Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Second place is 1st loser

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blackdog said:
I love the potential but I think the reason we aren't seeing him as a big time prospect is he seems to either be catch and shoot or straight line drive to the rim. Based on the tape and his numbers he doesn't seem to have a lot of other moves to his game. Still I'm all on board with bringing in a guy with size and athleticism like that.
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I love EVERY player on our team and I'm all for developing talented big men, but man.....we need TWO difference makers for next year if we want to be "great". I'm glad that BU headed over the pond for a few days, but he needs to come back with some serious 2025 production.
 
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john1952

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" Dat is going to be taking some serious cypherin"

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IlliniUnited

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Why is it important to you? He seems to have done fine not playing. Some things are more important than playing 6-8 slight more organized than pickup games in 3 days
 
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PepeSilvia

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blackdog said:
I love the potential but I think the reason we aren't seeing him as a big time prospect is he seems to either be catch and shoot or straight line drive to the rim. Based on the tape and his numbers he doesn't seem to have a lot of other moves to his game. Still I'm all on board with bringing in a guy with size and athleticism like that.
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Fwiw, it seems like a lot of European guys fly under the radar in recruiting rankings. Possibly because their top tier guys just start playing professionally so the guys that come over are usually the next tier.

I've seen a lot of 7 footers that look a lot more raw then this kid be top 30ish recruits. I think this kids floor might be a Grant Nelson type player and the ceiling is top 5 pick if you're a 7 footer(if he's legitimately 7 foot)that can move and shoot.
 
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Fly Illini Fly!

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Imma best honest. All these players we've added are great. No doubt in my mind they have the capability to be contributors. But we need that potential AA type of guy. Regardless of position. We need that guy. Whether that's Holmes, David Jones, Storr (but we whiffed on that one), whoever... Doesn't have to be TSJ level...but we need that potential AA level player.
 
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