Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NarrowJ
Me sliding into Urbana McDonalds after an 18 pack at the lake to run into Bam & Andrej and secure that verbal commit:

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#553      
pruman91
Breaking news.............................................................................................

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Monopoly raises prices on the Balkan state's due to comrade Underwoodovic's domination of Euro BB players acquisitions to a Boardwalk and Park Place levels................they really really have.................
 
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Rich
LvilleILL1 said:
Had heard the name but knew the price tag was pretty big. Heard they got a bit of a discount because of the connection with the agent. In terms of a commitment though very surprised.
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Miško Ražnatović?

Doesn't he also own the team?
 
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HensonHall71
Fly Illini Fly! said:
His highlights POP. Would serve great in the complementary role.

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He would be great, but do we even know if he has eligibility left? He's played 5 seasons and would need a waiver, he played 11 games two years ago and it was in the last half of the season, so seems wouldn't get a medical redshirt for that given it was over 30% of his teams games and not season ending injury, but with how many players have entered the portal with no eligibility left, it's hard to know who is just entering on a whim or who will really be eligible next season
 
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the juiceman cometh
ChiefGritty said:
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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Yeah the thing about the ABA is that it's more reliant on domestic talent than the leagues that dominate the Euroleague standings, which rely heavily on high-priced foreign talent (mostly American players who have already played college ball). And then the younger guys that break through in those loftier leagues draw early NBA interest which complicates things. So it makes sense that it's easier to find eligibile prospects in the ABA than say Germany or Spain.
 
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grue2
the juiceman cometh said:
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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I have not looked at the leagues in the last 3 years so it is quite possible things have changed. (My post was 2022 data.) I rated based on the overall strength of the leagues. The Greek league had a dominant team, 2-3 solid teams and a bottom half of filler at the time.
 
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illinifan1987
Sources have said he got an upgraded meal compared to Dix...Fat Sandwich.
Nothing like saying, "Welcome to the US. Enjoy this sandwich that is excessively fattening." :p
 
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