Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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We can get both, but we’ll lose at least 1 of RJ or CH
There are 200 minutes available every game. 8 deep can average 20+ minutes. If every player thinks they should be the only talented player at their position, we will always be one injury away from a lost season.
 
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TyinLex

Kentucky
I'm more than happy to see Underwood adopting the Portal/NIL era better than Weber not adopting the social media era with recruits/transfers. Having a coach that can change/adapt to the ever-changing cultures will only benefit us in the future, not set us back like Weber did.

As they say, the cream will rise to the top, and I'd rather have guys want to come to Illinois than not come.
 
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The difference is that said retired sports writer is retired and has a track record of not actually knowing anything in recent years.
Yeah. Everyone knows retired people don’t know $hit! They forget everything they’ve ever learned during their long careers. They also immediately cut ties with any relationships built during their working years.
 
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Cracking Up Lol GIF by NBA on TNT

I..... I hope this is a joke.

I was poking fun at @illini0440 having to explain 100 times that Goode isn't a shooting guard
 
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I think Goode and Melendez will be in Champaign next year no matter what. Hawkins is more iffy. To be honest if Nance coming scares him off then meh. There’s room for both to start so seems silly to me but he’s gotta do whatever he thinks is best for himself. We can’t just go in with a big man room full of Brandon Liebs to placate one guy.
 
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Hopefully these experts are correct - I like that Austin Massey is InsidetheRedRaiders.com so at least his is not random fan. Plus since he is covers Texas Tech maybe he has some inside knowledge. Sure would like to see Derek Piper ILL and Jerry Meyer NAT get on board.

I really like the fact TSJ is a senior. Coleman, TSJ and Lieb will be our only upperclassmen unless we get some others thru portal. I also like the fact that TSJ is very athletic. I loved Kofi/Trent/Alphonso/Jacob but only Kofi had off the scale athleticism. In Brad we trust !
 
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Are you a close relative of our previous beloved poster KBattle? Because we’ve sorely been missing your kind positive energy around here…
I am not, he was just my favorite player from that era. If I were a relative, I'd probably have the 1989 team on endless loop!
 
#271      
This you?

For real though, I don't know why so many of the new posters to this board have been bashing insiders of late, but it needs to stop. For one, the last hour has offered evidence that your doubts were probably wrong. But in either case, tons of people come to this board for their tidbits, knowing that what they pass along may or may not end up being how the situation plays out. We've been over this ad nauseam, but it's a scoop (or prediction based on a scoop), not gospel. Lville has been wrong plenty of times, sure (most have), but I think I can speak for most of this board when I say we'd much rather have him here sharing what he is hearing -- even if it turns out to be wrong -- than have a board that's even more chock full of uninformed speculation and incessant posts complaining about the demise of the program, "nothing burger" days, and so on.
If you only knew the half of it.
 
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For those of you skeptical of reliability, I gave you the boom a few days ago …

Where you think Travis gets his info from ? 🤷🏻‍♂️
I don't think that people are skeptical of you. You have proved your worth and the accuracy of your information many times over. The people just get impatient. We been waiting to get out of the first weekend for how many years now? I have lost count. I got a text from a friend early yesterday saying that Michigan was out of the picture and he was committing yesterday. I posted yesterday morning about Michigan admissions and that they are out of scholarships. It was supposed to be a good Thursday. Just keep doing what you do. The board appreciates you.
 
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