Serious Late
- Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
This is awesome, if true. Makes me want him back.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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well Traore was viewed as a top 5 NBA draft pick, perhaps #2 at the beginning of the season. He hasn't had a great season, but I'd guess he will still go to the NBA. But never hurts to ask.
LOL I was going to reply to your last post with “you can’t arrest me for that. Oh, you can. “
Recruiting a kid who has physical limitations at this level is so sill.
I think Underwood is asleep at the wheel
CoHawk.sacraig
- The desert
How many players do I get?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
lol, this kinda cements legendary status, right?
Zorak
- Naperville
I was CERTAIN this was a gag. XD
It was brutal with Ben. He can back down a smaller guy many inches shorter than him. But he gets zero lift and front irons them. I can't recall one that didn't either.
If Ben is a 8-10th man, cool. He was awful as a starter as he was 33% from 3 (which would rank around 220th of 364 D1 teams if I recall correctly). He was 38% on 3s as a reserve. I still don't think he offers anything that Big Z/Davis/Jakstys wouldn't in limited minutes. I'd prefer some athletes and physicalness instead of another player than offers the same
They don't have football to suck up the majority of their $20.1M. It goes to basketball instead.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
He's like some sort of unicorn growth stock but having a regular, generous, tax-free dividend.
Same
what a legend1 or 0 makes on those all year? come on, there were games where he had more than 1
Theres 5 close/mid range fade makes right there and im sure there are more
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
My speculation and opinion:
1. Pickett - 75% on 100+ total shots
2. Domask - 60% on 55-65 total shots
3. Ben H - ~50% on 10-12 total shots
So basically everyone should shut up, keep all thoughts and opinions to one's self? Sounds very boring and like a financial flop.
The post I saw said he entered with a do not contact tag but I'm sure there are generally ways around that anyway.
But he was a 3 year ivy league player and had a great year last year where he could have gotten paid very well so i'd assume he's entering now because he has enough credits to graduate and that he values the education aspect even if he wants to play professionally.
Princetons season has been over since March 15th and he's entering now so I would assume that means a team lured him into the portal and that he likely has a year long graduate program in mind to complete.
Failing to report our NIL deals while not getting to the second weekend is certainly on brand.
Of course, there are always Juniors and Seniors in the transfer portal that the Illini could use, and that they should recruit. I will give you a few examples.
6'5" 188-pound Senior SG Jarron Pierre Jr of Jacksonville State. He averaged 21.6/5.5/3.8 while shooting 42.4/38.2/81.0 this past season. He's a bucket-getter who shot a solid 38.2% on 3-pointers. He's a tall guard who could easily play alongside Boswell in the starting backcourt. Or he could be a Vinnie Johnson microwave scorer off the bench. Chad Lanier of N Florida transferred up to Tennessee without missing a beat this past season.
6'3" 180-pound Senior SG Jacari White of N Dakota State. He averaged 17.1/4.3/2.3 while shooting 45.2/39.8/85.2 this past season. Like Jarron Pierre above, I think that Jacari white could potentially start alongside Boswell, or sub in at both SG and PG.
6'10" 230-pound Junior PF Reed Bailey of Davidson. He averaged 18.8/6.1/3.8 while shooting 47.7/41.5/76.8 this past season. Bailey should be a "must get" transfer in my opinion. He's the big PF that everyone on this site has been clamoring for. He could fit in seamlessly with the Ivisic twins in the Illinois frontcourt. He shot 41.5% on 3-pointers! (Better than any Illini player in 24-25) his 3.8 apg shows a willing and able passer. But a lot of the big-time programs are after Bailey. So, I'm not sure if we could break into his top list of suitors at this point in time.
6'8" 235-pound Junior PF Duncan Powell of GA Tech. He averaged 12.2/5.4/0.8 while shooting 44.1/35.8/68.7 this past season. He'd be a ready-to-play PF for Illinois next season. Capable of starting or coming off the bench. A lot of toughness and grit, while being a decent shooter also. His size and stats remind me somewhat of Quincy Guerrier when he transferred to Illinois.
6'5" 188-pound Senior SG Jarron Pierre Jr of Jacksonville State. He averaged 21.6/5.5/3.8 while shooting 42.4/38.2/81.0 this past season. He's a bucket-getter who shot a solid 38.2% on 3-pointers. He's a tall guard who could easily play alongside Boswell in the starting backcourt. Or he could be a Vinnie Johnson microwave scorer off the bench. Chad Lanier of N Florida transferred up to Tennessee without missing a beat this past season.
6'3" 180-pound Senior SG Jacari White of N Dakota State. He averaged 17.1/4.3/2.3 while shooting 45.2/39.8/85.2 this past season. Like Jarron Pierre above, I think that Jacari white could potentially start alongside Boswell, or sub in at both SG and PG.
6'10" 230-pound Junior PF Reed Bailey of Davidson. He averaged 18.8/6.1/3.8 while shooting 47.7/41.5/76.8 this past season. Bailey should be a "must get" transfer in my opinion. He's the big PF that everyone on this site has been clamoring for. He could fit in seamlessly with the Ivisic twins in the Illinois frontcourt. He shot 41.5% on 3-pointers! (Better than any Illini player in 24-25) his 3.8 apg shows a willing and able passer. But a lot of the big-time programs are after Bailey. So, I'm not sure if we could break into his top list of suitors at this point in time.
6'8" 235-pound Junior PF Duncan Powell of GA Tech. He averaged 12.2/5.4/0.8 while shooting 44.1/35.8/68.7 this past season. He'd be a ready-to-play PF for Illinois next season. Capable of starting or coming off the bench. A lot of toughness and grit, while being a decent shooter also. His size and stats remind me somewhat of Quincy Guerrier when he transferred to Illinois.
Truthfully I'm not saying want him to come here it popped up on .y Google news so I figured I'd share for those that would want to read it.i really don't know much about storr other then his stats and what's been said online.i really hope we can do better but as far as the buy low on him that's been talked about I get it.if he's will8ng to come here and be the 6th or 7th guy and be a team player I could see value as he can put up points and that's never a bad thing to have come off bench.as far as our offense im not mad at it or really think it needs to change our coaching staff had a couple miss evaluations on shooters and career shooters had bad years but our offense was ranked really high.it wasn't our offense that give us a so-so season it was our defense.get the right shooters and athleticism and defensive players in place i have no doubt this season will better.ILL
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