Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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IlliniwekKDR
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ChiefGritty
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Iā€™m most of the way to convincing myself that somehow Ty Rodgers is the key that makes this work.
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He certainly helps and is the right profile to compliment them, but you can't hide two guys from coverage against speedy little guards in a defensive scheme with drop coverage and the like.

Z is the better rim protector, he'll be in the "center" role. That's going to put Tomi in challenging situations against quicker players we were able to protect him from this year.
 
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azillini1
ChiefGritty said:
He certainly helps and is the right profile to compliment them, but you can't hide two guys from coverage against speedy little guards in a defensive scheme with drop coverage and the like.

Z is the better rim protector, he'll be in the "center" role. That's going to put Tomi in challenging situations against quicker players we were able to protect him from this year.
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Both need to be "Fletched" especially Z. If they can add muscle, maybe they can get some quickness and a little lift off the floor.

We need a Big 4 that can match the quickness of these guys I am watching today in the Final 4.
 
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Peteronthespot
This is big, literally and figuratively. You have to admit. Coach O is supposed to be a developer of big men; so Orlando your table is set-prove it.
 
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Luwdoo
ChiefGritty said:
He certainly helps and is the right profile to compliment them, but you can't hide two guys from coverage against speedy little guards in a defensive scheme with drop coverage and the like.

Z is the better rim protector, he'll be in the "center" role. That's going to put Tomi in challenging situations against quicker players we were able to protect him from this year.
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Gonna put the opposition in a challenging situation too.
 
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NarrowJ
Yeah a good small ball lineup would probably deter the twin towers thing

But can every team do that? It might be a situation where it mostly works but we just have to go with more traditional looking lineups against teams that can destroy it

Will be interesting for sure
 
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Carter Waller
I thought Sarr didn't look athletic enough for the BIG in his highlight video.
 
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blackdog
ChiefGritty said:
He certainly helps and is the right profile to compliment them, but you can't hide two guys from coverage against speedy little guards in a defensive scheme with drop coverage and the like.

Z is the better rim protector, he'll be in the "center" role. That's going to put Tomi in challenging situations against quicker players we were able to protect him from this year.
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I disagree about roles, Z is quicker and Tomi is stouter (or he was before losing all the weight) so it makes more sense to have Z match up at the 4 on D. College teams make two bigs work all the time because most opponents don't have enough ball handlers to be able to exploit regularly.
 
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