Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of May 17th, 2021)

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sacraig said:
Is this the mythical package deal we've heard so much about!?!?
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I keep holding out on the statement BU made....."you don't know sh*t"......would gladly accept this deal and freely admit that I really don't know Sh*T!
 
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doowink said:
I keep holding out on the statement BU made....."you don't know sh*t"......would gladly accept this deal and freely admit that I really don't know Sh*T!
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At this point is it safe to assume that whatever that was, was likely something that didn't come to fruition? I wonder if we'll ever find out (probably not). At the time it felt like it was something we'd find out about in a matter of weeks or months, and it still hasn't happened, so...
 
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logjam

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doowink said:
I keep holding out on the statement BU made....."you don't know sh*t"......would gladly accept this deal and freely admit that I really don't know Sh*T!
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I still wonder too, he seemed like it was something big, maybe Podz telling him he's coming or better yet another goodie still to come!
 
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altgeld88 said:
Well said. Tangentially, I recall the anecdote (from stats class long ago) about how the University of Virginia College of Communications marketed in the mid-'80s to prospective students that the department boasted an outrageously high average starting salary for graduates.

Turned out that Ralph Sampson was a member of the class from which that stat was derived.
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Sort of like trying to ford that river that has a three foot average depth
 
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The Galloping Ghost

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Captain 14 said:
Sort of like trying to ford that river that has a three foot average depth
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illiniguy

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altgeld88 said:
Well said. Tangentially, I recall the anecdote (from stats class long ago) about how the University of Virginia College of Communications marketed in the mid-'80s to prospective students that the department boasted an outrageously high average starting salary for graduates.

Turned out that Ralph Sampson was a member of the class from which that stat was derived.
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Meyers Leonard must have skewed UI salary data for a while.
 
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WaltJabsco said:
Half a million per year, each, with a new league whose intent is to develop talent for the NBA. Essentially, a direct competitor for G League Ignite, which should raise pre-NBA salaries, which could attract more interest from athletes who didn't come here to play school. The landscape is changing.
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Amazing. Not a good sign of things to come. Must be with the parents or approved by a court or it’d be unenforceable
 
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WhiteHorseWings said:
Amazing. Not a good sign of things to come. Must be with the parents or approved by a court or it’d be unenforceable
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No it’s not a good sign. Why not just change AAU to PAU and get it over with? Will fail miserably, of course. Everything is not a business, and greed has its limits.
 
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WaltJabsco

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SeattleSlim said:
No it’s not a good sign. Why not just change AAU to PAU and get it over with? Will fail miserably, of course. Everything is not a business, and greed has its limits.
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Early efforts will probably fail, but someone will come up with a model that works. There's a space to be filled.
 
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Removing all the players primarily looking for a payday might be a good way to level the collegiate field. I know ~ naive in the extreme as the collegiate money will just flow downhill.
 
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Emerson Bigguns

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WaltJabsco said:
Early efforts will probably fail, but someone will come up with a model that works. There's a space to be filled.
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I agree. My guess is the G-League will win out, since it has NBA backing/branding, but they will have to pay the what the market will bear or they will get competition.
 
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If the Overtime Elite league is for 16-18 year old's it won't affect the G-League very much because there are no players that age in that league. Two different animals with very little crossover.
 
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illiniguy

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illinibb76 said:
If the Overtime Elite league is for 16-18 year old's it won't affect the G-League very much because there are no players that age in that league. Two different animals with very little crossover.
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So are kids supposed to drop out of high school to play in this league?
 
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