Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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illini0440

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IlliniLiveOn said:
Perhaps he will. According to NBA Scouting Live article of 05-22-2022, the pros and cons of Pete Nance's game and potential in the NBA are nicely illustrated. ACCSports.com has a 05-20-2022 article under North Carolina Tar Heels News with a very good overview (with lots of video) of what Nance could bring to UNC, but they believe their chances of getting him are a long shot.

Most of this stems from the fact that Pete is not talking, and he is still contemplating his decision. Having scoured the internet, I see mention of or definite individual NBA team invitations to workouts. Perhaps others know something more definite. We shall wait and see.
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Or it stems from the teams giving Pete positive feedback
 
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theNewGuy

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IlliniLiveOn said:
Now you're starting to think outside the box. But then you have to really sit back and think ... is he really a better option than RJ or TSJ? I'd concentrate on what he can bring to us and the eventually the NBA defensively ... and yeah, Fletch, ofc.
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I'd roll Mayer out there WITH RJ and TSJ. Hawkins or Dain at the 5.
 
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illini0440 said:
Or it stems from the teams giving Pete positive feedback
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I'm not surprised he's getting positive feedback or that a team would take a chance on him with a 2nd round pick, given his NBA pedigree, but any idea why he wasn't invited to the combine? I thought pretty much anyone getting serious consideration gets the invite.
 
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IlliniLiveOn

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theNewGuy said:
For what it's worth 0440, this is one of those times I hope you're wrong about Nance
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The longer we hear nothing, the more chance he is correct ... June 1st.

Never really liked Nance's total fit for the Illini anyway. :LOL::LOL:


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BretMyBeachHouse said:
Confusion reigns.

I imagine all of our players are getting something through various arrangements. I'm thinking you're talking about the splashy deals we've been hearing about.

To be clear, there's not much clarity on that. As 0440 intimated, there's some thought that Garcia was lied to. Some have implied that AZ lied to Boswell. I'm sure other fan bases are saying that Kofi left because we promised 1m but couldn't guarantee.

And so on and so on. With the lack of transparency, there's not much of an ability for people to know the truth. And the idea that Illinois is the only angel out there in what we are telling players is the utmost in homerism.

I will say that in my eyes, part of the success of our NIL strategy is to find substantial amounts early for Skyy and Epps, and RJ. Don't wait for them to blow up.

We have the coach we have now because his previous employer lowballed him. Let's learn our lesson.
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I imagine our players will get some NIL money but they have not yet (or at least I have not seen any announcement except for our walk-on player.) Some UNC players, per Twitter, have already gotten their NIL dollars (whether they were lied or not.) I am just here to point out UNC is ahead of us in terms of the NIL game. I don't blame our staff though because Kofi was the only existing player worth of consideration and he left. But from now only, I consider NIL as recruiting AND retaining money and sometimes they will be renegotiated (probably for a raise.)
 
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marvin1991 said:
Shouldn’t have cut Payne loose so early.
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I took some flak for mentioning early on that I was not too keen on so many of our players transferring out. Wasn't convinced that all the spots would be able to be filled by players that would be better than the ones already on the team who knew the system.
I love our team, and our coaching staff. Hopefully we can still get one or two players that will help next year.
 
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Joel Goodson said:
Adding Butz as a depth piece (a la BBV and Payne) is fine. Expecting him to thrive in a larger role is not so fine.
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Oh I agree. We need a warm body to take some minutes and Butz looks to be a fine player to fill that role. Just a far cry from the type of transfer we went into the season hoping for so am hoping a more impactful frontcourt option C develops if neither Nance or Mayer work out.
 
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JMoser16

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if we can’t add Nance or Mayer I don’t think it’s too hard to imagine a top 25 team with Goode and Ty backing up Coleman at the 4 and Coleman taking minutes at the 5 when Dain is on the bench. Maybe something like this for front court minutes

4: Coleman 15 Goode 15 Ty 10
5: Dain 24 16 Coleman

Coleman plays >30 minutes, also this is assuming Goode and Ty get some additional tick at the wing as well
 
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IlliniLiveOn

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the juiceman cometh said:
And apparently adding Jaylen Butz (mentioned as someone we reached out to in the previous thread) keeps us at #31. Guess we don't need a "scoring machine."

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I find it very interesting that adding back Jacob Grandison puts us at # 16 (just two behind where Nance put us). Not that I believe it. They both spread the floor, but Pete Nance is a better rebounder and shooter and for what we currently need - defender too.
 
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