Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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You think Arizona is worried about hurting Boswell feelings when they took Love? Or how it made their program look? Harmon hadn’t played a minute if you get an automatic upgrade at his position you take it
is it? Boswell was a top 25 recruit. As a top 25 recruit I'd expect to play early and often. He averaged 15 mpg last year. We gave Skyy 24 mpg and Epps almost 25 mpg. Had Boswell come here, he probably would've got 27 mpg + or -.
At Arizona he sat behind Kriisa, maybe he understood it, but when Kriisa transferred, he had to be thinking ok, the job is mine now. Then they go hard after Nembhard, miss, a sigh of relief. Then the bring in Bradley and now Love. They've already got a top 30 SG coming in next year, and are in the top 2 for a top 10 PG as well. So if I'm Boswell I'm trying to weigh how do the coaches view me, why did they bring in these other guys, do I trust that I can win the spot, or do I say screw this, I'm outta here.
One thing is for sure, we're going to lose 70%+ of our minutes, scoring, rebounding, assists, etc after this season. So not only are there going to be minutes available in 2024, there is going to be a star position available. As excited as we are about Hansberry and Morez, we know college basketball is a guards game. Those bigs can't accomplish much without a guard getting them the ball.
So if Boswell has a long game perspective, yes playing next year, even if you have to share at Arizona is obviously better. But if he is not happy and leaves in January, is that better? Wouldn't it have been better to leave now, retain eligibility, spend a whole year learning your new system, and then hitting the ground running next year.
Maybe this is all moot because Boswell starts. To me, Boswell's stats are more impressive than Bradley's. But if he isn't lined up to start, it would be hard not to feel betrayed.
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But If the perceived automatic upgrade doesn't pan out there is a down side. Nothing is guaranteed as we found out last year.
Because he knows Love is streaky and unreliable.
Why do you come here and bog down the conversation with facts and statistics? This is the internet, sir. Only supposition and hyperbole are allowed.
What about the following?
Red herring
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Hasty Generalization
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