Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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ORANGEbluescool44

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YOHAN TRAORE could do his thing at FORWARD POSITION for the newly FLYERS who are bigger, stronger and defensively raring to FIRE & BLAZE a new trail.
 
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ORANGEbluescool44 said:
YOHAN TRAORE could do his thing at FORWARD POSITION for the newly FLYERS who are bigger, stronger and defensively raring to FIRE & BLAZE a new trail.
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logjam

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Big guy Efton Reid transferring out of LSU.....He would be a definite take for me.
 
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the juiceman cometh said:
Interesting. Given that the word from insiders like yourself is that Kofi is coming back and Hawkins is staying, are we recruiting him to come off the bench? I'm surprised he'd entertain that.
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Having learned before aging to double digits that only a fool uses the words always and never, I will say that I give the probability of Kofi's return a number beginning with a decimal. For the life of me, I cannot fathom a reason for his return. Unless........................................he really, really, really enjoys playing in C-U with his teammates AND has been promised a 7 figure NIL which is more than he can earn as an NBA rookie.

Please enlighten me as to why "Insiders" think he will return and what would compel him to value those reasons more than his NBA dream.....if he is a first round lock and gets that feedback.

He did improve in all areas at which he needed improvement, maybe not enough in passing out of doubles, but noticeable improvements. He listens to his coaches and responds. And he is good in the locker room. I see him as a tremendous value to a team willing to coach him up.
 
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hoopsfan47 said:
Having learned before aging to double digits that only a fool uses the words always and never, I will say that I give the probability of Kofi's return a number beginning with a decimal. For the life of me, I cannot fathom a reason for his return. Unless........................................he really, really, really enjoys playing in C-U with his teammates AND has been promised a 7 figure NIL which is more than he can earn as an NBA rookie.

Please enlighten me as to why "Insiders" think he will return and what would compel him to value those reasons more than his NBA dream.....if he is a first round lock and gets that feedback.

He did improve in all areas at which he needed improvement, maybe not enough in passing out of doubles, but noticeable improvements. He listens to his coaches and responds. And he is good in the locker room. I see him as a tremendous value to a team willing to coach him up.
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He is very very very far from a first round lock... Never once have I seen him on a draft board for first or second round. He's too slow laterally and not bouncy enough for the NBA and doesn't have a necessary valuable signature skill to counter that (e.g., passing, shooting, defense). Love him, but he's a college guy, not an NBA guy. Could he be an undrafted free agent type of guy who maybe gets a two-way deal and eventually works his way onto a roster as a third big man to play 10-12 minutes a game? Sure. But no team is using a draft pick on that.
 
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the juiceman cometh

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hoopsfan47 said:
Please enlighten me as to why "Insiders" think he will return and what would compel him to value those reasons more than his NBA dream.....if he is a first round lock and gets that feedback.

He did improve in all areas at which he needed improvement, maybe not enough in passing out of doubles, but noticeable improvements. He listens to his coaches and responds. And he is good in the locker room. I see him as a tremendous value to a team willing to coach him up.
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He's not and he won't. Highest I've seen him on any mock is in the mid 50s and he doesn't even show up at all in most mocks. He's most likely playing overseas or in the G League next year if he leaves, and it appears he's making more in NIL than he would on a G League or overseas deal.
 
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Because Illinois doesn't get the first 5* for second one to get behind...

Seriously though, that's more of a one and done model which is not what Illinois seems to be going for at the moment.
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NIL might be changing this, I hope
 
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DeonThomas

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logjam said:
Big guy Efton Reid transferring out of LSU.....He would be a definite take for me.
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Speculating LSU will be fully depleted of star talent next season.

Hopeful we can get 1 or 2 of their guys jumping off the sinking ship. (Betting on none.)
 
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