Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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jamarvelous31

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Emerson Bigguns said:
That's what RJ averaged & he played over 20 minutes a game. At that rate, give him 30 minutes a game, & its not unreasonable that he gets to double digits regularly. He is not a shooter, but to say he can't score isn't accurate.
He was never going to be a Steph Curry. He's a Draymond Green. I wouldn't be surprised to see a similar trajectory over his college career.
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For real. Ty obviously has growing to do to be an all-NBA player. But their Freshman stats are pretty darn similar (keeping in mind that Dray played on a much better team his frosh year).

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So, in reading this thread the past couple of days I was wondering how in the world we got onto the subject of whether Ty -- a player of so many valuable abilities -- can score the basketball. In reviewing the posts, it appears I inadvertently caused us to go down that rabbit hole by innocently suggesting that in lieu of an identifiable backup PG, a couple of guys, including Ty, could fill the spot for a few minutes to give the PG a breather. I get it when people simplify the game by saying the team that scores the most points wins. It's also true that the team that holds the opponent to the fewest points wins. Another rabbit hole, I'm sure. But it's not like I asked about everyone's favorite bread.
 
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Battle89

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mysterio2525 said:
If anyone from the NCAA comes a knocking after rayj hopefully commits, I got a response for them...
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Full trust to the insiders, but sorry stuff like Pearl / Thomas / NCAA is etched in my brain forever..."just because we couldn't find any evidence doesn't mean there was no wrongdoing" (paraphrasing).
 
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Everyone is up in arms over Ty. He does not have to be a great shooter. He just needs to create a simple baseline to elbow jumper. We are going to be balanced. If Ty gets us 8 and 6 a game, I am elated. Our success is not predicated on him scoring 15 a game. We have at least 6 guys who will get us double digit scoring. You throw in another 3 guys getting around 7, that’s going to be near 80 a game. Scoring is not going to be an issue. Was Lucas Johnson a great shooter? Not really but he was a glue guy. Ty is our glue guy who will get into the heads of our opponents, rebound the crap out of the ball and play solid D. Why dont we let him be him and not invent a player that he isn’t?
 
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oldman said:
It appears Ty does not appeal to the fans who want 15 points a game even if the player he guards scores 18. Personally, I prefer outscoring your opponent.
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Ty certainly is an asset. He does so many things at a very very high level. That said I don't think its hating to state that he has not shown any reason to be optimistic he can become even a ok shooter. I don't recall him making jumper outside a few feet but he didn't take bad shots either. He knows what he is good at and doesn't force things. He is clearly a hard worker and I'm sure he has been working on a jump shot for years. Hopefully that may happen but is it likely? If not that is ok. Because he does other things. However if he can just develop into a 65 percent FT shooter i would be estatic given his other skills. I do feel some are being overly optimistic that he is suddenly going to hit jumpers and be a lottery pick. He doesn't need to be either to have a huge impact for our squad. He doesn't make many errors, he does so many things well, and knows his role. I just hope he can improve at the line because he can get fouled often playing as hard as he does.
 
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Mojoman

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GoodePodzMelendez said:
Everyone is up in arms over Ty. He does not have to be a great shooter. He just needs to create a simple baseline to elbow jumper. We are going to be balanced. If Ty gets us 8 and 6 a game, I am elated. Our success is not predicated on him scoring 15 a game. We have at least 6 guys who will get us double digit scoring. You throw in another 3 guys getting around 7, that’s going to be near 80 a game. Scoring is not going to be an issue. Was Lucas Johnson a great shooter? Not really but he was a glue guy. Ty is our glue guy who will get into the heads of our opponents, rebound the crap out of the ball and play solid D. Why dont we let him be him and not invent a player that he isn’t?
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We are going to score 80 points a game??
Right now I think we have one guy on the roster who scored double digits in Domask.

Let's see what we have first.
Our offense was not good last year. I think 68 nationally and we only averaged 74 ppg.
 
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foby said:
And a very special thanks to his parents for making sure his birthday was not the night before a penn st game.
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The most frustrating part is that CH’s birthday wasn’t even on the eve of the game; it was the day of. How is Friday possibly the decision when you have all afternoon on the actual day of your birthday? I get it - your parents flew in and want to take you to dinner. Schedule that at 4:00 pm and usher them safely back their hotel by 7:00. Or do it on Thursday because that whole weekend was probably right before finals and therefore, quite wack. Kids, smh 🤦🏻‍♂️.
 
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Mojoman said:
We are going to score 80 points a game??
Right now I think we have one guy on the roster who scored double digits in Domask.

Let's see what we have first.
Our offense was not good last year. I think in the 60s nationally.
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I am predicating that TJ returns, Goode will get to 10, Dennis if he signs will get over 10, Domask will, the replacement for Hawk, Nelson?, will and possibly Hansberry. That leaves Dain, Rodgers and Harris/Harman. Scoring will not be a problem with a better PG who can create space.
 
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STATS GUY

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GoodePodzMelendez said:
Everyone is up in arms over Ty. He does not have to be a great shooter. He just needs to create a simple baseline to elbow jumper. We are going to be balanced. If Ty gets us 8 and 6 a game, I am elated. Our success is not predicated on him scoring 15 a game. We have at least 6 guys who will get us double digit scoring. You throw in another 3 guys getting around 7, that’s going to be near 80 a game. Scoring is not going to be an issue. Was Lucas Johnson a great shooter? Not really but he was a glue guy. Ty is our glue guy who will get into the heads of our opponents, rebound the crap out of the ball and play solid D. Why dont we let him be him and not invent a player that he isn’t?
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I will take Ty Rodgers all day, every day and what ever his contributions are or will be is great for our basketball team. Ty is 'Da Man' and he will make us better. Please no one should make him feel unwelcome. He has choices and I want UofI to be his University of Choice.
 
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