Would you waist a draft pick on him? Offensively not much confidence, and a turnover waiting to happen. Big fan of Hawkins but his head causes him issues.
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I think the Illini would benefit immensely if he comes back for sure. I know he can be frustrating at times but he does things no one else on this team can.
Waist? Are you sure it would be a waist?
I thought the same as you. That said, I've also been engaging in some Pru-style HH festivities.
Some players do click. When players think about basketball the same way, notice the same things, they anticipate those cuts to happen. Add in a player that sees the same things and makes the cut and boom - instant chemistry.
Is that a very surface level analysis of a complex topic? Of course. But while chemistry CAN develop over time, it can also be pretty close to instant. Happens a lot at the nba level when you see mid season acquisitions have significant impact.
sacraig
- The desert
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I’d guess the way he’s being used and the minutes he’s being played are the reasons the chance he might stay has increased. Obviously if the feedback he gets during the draft process is positive, he’ll enter draft. But if not, the chance of him transferring has shrunk. I had a feeling going into the season, he was likely gone — whether through draft or transfer.
It seems that he and BU are meshing better this year
When it comes to”recruiting” , NIL earnings, overseas opportunities, realistic expectations for earnings if they stay compared to going pro is there a chance Hawk or TSJ stay? I hope they make the NBA right away just like I did Kofi. I just wonder if there is a chance either stay?
I want to recruit the best players everywhere and whatever is best for our guys to stay or go I hope they do what’s best for themselves
I want to recruit the best players everywhere and whatever is best for our guys to stay or go I hope they do what’s best for themselves
I am very interested to see and find out who these transfers will be. We do need more experience. TSJ and Meyer helped us this year. I wish we had added a transfer PG too and I expect we will for next season.
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I'm not hip on what you're saying.
Let me guess and JB moved up.?
He fell also, but still ahead of Morez sitting at number 50
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Can someone just link to one of the other hundreds of pages going on about rankings not mattering and in Brad we trust to save us all time?
You only have to look at the list of all time Illinois recruits on 247 to see that rankings don't matter, or at least wrt those who commit to Illinois.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
It will be a perpetual conversation as long as there talk about recruiting.
Looks like Baylor is putting together a very nice 2024 class.
That bodes well for our 2025 class lol
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
There might be an inside joke I'm missing, but I feel this is only true when you get into specifics - like getting Ayo ranked in the 20s vs. a kid ranked 9th. It probably won't matter at all, or it will at least be a case-by-case basis. On the other hand, the teams that win conference titles and go to the second weekend of the Tournament seem to get some top 50 guys. That appears to be the big cutoff.
Not an inside joke. My point was that if you look at our top 30 or 40 prospects listed, about half of them grossly underperformed their ranking - starting with our top ranked recruit ever - Jerome Richmond. Miller, Curbelo, Skyy, etc are gone. Recruiting rankings have not been very predictive of how much players will ultimately contribute to the program.
On the Illini Inquirer postgame podcast from last night Piper teased an upcoming article and interview where Morez said that he's trying to convince another big time recruit to join him at Illinois. Any guesses who that could be?
Did you miss the memo? Morez is out of the top 50 so we can stop referring to him as a “big time recruit” now. Absolutely comical as there is no way. Kids at 247 are (well, always have been) getting lazy with their research.
Would be fun to have him bring another stud with him. Going to be an absolute blast of a player to have on the Illini.
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