Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Fly Illini Fly!]

He seems to be our main target at the moment. If he doesn't work out in the next week or so...

how much of an option is getting a commitment from Will Riley and him reclassing...? He's the other "int prospect" that's been brought up here...

 

[PepeSilvia]

Yes, limit them to one free transfer. If they choose to transfer again then they have to sit out a year like it used to be. That would slow a lot of this down.

Would likely need a congressional anti trust exemption to enforce this.

I kind of agree though with some qualifiers. I'd add one instant transfer as an undergrad, allow another as a grad transfer, and allow instant transfers for coaching changes, postseason bans, and other unforseen circumstances.

On another note, I wonder who the first player will be to play at 4 different schools in 4 years if someone hasn't done it already if this keeps up.

 

[AnnoyedWithGarza]

I wouldn't say that. There's a reason scouts have Egor in the top 10 in the 24-25 draft. Egor's height, quickness, and skillset make him a nearly impossible matchup...in my opinion Egor'd be in contention for B1G MVP immediately. But Kasparas is a d@mn good player and would help us right away. Now hopefully the rumors about his interest in playing for us are legit and the price won't be prohibitive.

I meant day one physicality. Egor looks crazy skinny to me and Kasparas seems quite a bit thicker. I don't mean physical ability. Just strength.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Respectfully disagree. Tre and Ty are not good enough shooters to play together.

Tre only shot like 30% from 3 but he shot 75% from the free throw line. No reason he couldn't improve and be an average or better 3 pt shooter.

For example, Coleman Hawkins shot 61% from the line and 28% from 3 as a junior before shooting 37% and 79% from the line as a senior(Coleman shot 28% from 3 and 63% from the line his first three years).

Just from looking at his highlights, his shot doesn't looks fundamentally sound so I don't see anything that can prevent him from making a jump and shooting better from 3.

 

[Trueblue777]

I meant day one physicality. Egor looks crazy skinny to me and Kasparas seems quite a bit thicker. I don't mean physical ability. Just strength.

They both weigh around 200 lbs Egor is 4 inches taller, I noticed in the more recent videos of him that he has filled out compared to older videos of him when he was 16 or 17. I am going to trust the staff on this one. I would be thrilled with either.

 

[Brosky]

But BU has said he only wants one more player. You can have too many he has said.

 

[Brosky]

they both are nba talents.

 

[Brosky]

Tre can shoot the three. Not like some others, but it is part of his game. Our labeling seems to change almost daily. We almost never talk about "forwards" anymore. Our guards are now wings (think TSJ). That means we now have four "guards"--Tre, Davis, Boswell and TGL are all guards. As for the "fours," we have Booth, Morez, Hurmicous. A true "center" in Ivisic. Sometimes I think of a baseball analogy. The rule of thumb has always been you have to be strong up the middle. If we apply that to our team, we are very strong up the middle--Boswell at the point and Ivisic at center. But to finish the rotation off, We need another quality wing to go with White. The tea leaves seem to say we'll get one.