Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Gordon
Cliffmas
Livingston
Rose
Collins


There are so many. I just want to keep listing them. I don’t think it’s close to any of those.
Snider, scheyer, jackson, brunson.... collins will always be my lowest point
 
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Baylor has been better than Illinois for what?.... about a decade, with a National Title and a National title coach. Keyonte George is going to be a Top 10 pick in this draft. They have more players in the NBA. Their conference has been better. Insiders tell me this does still matter to some players. Nobody besides Illinois fans are shrugging a shoulder that a player picked Baylor over Illinois.
I am told we are pretty solid with our Plan P at point guard, so until that guy is gone I'm not worried.
 
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@indy fair to assume it’s less RayJ being such a phenomenal player and more so the fact that Brad had every opportunity to have a back up, a buck up for the back up, and another back up… and was too stubborn to take action in case this scenario played out? That’s kind of how I’m reading and hearing it. Has less to do with RayJ as a player & more to do with wasting everyone else’s time/resources etc…. Even if we get a sub-par point guard, we have the depth & talent to still be pretty competitive if not pretty good. But Josh & boosters/Guardians are sick of this, especially so consistently with PG’s. Am I on?
 
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I think after we offered Rayj the keys after his visit and he balked and wanted to take more visits it was time to move on. While he is a very good point gaurd, he has a score first pass second mentality. With TSJ and Hawkins coming back he was not as good as fit anymore. We will have plenty of scoring and shooters without him. We need a pg that has good handles and a good distributor that shoots well enough to keep them honest. More of a team guy than a me guy.
 
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So a point guard committed to Illinois earlier this week while the Illini were still waiting for RayJ to make his decision? That make's absolutely zero sense.

Please tell me this is not our answer.

Maybe some of the top brass new RayJ was gone, but needed to perpetuate the belief he was coming until the clock ran out on TSJ and Hawkins?
 
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We are likely to add him......
But that won't be our last guard addition. All I will say
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Judging by comments made a couple of days ago re: Harmon and now the talk of adding multiple guards, makes me think Harmon isn't going to make it here, regardless of anything. Which, I think he was merely a "roster fill" anyway?
 
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@indy fair to assume it’s less RayJ being such a phenomenal player and more so the fact that Brad had every opportunity to have a back up, a buck up for the back up, and another back up… and was too stubborn to take action in case this scenario played out? That’s kind of how I’m reading and hearing it. Has less to do with RayJ as a player & more to do with wasting everyone else’s time/resources etc…. Even if we get a sub-par point guard, we have the depth & talent to still be pretty competitive if not pretty good. But Josh & boosters/Guardians are sick of this, especially so consistently with PG’s. Am I on?

Bingo …

Brad asked for more money and said if he could get more then he was let’s say very confident we could get RayJ … Josh goes to boosters … Boosters say great !!! We’re all in !!! Here’s the amount needed …

Then they get told today … That money you gave for RayJ … Yeah he ain’t coming … And we want to re allocate that money to a guy who ain’t as good …

What would your reaction be ?
 
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Bingo …

Brad asked for more money and said if he could get more then he was let’s say very confident we could get RayJ … Josh goes to boosters … Boosters say great !!! We’re all in !!! Here’s the amount needed …

Then they get told today … That money you gave for RayJ … Yeah he ain’t coming … And we want to re allocate that money to a guy who ain’t as good …

What would your reaction be ?
That I better f***** be playing in the second weekend next year.
 
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Bingo …

Brad asked for more money and said if he could get more then he was let’s say very confident we could get RayJ … Josh goes to boosters … Boosters say great !!! We’re all in !!! Here’s the amount needed …

Then they get told today … That money you gave for RayJ … Yeah he ain’t coming … And we want to re allocate that money to a guy who ain’t as good …

What would your reaction be ?

My reaction would literally be: "Who is the next guy and what's his price tag?"
 
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