Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[illini0440]

Wouldn't say it's speculation when his people were reaching out to other programs ...

Yup. They were upset last night. Chester spent some time on the phone yesterday evening

 

[illini80]

Is it though? We landed the Brothers Clark this month. We are the only team with two 2024 (potential 2023 reclasses) commits presently.

If we have learned anything from the transfer portal era, it moves fast and violently. Whiplash is a concern for a lot of posters.

It has certainly made the offseason much less of a bore. BU said there were 1,300 names in the portal yesterday and a few weeks ago it was at 900.

Every time a player enters the portal, a different player gets deposited to a DII, DIII or NAIA campus somewhere.

1436 as of noon today.

 

[Heisenbobble]

Tre Mitchell
Efton Reid

Yes on Reid. No thanks on Mitchell. Give me Jones and Reid and call it a day. But ... IL will only land Jones. That's my latest (and 27th) prediction.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

1436 as of noon today.

That is a crazy number.

 

[PizzaHutParkingLot]

Yup. They were upset last night. Chester spent some time on the phone yesterday evening

 

[Battle89]

If you've seen moneyball, they have a scene about this. They couldn't replace Jason giambi, but you may be able to replace a lot of what he brings by different people contributing different things. We should have better passing and possibly pick and roll defense from those playing center this year, for example. But yes, of course fewer post moves leading to dunks or fouls.

 

[phats22]

Is it though? We landed the Brothers Clark this month. We are the only team with two 2024 (potential 2023 reclasses) commits presently.

If we have learned anything from the transfer portal era, it moves fast and violently. Whiplash is a concern for a lot of posters.

It has certainly made the offseason much less of a bore. BU said there were 1,300 names in the portal yesterday and a few weeks ago it was at 900.

Every time a player enters the portal, a different player gets deposited to a DII, DIII or NAIA campus somewhere.

Protect da neck

 

[Illin618]

You can say the same thing about Skyy and ZZ and look what happened. You may want to watch what your saying here.

Or what? hahaha this is a thread solely based on recruitment talk. I hope they land them both but they most likely wont land either (unfortunately.) Your reply having no context is hilarious though.

 

[Bryce Hopkins]

Protect da neck

My neck plates are open if anyone is wondering…

 

[Illin618]

If it was only an opinion and not an unwanted truth. PLease prove me wrong, BU!

 

[Future Insider]

Probably same play that Kofi team played last year. Can’t blame them if it gets him a pay raise.

 

[GBIllini]

hawkins and nance at the 4/5 would be a matchup problem for a lot of teams. i like your break down of hypothetical minutes

Except Hawkins hasn't shown he can score in the low post over defenders other than rebound tip ins or dunks. Has no back down or face up game in the paint.

 

[purcy51]

That is a crazy number.

Rough estimate: that is @ 30% of D1 basketball players.

 

[Illini808]

Except Hawkins hasn't shown he can score in the low post over defenders other than rebound tip ins or dunks. Has no back down or face up game in the paint.

but Nance can play with his back to the basket

 

[Homecoming 2019]

Except Hawkins hasn't shown he can score in the low post over defenders other than rebound tip ins or dunks. Has no back down or face up game in the paint.

To me having bigs that can knock down an open shot is more important than a post up game.

 

[DAM1298]

Except Hawkins hasn't shown he can score in the low post over defenders other than rebound tip ins or dunks. Has no back down or face up game in the paint.

Good thing there’s no rule requiring we need to run post-ups for him then! Use him in PnRs with skyy as a lob threat or spacing out in pick and pops, let him roam, run the floor in transition. We’re gonna see a much more modern, less post-heavy offense with Kofi gone.

 

[joekam]

Illinois could have bates right now if they wanted him.

Complete with a job for his step dad?

 

[NarrowJ]

Complete with a job for his step dad?

I believe Mitchell is the one with the weird step dad guy.

 

[Homecoming 2019]

I believe Mitchell is the one with the weird step dad guy.

Don't we all have weird step dads?

 

[joekam]

I believe Mitchell is the one with the weird step dad guy.

You are right. Not sure why I mixed that one up. Maybe I should rely more on doing a Google search off an image.

 

[JBfor3]

If we could have Bates now seems crazy that you wouldn't say yes. Even with the extra curriculars involved. Guy was thought of as the best player in all of HS as a soph and if he turns into a success story, could be helpful with future top prospects

 

[BashCtIllini]

If we could have Bates now seems crazy that you wouldn't say yes. Even with the extra curriculars involved. Guy was thought of as the best player in all of HS as a soph and if he turns into a success story, could be helpful with future top prospects

he's terribly weak, and if your team hates each other because of him, he becomes a net negative.

 

[Idea Gardener]

If we could have Bates now seems crazy that you wouldn't say yes. Even with the extra curriculars involved. Guy was thought of as the best player in all of HS as a soph and if he turns into a success story, could be helpful with future top prospects

What if he represents the anthesis of your culture?

 

[soupy17]

If we could have Bates now seems crazy that you wouldn't say yes. Even with the extra curriculars involved. Guy was thought of as the best player in all of HS as a soph and if he turns into a success story, could be helpful with future top prospects

Consider that Memphis went 12-9 with Bates playing and 10-2 when he did not play.

 

[GrapplingIllini]

If we could have Bates now seems crazy that you wouldn't say yes. Even with the extra curriculars involved. Guy was thought of as the best player in all of HS as a soph and if he turns into a success story, could be helpful with future top prospects

The fact that even Izzo didn’t want to keep him as a commit should raise all the red flags.