Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Emerson Bigguns
BretMyBeachHouse said:
Much more difficult than NBA free agency. Basically everyone is on a one year contract.
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I'm not sure that's 100% accurate. Once you have transferred once, you can't transfer again w/o a redshirt year or a waiver. Hopefully, last off-season was an anomaly in regard to portal volume, because everyone suddenly had options they never had before.

I guess if you want continuity, you can recruit exclusively from the portal.... lol

At least the Illini are a Power 5. Imagine landing an under-rated Freshman at a mid-major and KNOWING there is no way you are keeping him around for a second year.
 
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BretMyBeachHouse
Emerson Bigguns said:
I'm not sure that's 100% accurate. Once you have transferred once, you can't transfer again w/o a redshirt year or a waiver. Hopefully, last off-season was an anomaly in regard to portal volume, because everyone suddenly had options they never had before.

I guess if you want continuity, you can recruit exclusively from the portal.... lol

At least the Illini are a Power 5. Imagine landing an under-rated Freshman at a mid-major and KNOWING there is no way you are keeping him around for a second year.
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Great point.

Hottest commodity out there might be a top freshman in the portal.

Imagine how many schools would have gone after Steph Curry after his freshman year.
 
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Combo
Emerson Bigguns said:
For all the over-the-top praise we typically lay on our recruits, DGL is getting the opposite. I don't get it. What has he done to garner all this negativity? Transfer? Dunk in a game that was over?
Don't injure your hands clutching your pearls. He's a 17 year old kid, with a lot of talent.
With fans like these, who needs haters?
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I don't see that much negativity. People are just pointing out that his recent videos show him doing stuff against opponents that aren't playing defense.

There's no doubt he's very athletic.
 
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kyillinifan
Johnson is going to be a very good player for UI. Wish he was coming in 23. Already has the body for the Big Ten. We will need a top pint guard to go with him.
 
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stifler
Illinilosch said:
He's a legit 6'9" for sure. Last month I got a perfect look at him standing next to teammate James Brown who's listed at 6'10" and MJ looked a smidge taller than JB. So unless JB is wildly overrated with the listing of his height, worst case scenario MJ is 6'9".
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Most importantly, are his growth plates still open?
 
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