Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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ptgrd23

ptgrd23
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I am impressed with Brad's talent evaluation on AJ Storr. His game reminds me of Kawhi Leonard. Shame he did not come to C-U. Of course new portal rules mean never say never.

KB seems like class act. Does not complain. Steadily improving. I bet he stays 4 years at AZ. If he leaves it will be for NBA.
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We will be working the transfer portal hard this off season. Assuming nobody leaves (probably bad assumption)

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Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)

JMO Brad bring in 3-4 transfer portal players - 2 guards and 2 forwards. If we lose DGL/Dain he might up it to 3+3. Crazy times.
 
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Battle89

Battle89
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hodgesonfire said:
So is it allowable now for a person to walk up to a player any time and tell him “I’ll give you $500,000” if you transfer to my school of choice this fall?

I hope that doesn’t sound stupid, but I really don’t know how NIL works.
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Who says kids will wait until fall? We already have one example on our own team who did not.

Here's a million, can you start next week?
 
#153      

Battle89

Battle89
Battle89
StarterG said:
Should we start a college girlfriend thread? My girlfriend of 4 years (we had made marriage plans) showed up at my apartment one day and informed me that she was getting married to a guy from my dorm floor and moving to the east coast. Brutal!
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Ouch. Was this the guy?
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Champaignheat

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ptgrd23 said:
I am impressed with Brad's talent evaluation on AJ Storr. His game reminds me of Kawhi Leonard. Shame he did not come to C-U. Of course new portal rules mean never say never.

KB seems like class act. Does not complain. Steadily improving. I bet he stays 4 years at AZ. If he leaves it will be for NBA.
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We will be working the transfer portal hard this off season. Assuming nobody leaves (probably bad assumption)

G
Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)

JMO Brad bring in 3-4 transfer portal players - 2 guards and 2 forwards. If we lose DGL/Dain he might up it to 3+3. Crazy times.
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You forgot Sincere.
 
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ptgrd23

ptgrd23
ptgrd23
Champaignheat said:
You forgot Sincere.
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My bad -- Sencire is a good one! Although redshirting was probably the right move for Sencire due to limited playing time we definitely miss his energy and crazy floor slapping defense. He turned around the UCLA game 2 years ago. Hopefully he is watching Justin Harmon (they have similar builds and athleticism) and working on his shooting and ball handling.

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Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)
Sencire (soph)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)
 
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IlliniMike_Aurora

IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
IlliniMike_Aurora
ptgrd23 said:
I am impressed with Brad's talent evaluation on AJ Storr. His game reminds me of Kawhi Leonard. Shame he did not come to C-U. Of course new portal rules mean never say never.

KB seems like class act. Does not complain. Steadily improving. I bet he stays 4 years at AZ. If he leaves it will be for NBA.
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We will be working the transfer portal hard this off season. Assuming nobody leaves (probably bad assumption)

G
Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)

JMO Brad bring in 3-4 transfer portal players - 2 guards and 2 forwards. If we lose DGL/Dain he might up it to 3+3. Crazy times.
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Amani ?
 
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illini0440

illini0440
illini0440
ptgrd23 said:
I am impressed with Brad's talent evaluation on AJ Storr. His game reminds me of Kawhi Leonard. Shame he did not come to C-U. Of course new portal rules mean never say never.

KB seems like class act. Does not complain. Steadily improving. I bet he stays 4 years at AZ. If he leaves it will be for NBA.
View attachment 31490

We will be working the transfer portal hard this off season. Assuming nobody leaves (probably bad assumption)

G
Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)

JMO Brad bring in 3-4 transfer portal players - 2 guards and 2 forwards. If we lose DGL/Dain he might up it to 3+3. Crazy times.
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I would bet he does not stay 4 years in AZ. He and Lloyd don’t get along.
 
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Qdog2859

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Evidently you forgot about the Northwestern game. I believe we would have had three more wins this season if Sincere was playing, at least three. Almost every team that we played against including games that we won had quick guards that shredded our defense. I like Harmon but he is not in the same league with Sincere when it comes to athleticism and on the ball defense
 
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CoachHooleyHoo

CoachHooleyHoo
CoachHooleyHoo
illini0440 said:
I would bet he does not stay 4 years in AZ. He and Lloyd don’t get along.
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I forgot how young he is. I may have misheard this but the other day I was watching their game & I thought for sure the announcer said there was talk that he was moving up the draft boards and there was a good chance he could be a first-rounder. I thought he was more mid-to-late 2nd rounder. Guessing he will probably test the NBA waters.
 
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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
CoachHooleyHoo said:
I forgot how young he is. I may have misheard this but the other day I was watching their game & I thought for sure the announcer said there was talk that he was moving up the draft boards and there was a good chance he could be a first-rounder. I thought he was more mid-to-late 2nd rounder. Guessing he will probably test the NBA waters.
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The NIL free-for-all versus a weak NBA draft is going to be a fascinating dynamic this offseason.
 
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illiniballknower

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CoachHooleyHoo said:
I forgot how young he is. I may have misheard this but the other day I was watching their game & I thought for sure the announcer said there was talk that he was moving up the draft boards and there was a good chance he could be a first-rounder. I thought he was more mid-to-late 2nd rounder. Guessing he will probably test the NBA waters.
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He was mocked first round in the preseason but isn't really mocked in any round right now.
 
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Thompson

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Can confirm on KB, have heard Tommy and Him have butted heads. Heard he really likes to live in nice weather tho
 
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othawhitemeat

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othawhitemeat
ptgrd23 said:
My bad -- Sencire is a good one! Although redshirting was probably the right move for Sencire due to limited playing time we definitely miss his energy and crazy floor slapping defense. He turned around the UCLA game 2 years ago. Hopefully he is watching Justin Harmon (they have similar builds and athleticism) and working on his shooting and ball handling.

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Nico (soph)
Luke (sr)
DGL (soph-my candidate for MostLikelyToTransfer MLTT)
Jase (fr)
Sencire (soph)

F/C
Dain (SR?)
Ty (JR)
Morez (FR)
JasonJ (FR)
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I miss Sencire - if he can get stronger, just have a 30% 3 point shot on moderate amount, and 60 to 65% free throw shooting, he dramatically makes us better next year. Dude is such a game changer out there.
 
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othawhitemeat

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I know there have been rumors that Chester may take next step, but I love how he recruits - Hansberry, Butler, Harris, and even though did not work out, Epps.
 
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Second place is 1st loser

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Second place is 1st loser
LvilleILL said:
Fears Boswell and Jase absolutely could work as a backcourt
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That would be an awfully young backcourt. Losing all of these seniors and darn near all of our production, are we going to be in rebuild mode next year or is he going to try and reload with a huge transfer class. Your answer is really going to be the driver of how depressed I'll be when/if we lose in the tournament. I've warmed up to being safely in the tournament every year. My on the bubble PTSD is slowly fading away. Just assume not relive it.
 
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