Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Live look at incoming transfer portal news for Illinois.
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Bro second place ...

Excellent description of the morez situation. Bravo for clarity, staying on topic, telling it like it is.

Regarding morez an 3 point shooting? did not Coach BU see and put morez in 3pt shooting situations in the many team practices over the past season? Likely morez was so so at shooting 3 pointers and more effective as a rebounder in or near the paint.
 
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This is correct. I do tend to think if they're looking forward to the NBA and Brad refused to train Morez to be anything other than a traditional 4, then this complaint makes sense because they're looking toward a future in the league. But the five-out offense has been what Brad used all year, and there was never any talk about expanding Morez' game outside of the post. And wasn't it only a few weeks ago they were all saying how all-in they were and continued to be on Illinois?

It was all a lie, basically.

If it's all about money, I still won't bash him any more than I would CH, who I also was happy for when he grabbed a bag, at premium prices no less.

The notion that BU would recruit a perimter-oriented offense then stop Morez from shooting 3s makes no sense. If he could shoot them at a decent clip, you'd have to think BU would be all for it. IMHO even if Morez never snifs the NBA, he can make a ton of money at the college level. He was rebounding at the same rate as senior Zach Edey.
 
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The most impressive part of this is his signature - I never knew people actually used traditional cursive these days!! :D
I know i'm old and all.. 48.. but do they not teach cursive anymore? Do people print their signature nowadays? *blink*
 
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Yeah, I appreciate the contribution he’s brought to the program, but the problem with DGL is, he’s an undersized shooting guard who can’t shoot.
And because he is undersized, often fouled on defense.. Though some of that was over-aggression, but I do think it was often because he wasn't big enough to slow an offensive player down.
 
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Would Illinois be interested in Xavier Booker? Mutual interest? Or is he going somewhere else? Indiana maybe? Louisville?
 
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People haven't made enough hypothetical rosters of our target players, that must be the issue
 
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....And wasn't it only a few weeks ago they were all saying how all-in they were and continued to be on Illinois?

It was all a lie, basically.
Burning bridges prior to the seasons end generally results in sitting on the end of the bench. Ask Tre. And stupid reporters who ask you to comment on next year, prior to season's end and the portal being open, deserve the "lies" they received in response.

Don't let the other side see your hand. Rez held his cards close until it was time to play his hand. Nothing wrong with that. Looks like he won this deal.
 
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Seen tyler cochran was added to the portal tracker list of names. Is this a real possibility? Really liked him coming out of toledo the year before. He was mac co-defensive player that year for what it’s worth.
 
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If it's all about money, I still won't bash him any more than I would CH, who I also was happy for when he grabbed a bag, at premium prices no less.

The notion that BU would recruit a perimter-oriented offense then stop Morez from shooting 3s makes no sense. If he could shoot them at a decent clip, you'd have to think BU would be all for it. IMHO even if Morez never snifs the NBA, he can make a ton of money at the college level. He was rebounding at the same rate as senior Zach Edey.
Morez cannot hit the 3 at a decent clip. And even if he could, there is NO WAY he'd even be sporadically shooting 3's. Let's play pretend and say Morez can hit 3's at a 27% clip. Here are multiple off-the-dome plays that equal an infinitely better offensive possession. The point is, if Morez is shooting a 3 in any offense then it's a busted !!! possession.

1. KJ 3
2. KJ drive/fadeaway
3. Tomi 3
4. Tomi post move
5. Will 3
6. Will drive/fadeaway
7. Tre 3
8. Tre drive/midrange
9. Ben 3, even after going 0/6
10. Kylan driving or shooting
11. Jake Davis 3
12. DGL 3
13. DGL drive/midrange
14. Ben attempting booty ball
15. AJ Redd from the parking lot
16. Jakstys flinging his gum into the trash


17. Morez 3
 
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He was a name Indy threw out when he entered the portal. I’m still not sure if when Indy does that if it just means he likes them, Illini have interest and contacted, or a little further down the relationship path. Regardless, beyond that initial post by Indy there hasn’t been any further mention of him.
 
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Seen tyler cochran was added to the portal tracker list of names. Is this a real possibility? Really liked him coming out of toledo the year before. He was mac co-defensive player that year for what it’s worth.
I added him as Dan posted a tweet here that mentioned us in his list of schools that contacted him, but he hasn't really been mentioned here outside of that. I wouldn't consider him a strong possibility at this point.
 
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Even more than hearing Big Z, Sellers or Dix confirm, which would all be great news, I'm really intrigued by who this mysterious PF is that we're close to finalizing - is it the Serbian big man we had on campus in Feb. Aleksa D?, but he's a 7 footer and I wouldn't think of him as a PF, plus having three 7 ft big men from Europe on one team would be crazy. Is it Quaintance from ASU given OA's previous relationship which would be a huge get and I would think would not have gone under the radar or is it a less talked about portal guy?

My personal favorite of the under the radar portal PF's is this guy - came on really strong late in the year, stretch 4, but has a lot of toughness and is athletic enough to guard the perimeter and can rebound in traffic - his type of skill set would fit in perfectly

 
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