Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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DICKnaggie

Champaign
Light traffic on the board today. Is anybody cooking?
I normally cook homemade pizza of all types every Friday, but the family decided they wanted leftovers...until Friday night came around. I've shown them I can make mediocre pizza the same day, but really good pizza takes planning and cold fermentation. Luckily, I had a loaf of sour dough and good old pizza bread is on the menu! So pizza bread with giardiniera, sliced spicy Italian sausages and whole milk moz is the go-to tonight! I've started my basil indoors this year, so we have fresh basil as well!
 
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CH coming back?
 
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If we were to land antigua could DJ wagner be a potential option at guard? He is in the portal
 
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Doing the math and the comment about Boogie wanting what Roach just got, it sounds like his camp is asking for ~$1M, while I think that is high for any freshman given they are unproven and coaches can get veterans that will affect winning just as much as the most talented freshman - I do hope we spend on one big time player - Boogie would be that at a position of need. Who knows how quickly he'll adjust to the college game, but he's a really good shooter, ball handler, penetrator and distributor and would pair very well with Kylan

All the other names we've talked about lately shouldn't be expensive names. If we're saving dollars for Jones and he never enters the portal or goes pro - then we are left out in the cold again.

I will say I'd much rather have Boogie than an average SG, average big and average wing. We already have serviceable players with experience that we know can play. We have money to spend - let's bring the big time players!
Anyone else think it’s crazy that we are talking about $$$ and the salary each player can command. A couple of years from now will we be talking about salary caps, arbitration, and trades. I guess it is what it is.
 
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Loyalillini10

Urbana, IL
Anyone else think it’s crazy that we are talking about $$$ and the salary each player can command. A couple of years from now will we be talking about salary caps, arbitration, and trades. I guess it is what it is.
No. It's not crazy. It is what college basketball is now.
 
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@insiders, I haven't seen Humicrous mentioned here, but I keep hearing him mentioned other places. how hard do you guys think we are after him?
 
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Anyone else think it’s crazy that we are talking about $$$ and the salary each player can command. A couple of years from now will we be talking about salary caps, arbitration, and trades. I guess it is what it is.
For years people complained about players playing for free. Now they're getting paid market value (keep in mind college sports are a multi-billion dollar industry) and some people are upset. Pro sports have salary caps because at the end of the day, all of a league's teams are on the same team, so to speak. The rich teams need the poor teams for a league to function. In college sports, conferences are sort of like stand-alone leagues but it's pretty much every school for itself, so I don't see salary caps ever happening.

Also big picture- NIL killed off the NBA's G-League team that was meant to siphon players from high school. We're also getting to the point where NIL for the top players rivals salaries for second round picks. Lots of talent that otherwise would've played there or overseas comes to college sports. On top of that, I think NIL really hampers the one-and-done strategy and we're seeing teams get older. These are all great signs for the health of college basketball.
 
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bdutts

Houston, Texas
Anyone else think it’s crazy that we are talking about $$$ and the salary each player can command. A couple of years from now will we be talking about salary caps, arbitration, and trades. I guess it is what it is.
Yes, it’s crazy. Definitely not what the intent of NIL was.
 
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derrick6

Illini Dawg
Seattle
I am no insider, but whenever family is involved it’s a different dynamic. Tyler might be brilliant, but perhaps Chester felt like odd man out.
Yep. Just a guess on my part, but your comment is exactly my thinking too.
 
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jhayton

Osceola, WI
Anytime I watch Dan Hurley, I get it, but I also want to punch him.

It’s different with him than it was with Calipari though. Calipari is like the businessman/person that you know something ain’t right, but you can’t catch him in the act. Hurley on the other hand seems to be the like a small-businessman/person who is succeeding despite being a douche.
 
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