What is up with people's infatuation on this board with Storr? We successfully dodged the bullet once already, but people are keen to chase it? Why, so we can get hit but hopefully tough it out?
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illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Sheesh Kelsey is killing it
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I really want an answer on what people would think if the insiders said Jayden Epps had reached out to the coaching staff about coming back for cheap to become a better perimeter defender and give himself a chance at the NBA
That's crazy - why would Conwell, Wooley and McKneely all go there? Maybe it's just the payday, but that is three guys that are used to shooting a lot (10-12 shots per game each) but kudos to Louisville for pulling it off, they got three good ones for sure
RichardKeenesCousin
Richard Keene's Cousin
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Captain Birdseye, for those posters familiar with Joe Wilkinson's humor
And 5 star guard, Mikel Brown is also there. Backcourt is loaded.
It’s almost more beneficial for a kid that is not in the top 50 to go to a smaller school and get more PT than to ride the bench at a P4 school. Prove something and get a nice paycheck his sophomore year.
I would say a 6'2" high volume shooting guard with NBA aspirations would be coming in with delusions.
illini55
- The Villages, FL
Or, conversely, very, very right. It’s unlikely but certainly not impossible. We did, after all, sign them for their potential. Brad is good at recognizing potential. He really, really is….
Can't imagine he does well through the personality tests that BU likes to prattle on about...
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
Safe to say Louisville boosters didn't take kindly to that 4-28 & 8-24 nonsense.
When in doubt, get the checkbook out.
When in doubt, get the checkbook out.
Theyre not the same thing though. Epps is a small, turnover prone guard, who is an inefficient, volume scorer. Even if he gets more efficient, he is still undersized and turnover prone. The upside proposition is still not that valuable to us.
Storr has size and athleticism, but is also an inefficient, volume scorer. If he can improve his efficiency, on a decreased usage, there's a need for some of what he brings to the table. I wouldn't place a high value on it, but I would place a value on it.
I do think Epps could be a good value proposition for someone if he was making that offer, just not us.
Interesting. So you think we should discount Booths significant regression in the 2024-2025 season, but factor in Storr’s regression.
Storr’s big ten tourney could have been like the heater Kipper Nichols went on and be a peak he never reaches again.
But cheap, old player with a second team all big ten honor on his resume? I trust Underwood if he thinks he can make it work.
And it becomes even more appealing if we miss on Dix/Sarr.
Because I know very little about basketball and do not fully understand the dynamics of what happened that year, if BU sat down with him and talked to him and thought it was a good idea, then I would be fine with it. I trust Brad to construct a team better than I can, that's why he gets paid.
It's a rhetorical question, because you know the answer, but I'll play along - Most posters would not want Epps back, because we've seen his attitude and play first hand here. He left and has shot under 40% from the field in his two years since playing here and has not made any all big east teams. We can get better players
Well, it's not quite a direct comparison because we don't actually have direct evidence of what Storr has done on a Brad Underwood team.
Anyway, to parse your words precisely - if the word is just that Epps or whatever player has reached out to our staff from THEIR end wanting to come back - that doesn't mean much at all to me.
But, if Brad and our staff actually have interest in return, then I guess I will generally give them the benefit of the doubt that they think it's a worthwhile investment and that they can get good value from the player. Basically I still believe in Brad enough that I'm willing to wait to pass final judgement until I see the finished product. For Epps specifically, I don't think we have as much of a need for another 6'2" guard since we have Boswell. But I do have more interest in a budget athletic wing - if Storr is indeed a budget add. (Again though - this assumes we miss on both Dix and Sarr)
I'll also be the first to admit that in the off-season I'm definitely wearing my orange-and-blue tinted glasses all of the time. It's just more fun that way. Once the season starts and you get to see actual results, then I tend to take them off.
But it's offseason now!
I would say we already have Bam.
That's apples to oranges though...Storr's coach has never called the Illini a bs school (I am sure Epps spoke highly of Brad and co. and Cooley just randomly said that /s)
I’d be all for it. Loved the kid in high school.
Wow. Never would I have guessed I’d see a reference to Joe Wilkinson and that hilarious “poem” on here today. Of any day for that matter. Good job.
I've never seen someone love small guards so much... lol
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