern offers from Big 10.
ILL in IA
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He would be able to play the second half of next year correct?
I think so. He'd be eligible for one more season after that.
TownieMatt
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PA kid who went to Nova over Penn State. Doubt he leaves the east coast.
Is it best to take a player or Payton's caliber, at whatever position, or leave the scholarship unfilled?
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Or fill in spring?
Joel Goodson
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For me, the calculus is simple: standard Plan B. If we don't land a SF better than Payton (SF/PF hybrid), take him. Classic slow play. OTOH, slow plays frequently drive kids elsewhere. So be it. Pretty sure we'd prefer him to wait 'til Spring.
FWLIW, I don't think Payton will be an Illini.
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I agree with this prediction. SIU is on the upswing and he should be a good player in the MVC. I don’t see him waiting around for IL to find a better option and then being recruited over the following year. If IL says we want you before Spring, he is ours. If we say he has to wait, he picks one of the other three on list.
If he waits until Spring, I think Payton goes to SIU or even ISU Redbirds.
I dont think he's gonna wait until spring for either one of those schools. If he waits until spring he's looking for bigger offers.
Tell me if you've seen this movie before.
- Illini slow play Payton
- Payton blows up
- Payton gets better offers in Spring
- Illini miss out on better options and go all in on Payton
- Payton chooses another school
- Illini go digging for last minute 300+ ranked "diamonds"
- Illini fans cry themselves to sleep
- Illini slow play Payton
- Payton blows up
- Payton gets better offers in Spring
- Illini miss out on better options and go all in on Payton
- Payton chooses another school
- Illini go digging for last minute 300+ ranked "diamonds"
- Illini fans cry themselves to sleep
BananaShampoo
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You forgot: "Payton leads other school to Final Four."
many times, but none with the name Payton, and certainly not this one?
Any more info, school perhaps? Googled name and basically found this post and nothing else basketball related.
sacraig
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I have not. Popular narrative, but not based in reality other than maybe Tyler Ulis? That still isn't the same, though, because Ulis was a far better-regarded recruit than Payton currently is, and it sort of defied reasoning that we didn't offer him before he totally blew up given our point guard struggles at the time.
I completely agree! I personally have met the player and feel that he is not close to listed height. If he was truly that size and played with a high motor, he would be sought after by many more programs. Great kid and I wish him the best but he is not a BIG type of player.
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We are not slow playing Payton. We now have three bigs who are more or less projects plus January who is more highly regarded. No way we get another project this fall, IMO. We'll be hoping that we grab a better one in the spring. Maybe if we strike out on those options we'd take Payton, but even then I think it's doubtful. Better to roll it and have more flexibility in the fall.
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