I wouldn’t think Andrej is too concerned about maximizing his NIL. Probably just wants to win and develop his game.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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illini55
- The Villages, FL
Any Division 1 player on any team in America or Europe could be here next year. What I've noticed is that if you have a player on your team, the likelihood he will stay is precisely the same as the likelihood he will go elsewhere. There simply are no multiple year players anymore, only players you pay more than Bumf***U decides to pay them. Loyalty is only the name of this message board in 2025, NOT a concept embraced by college athletes.
If you're searching for it, you can literally find anyone being extremely critical about anything.
I agree, he reminds me more of Larry Bird
A more athletic Larry Bird that is
Oh god not those bozos 
Sure, but there are other programs who are just as good offering them more money
splitter
- and not Nebraska
Hal wants to know if the new NL's name is Daisy.
Very true. I’ve actually been unbelievably critical of Waddell’s offseason takes so far.
Well, if our offense is all about shooting the three…better get as many as possible!
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Would this put the death knell in my years-long PJ Haggerty dream?
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
would rather allocate that money to TU, he’s at least coached top 15 offenses. perhaps we could just do a BU/TU joint salary
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
If we get Andrej for ~ $2.5M, then you can at least go to donors and pitch the need for Haggerty or another home run SG to be a title contender at least
Will Riley?
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
We don't need anyone known for cheap shots and attitude issues.
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“Timeout South Carolina”
Any chance this is a reference to Morez?
The $10 million club: College basketball's portal recruiting hits unthinkable levels of financial chaos
The price of talent is spiking to record amounts -- again -- now with hundreds of millions at stake in college hoops' unregulated economywww.cbssports.com
Notice we're not mentioned at all in this article. That's 24 schools ahead of us in spending so far.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
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“Timeout South Carolina”
Especially when it’s not their money they’re tossing around!
If I had the money, I’d put $3MM on Watkins, but I’d get advertising rights, so when he makes a lay-up or something, the announcer is contractually required to say, “Bucket by Jamir Watkins, Brought to You by and 69 others,” and he has to wear a patch with my picture on his jersey.
Agreed 100%. We lack continuity as a program whether it’s player continuity or coaching continuity. (Obviously it’s both
We have very, very limited retention year on year.
Our coaching staff turnover has been very high over the past number of years. I’m thrilled we were able to bring back KB, Tomi, TY, Jake, and JJ. We still need another 6 or 7 additions.
Regarding coaching, who are the Xs and Os strategists and tacticians? We consistently fail with in game adjustments, and our defense is horrific. Top 15 offense from Tyler? Nah. Skilled players that performed offensively because they were skilled players when they got here. Honestly, we weren’t running some crazy, unique system that no one else can run.
Heck, I don’t even know how to define our culture at this point. We went from every day guys, to a development program, to a Euro pipeline, to one and done hopefuls, to God knows what’s next?
We need our young players to love our program and our culture, to feel valued and respected, to maximize their development, to retain them, while compensating them fairly. If we can retain more players and need to fill a couple roster spots through the portal, we can likely be more successful. The current system has gotten us one elite 8 and a bunch of first weekend exits.
Likewise...I get it, they more entertainment than analysis, but I've lost a lot of respect for their off-season takes.
It's one thing to say we're a mess if this was our final roster, but to have that take when the off-season is barely a couple weeks old is quite click-baity.
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