Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Every year with the insiders guaranteeing recruits that end up signing elsewhere
 
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We Illinois fans need to just adopt the Average Joes Gym mentality. Have no goals/expectations. That way you are never let down.
 
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I'm assuming the staff knows there is a chance we could miss out on AS, if so I also assume they have a back up plan. Wondering what that is right now
 
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if stoj is a miss this offseason is a miss. don't see the staff being able to pivot to another true quality target.
Let's go all in on Jamir Watkins! (Although there's the chance that he stays in the Draft.) Insiders: Are we still in the bidding for Watkins? What's his price at the moment?
 
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That's like letting one get out of our backyard. 🤔
Maybe he isn't good enough to play for Illinois? But he's good enough to play for BYU. Or Illinois couldn't afford to pay him his asking price? But BYU paid it. Davis played 2 years at Southern Illinois in Carbondale, after playing 4 years at Vashon HS in St. Louis. So, yes, he was in our backyard. But I'm guessing that Illinois would prefer to pay MORE money to a European player instead. Oh well....
 
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My personal preference would be to go get Fland now- there is mutual interest, he’s not a first round pick, so it would benefit him to come back to college. Sell him on giving him the KJ roll where he plays on ball and off ball some. I know some don’t like the fit but he is just too good at basketball not to make it work- you can play three guard lineups, we have Ty to guard bigger SFs we’ll have so much offense it almost won’t matter - Fland is an excellent on ball defender as well. He might actually help us more than AS would

Then you get the donors excited enough to put in more money for AS and be a FF contender. Essentially flip the order given AS is taking too long
 
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I for one enjoy their insight and make sure to read every post they make.
I haven’t posted since Wednesday about AS. I mentioned how everyone in contact with him said his visit went great. He had a smile all the time. Laughing and enjoying the team. I said sounds like they just needed to agree to terms (NIL). My personal thought I sai was I think we’ll hear something very soon. It was known to all that he had other visits. I’m not hearing much but across the middle is he just st checking boxes, or he’s chasing more money. I feel he’s making sure at the end of the day that he picks the team that gives him the best chance to play his game.
Which we definitely do!
 
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My personal preference would be to go get Fland now- there is mutual interest, he’s not a first round pick, so it would benefit him to come back to college. Sell him on giving him the KJ roll where he plays on ball and off ball some. I know some don’t like the fit but he is just too good at basketball not to make it work- you can play three guard lineups, we have Ty to guard bigger SFs we’ll have so much offense it almost won’t matter - Fland is an excellent on ball defender as well. He might actually help us more than AS would

Then you get the donors excited enough to put in more money for AS and be a FF contender. Essentially flip the order given AS is taking too long
Yes! Then Cooper Flagg decides he really can't live with not winning a national championship, and joins the team as well!
 
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lol you all should be thankful I’m not an Insider, cause I’d let all of us twist in the wind even more just for pure entertainment value.

We are absolutely 100% getting AS…….


























unless we absolutely 100% don’t get him.
That blank space is going to cause 6 or 7 pages of handringing and negativity here on Loyalty.
 
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It is astonishing as to the huge effect one college hoopster, not elite but pretty solid with experience, can have on the GNP of our country. I am pretty sure most on this board are making no contribution in the past three days at a minimum.
 
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