Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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The Galloping Ghost

Washington, DC
Do we really think everyone on the team is elite?
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I predicted this would happen weeks ago and someone called me out for it. The Kid is chasing his dream! Good luck to Terrance. Hopefully this will open up some opportunity for a coveted wing in the next month or so.
 
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I predicted this would happen weeks ago and someone called me out for it. The Kid is chasing his dream! Good luck to Terrance. Hopefully this will open up some opportunity for a coveted wing in the next month or so.
You're a modern day Nostradamus.
 
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As of rn....
90% chance Coleman is back
65-70% chance TJ is back

That seems reasonable. I don't see much chance Coleman stays in the draft. Should be a good experience to confirm what he needs to do.
TSJ has NBA skills and definitely the athleticism. Didn't quite have the year he needed though to look like a first rounder. Love TSJ's game, and hope he gets drafted. Selfishly I wouldn't mind another season before getting there. If he shoots a little bit better, he goes from borderline to definitely.
 
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Kofi was not an NBA prospect in April 2022, period... Ayo's a real NBA player and would have been taken in the first round if you re-drafted, but he's a quirky NBA player, the scouting was overly harsh but it wasn't wrong.

The poor showing of The Beloved in the Big Tournaments when Kofi and Ayo were wearing Orange did not help either player's fortunes. Ayo was going to be drafted somewhere... and he slid further down than many expected. They both could have helped themselves with dominant tournament performances but that was not to be.

Most everyone on this board knew the size and type of player that Kofi is was going to be hard to translate to The Assocication. As many noted, his game was more in line a prior age like the 60s through the 80s.

Ayo has upside that has not yet been tapped. If he can rebound from the middling kind of year he's just had... he can raise his Assocation stock. There will always be a place for a guy who can play D, drive to the hole, and hit a decent percentage from distance if he can raise that level some more.

Hawkins has a perfect frame for today's NBA. And he can hit from Downtown. He's going to find a spot somewhere and he also has not yet hit his personal ceiling.
 
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Illin618

I forgot the last i in my username
Southern IL
As of rn....
90% chance Coleman is back
65-70% chance TJ is back
And just from hearing about the type of competitor TJ is and his character, he’ll make the right decision. Sounds like he has no problem with coming back and sharpening his craft.
 
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Retro62

North Bethesda, Maryland
Whether true or not, would you expect a coach to say anything else publicly about a new player with high expectations?

It's like Brad calling everyone elite. Do we really think everyone on the team is elite?
Underwood is guilty of hyperbole, but the comments made about Skyy seem to be a direct response to how his time at Illinois panned out. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear they were written by the Clark family.
 
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