Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[More3s]

I think Brad should pass on Bird though and go after a more elite wing. He's not athletic enough for the B1G 18.

So he’s like a less athletic Larry Bird?

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Can you clear this up, aren't there rules against foreign players getting NIL?

What do you think was in the 2nd suitcase Brad took with him that had padlocks and was handcuffed to 2 guys wearing suits, earpieces, and sunglasses?

 

[Steelyunk]

I think Brad should pass on Bird though and go after a more elite wing. He's not athletic enough for the B1G 18.

Magic isn’t EDG.

 

[WyattEarp]

Underwood went to Europe to close on a kid, so...

This could be good:

1.) Brad Underwood drinks more coffee than anyone alive.

-Bob Huggins

2.) Coffee is for closers…

-The Mitch & Murray Sales Team

You get the picture.

 

[Joel Goodson]

I hope you are correct…. So far the European experiments in the past 5 or 6 years have not been particularly successful from what I can recall.

we we're in triage mode back then. we've moved way, way up the food chain. night and day difference

 

[sharpshot16]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

 

[tenaciousD]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the group was just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

Should we refer to him as King Geoffrey of House Bradthian from now on?

 

[IlliniTaffy]

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[NoDetails]

Mantas Rubstavicius

 

[zentrails]

Gotta wonder if foreign kids don't become a market efficiency with their limitations on NIL...

I'm no insider but I bet the boosters have figured out a way to get the bags to feriners

 

[Knee brace]

Stockton
Jordan
Bird
Magic
Malone

Still no true 5

 

[zentrails]

Can you clear this up, aren't there rules against foreign players getting NIL?

IIRC it's not a NIL problem, it is a "type of visa they have" problem
In the olden days players weren't allowed to be paid at all!!!! LOL

 

[zentrails]

Well that is why you put them on an NIL-1 visa. Brad is playing 4th level chess.

My math is rusty, but isn't NIL-1 a pretty tiny number? LOL

 

[Joel Goodson]

while we're shopping, any Drazen Petrovic clones out there?

 

[Luwdoo]

Still no true 5

No but there’s 5 10’s.

 

[derrick6]

I alluded to this last night, but keep your eyes on Big Z’s brother.


Legit 7-footer who’s a lob threat and 40% 3-point shooter. He was playing in Serbia while Brad was there, and he and Tyler Underwood followed each other on instagram within the past few days…

“DAM”, that’s good sleuthing…

 

[skyIdub]

Mantas Rubstavicius

Nopointguardas Positionlessovic

 

[Loyalillini10]

Just curious, which parts are you saying aren't true?

The best wings have gone elsewhere and we are done looking for a combo guard (maybe just talking about someone in the 2 spot). Also, saying our roster is full of third or fourth options is just bulls$#!.

There are a number of great gets in the portal that ANYONE still looking to fill their roster would love to have at the 2 spot.

 

[Loyalillini10]

Should we refer to him as King Geoffrey of House Bradthian from now on?

Okay, this I like.

Mixing genres here but,

 

[Kendall Gill’s Uncle]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

We bring Big O back and Geoff is reeling in the big fish? This wasn’t on my Bingo card.

 

[sharpshot16]

We bring Big O back and Geoff is reeling in the big fish? This wasn’t on my Bingo card.

G has been working it before OA came back believe it or not

 

[Illini2010-11]

IIRC it's not a NIL problem, it is a "type of visa they have" problem
In the olden days players weren't allowed to be paid at all!!!! LOL

And even then, there were ways of getting around the rules. You just had to be very subtle.

 

[sacraig]

And even then, there were ways of getting around the rules. You just had to be very subtle.

Or sometimes not so subtle. I had a conversation the other day with someone who played football at USC in the 80s. He got paid for a job. He was hired to shovel snow off the baseball fields.

 

[Illini2010-11]

It sometimes not so subtle. I had a conversation the other day with someone who played football at USC in the 80s. He got paid for a job. He was hired to shovel snow off the baseball fields.

 

[Jplatt06]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

Any names you can share? Understood if not.