Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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LadyLoyalty
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#527      
thefalcon5
FightinIllini30 said:
Starters:
Petrovic
KB
Stojakovic
Mirk/Rodgers
Ivisic

Bench:
Ivisic
Mirk/ Rodgers
Jake Davis
Hummer
Wagler
Lee


That is a top-10 starting five but the bench isn’t very deep. Could be a similar situation to Maryland where we have 5 starters who light it up but very little production from the bench. Monsanto or a similar guard would be a MASSIVE pickup to take this team from a top 25 team to a top 5-10 team with depth. If we get Stoja though I’m confident to roll the ball out against anyone
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You don’t think a bench that has Ben as its 4th best player is deep? Guy started a million games for us last year. I’d argue the issue lies more at the top of the roster, but that’s nitpicking.
 
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hoopsfan47
RimPressure said:
Hey why not. I'm ready to find out the answer to that age-old question: How would a professional Adriatic League team do if it played in the Big Ten? We'll see!
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IMHO...very poorly due to no defense and soft play. But their basic skills are pretty solid.
 
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grue2
ChiefGritty said:
Thank you for this info.

You just can't overstate the size of this opportunity. Strike this iron HARD while it's hot. The early mover advantage here is huge.


Andrej is probably somewhat more talented than Petrovic, certainly the more eye-catching athlete, but you just can't overstate the age/development/provenness advantage Petrovic has.

(I am overstating "you can't overstate" lol. You can't!)


It's not the best European league by any stretch, but it's a very high quality one. I don't know what "4th tier" even means.

Trent only played 16 games there and then transferred to another league within the same season. You're over-reading that comparison.
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I did a post on the Eurpean leagues ~2 years ago. Search for adriatic by grue2 for more details.

League play quality, roughly ordered within a line:
1) Euroleague (A cross cutting of the top teams from the national leagues.),
2) Spain ACB, Turkey BSL
3) [German BBL, Russia VTB], Italy LBA, Israel, France LBA
4) Adriatic, Greek, Australia
5+) China, Japan, Korea, Philippines (Alphabetical; all bad.)
 
#538      
One Man Fast Break
Is Humichrous still here (not sure what happened with the NAIA eligibility stuff)? Really don't want Underwood being tempted to play him more than 9th man minutes.
 
#539      
HereSoIDontGetFined
It's not that uncommon, to be honest. But with all things involving international travel, it can be a real pain.

Didn't we have some pretty serious issues with one player a few years back? Maybe Matic Vesel?
 
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RollChief
SCDerby said:
i dont like the title of "insider" but im happy to share some things you might be interested in those euro guys you are connected to. I have zero sources its just common knowledge over here. I get whole Soviet jokes but at this point they're kinda dated :D

For those wondering why Mega Superbet - just check who is the guy doing commercials for them
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Cool insight!

Regarding common knowledge, how big is the basketball following in countries like Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, etc.? If you wore an Ivisic basketball jersey in Croatia or Montenegro, would people know who it is or is the following that dedicated?
 
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One Man Fast Break

Petrovic playing for Serbia in the U19 FIBA World Cup back in 2021 against France and Wembanyana. Gives a good indication of his age/experience level, we get excited when guys are playing in this in current year. Wasn't a good day shooting the ball for him, but obviously much time has passed since then.
 
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the juiceman cometh
grue2 said:
I did a post on the Eurpean leagues ~2 years ago. Search for adriatic by grue2 for more details.

League play quality, roughly ordered within a line:
1) Euroleague (A cross cutting of the top teams from the national leagues.),
2) Spain ACB, Turkey BSL
3) [German BBL, Russia VTB], Italy LBA, Israel, France LBA
4) Adriatic, Greek, Australia
5+) China, Japan, Korea, Philippines (Alphabetical; all bad.)
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Not perfect (think Greece is underrated here and Germany perhaps overrated) but pretty good ranking.

As another point of reference the top half of the Euroleague is made up of teams from the following domestic leagues:

Greece: 2
Turkey: 2
France: 2
Spain: 2
Germany: 1

The two ABA teams in the competition are at 10th and 12th place.
 
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ChiefGritty
grue2 said:
I did a post on the Eurpean leagues ~2 years ago. Search for adriatic by grue2 for more details.

League play quality, roughly ordered within a line:
1) Euroleague (A cross cutting of the top teams from the national leagues.),
2) Spain ACB, Turkey BSL
3) [German BBL, Russia VTB], Italy LBA, Israel, France LBA
4) Adriatic, Greek, Australia
5+) China, Japan, Korea, Philippines (Alphabetical; all bad.)
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I buy that. Though of course as you note the Euroleague draws from all of those leagues (a la soccer's Champions League) there are two Euroleague teams in the Adriatic league.

Petrovic went for 17-4-5, 16-4-9, and 13-6-6 in three games against those teams this season. His team did lose all three.

the juiceman cometh said:
Not perfect (think Greece is underrated here and Germany perhaps overrated) but pretty good ranking.
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I keep reading about how basketball is getting more popular in Germany. I think the German and French leagues are stronger than they used to be, by virtue of being so much richer than the areas of Europe where basketball is more popular. They can just buy good players.

(So can we!)
 
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