3 years of eligibility left? Or 2Crystal Ball for Carey Booth to Illinois
Carey Booth, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Power Forward
Carey Booth is a 6-8, 205-pound Power Forward from Englewood, CO. His father Calvin Booth played for 11 years in the NBA and is currently the General Manager of...247sports.com
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Unless you're the Almighty, aren't we all really works in progress?
But is 6-8 really big enough to be a rim protector and guard the other taller, more physical 5's?Derek Piper. Book ithopefully can be rim protector as a stretch 5 or 4. Brad is killing it in the portal. KY may have made major mistake not going after him. Thank goodness they are stuck w Pope for at least 3 years.
I still have trust issues due to Ahmad Starks
I think he has got a lot of upside!! Before the transfer portal every kid you recruited was a project!!
He's a 4
he was listed at 6'10" by Notre Dame and ESPN for this past year. 247 has his high school height.
I believe it was said by an insider that the plan was for Booth to be a 4. It sounded like he doesn't want to play as a 5 but would rather play more on the perimeter. Almost seems like he wants to be a Michael Porter Jr. type player. Would obviously assume he's a nuggets fan.
So Nico is staying then, I take it? For some reason I kind of just always assumed he would want to look for more playing time somewhere else.
Booth is a 4, not a 5.
Word is that the staff is looking at other candidates for the 5.
Word is that the staff is looking at other candidates for the 5.
Goillinikobd
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Ok, first, let’s call it what it is, a set of professional basketball leagues, like baseball, e.g., major league with AAA, AA, A, etc leagues.
Unlike baseball, currently free agency rules are non existent; anyone can declare free agency at any time. The whole concept of student athletes and using the value of a college degree as a recruiting tool is dead.
Seems to me, the solution is to have these newly minted professionals sign contracts.
Currently, the NIL funding organizations are the only ones with any, albeit limited leverage; NCAA is dead.
It will get worse until the insanity isn’t tolerable.
The king is dead, long live the king
He is now 6'10" - 11"
Not hating here but if those clips were from the mid season then I’m confused by everyone’s reaction by SH play in practice. Everybody and their brother was doing that to the Illini defense so why wouldn’t he in practice.
is this just because Amani isn't projected as a "floor stretcher" 4? Gonna miss him but I also understand the situation has changed and everyone needs to do what's in their best interest.
I know Booth isn't official but the crystal ball pick up and multiple insiders have said it is more than likely going to happen... with that being said, I am super excited.
I really like Booth's game. Good Athlete. Pretty good shooter, especially for his size.
What I love most is that he has 3 years of eligibility to go along side Boswell who has 2 years. I loved this year's team but I think staff knew with Coleman and TSJ being seniors that this was a year where we had a chance to go on a run and they went with a bunch of older role players to fit alongside our current pieces, and it worked great! This year it seems like they realize the next 2-3 years are going to be huge with next year probably being the worst of the three (not bad, but the worst) and they will have another chance to really make a run in 2 or 3 years with Fears/Boswell/Morezz/Booth all being there. They can add star power from the portal to go along with a core who has played together for multiple seasons. It is an exciting time to be an Illinois fan.
I really like Booth's game. Good Athlete. Pretty good shooter, especially for his size.
What I love most is that he has 3 years of eligibility to go along side Boswell who has 2 years. I loved this year's team but I think staff knew with Coleman and TSJ being seniors that this was a year where we had a chance to go on a run and they went with a bunch of older role players to fit alongside our current pieces, and it worked great! This year it seems like they realize the next 2-3 years are going to be huge with next year probably being the worst of the three (not bad, but the worst) and they will have another chance to really make a run in 2 or 3 years with Fears/Boswell/Morezz/Booth all being there. They can add star power from the portal to go along with a core who has played together for multiple seasons. It is an exciting time to be an Illinois fan.
I get needing to put the best roster together possible and that this means recruiting over your own players at times, unpleasant as that can be. I’m not 100% convinced Booth is a clear upgrade over Amani to the point it’s worth recruiting over Amani to get booth. Maybe they figured Amani is headed out anyway now that Chester’s gone and this is more of a replacement than recruiting over. Will trust the staff I guess. They seem to be pretty good at this.
Soembody's got to be the 12th best player on a good major team, night as well be Nico.
We obviously have known this one was coming for a little while but still …
Fighter of the Nightman
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They didn’t want to further damage their pride when he turned ‘em down.Derek Piper. Book it
I like Amani, but Booth is very easily a better shooter than Amani was ever going to be. Booth has a quicker release, and a better catch and shoot game. I would also say he's bouncier than Amani was. Besides that, athletically, they're about the same. Amani has more strength but Fletch can work on that with Booth. Think Booth just has more of a ceiling too.
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