Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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I would kick at minimum Hamer off the team. Little defensive guys on this team and bad defensive coach not the best combo.
That's a big deal if so because while he's been pretty consistently on the draft board, I'd say the majority have him second half of first round or later.
No,just noI think we should offer Adam one last time. Take it or leave it.
2nd half of first round is great. If that's guaranteed, he should stay in the draft.
I think it’s an easy answer. They find the money. Adding will helps everyone else out. The more dangerous pieces on the court at once the less the other team can implore help defense or hard hedges. We would have 25 min starters and 15 -min bench players. Whoever’s playing best at that game is end to finish the game. It’s what we were suppose to be last year. True depth. Thats a winning formula.
I'm an SIU grad, so I watch about every Saluki game. Dibba had a tendency to disappear for stretches, then take over. One game, from the beginning of the second half, he scored Southern's first like 15 points as they took the lead.
He has long arms and a quick first step, so he can get to the rim and finishes around the rim, often with short jumpers and finesse lay-ups. He almost always goes to his left first although he's right-handed, and teams soon figure that out and overplay him that way, and that seems to stymy him. He doesn't finish strong at the rim and flops hoping for a foul. Then you're left with a five on four fast break situation. He can get hot from the three point line, but he has to be pretty open as he doesn't really elevate for his shot. He got some of his points sneaking into the lane for offensive rebound put-backs. I believe he was SIU's second leading rebounder after Davis.
He's not a strong defender, but gets some steals by lulling you to sleep then snatching balls in the passing lanes with his long arms or stripping the ball out of the opponents hands.
I don't know if playing in shorter bursts would help him focus and be on all the time or if he needs to be in the flow of the game for a while before he could turn it on.
I was surprised how well Lance Jones and Marcus Domask did in the Big 10, so he might be a better addition than I would have thought otherwise.
I agree yet she thinks pick 21+ isn't worth it. But hey, her thinking that benefits us.
Could be completely wrong, but my guess is Gonzaga is less money than Baylor for Adam, but Baylor ended their recruitment when he was playing hard to get and that's when he tweeted one of his classic cryptic crybaby tweets.
jmwillini
- Tolono, IL
I would say that the chances of Will Riley opting out of the draft are at best 1%.
If he does, the odds of coming back here are less than 1% of that 1%.
Where do the minutes come from?
Also, in the draft posted above, please not the T'wolves. Don't want TJ and Will competing for minutes.
If he does, the odds of coming back here are less than 1% of that 1%.
Where do the minutes come from?
Also, in the draft posted above, please not the T'wolves. Don't want TJ and Will competing for minutes.
Probably should of chosen better representation
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
If he opts out and doesn’t come back to Illinois, where’s he gonna go? He never entered the portal.
Please! Duke, Kentucky, et al have no problem with finding minutes for all their top-rated players (and they have way more than we do). We have all the minutes Will is able to play.
Starters - Kylan, Andrej, Will, Tomi, and either Rogers or Mirkovic. First off the bench - Petrovic and Z. Add Ben to make it a 9-man rotation (inevitably paired down to 6-7 man rotation towards end of season). And that's assuming no injuries.
That said, 99% chance he stays in the draft.
His minutes comes wherever he wants...our recruits have unfortunately earned zero...so far...
Sure, but did they make first team ASUN?
Are you insane? He gets 30 minutes a game if he comes back. Petrovic, Ty, Mirkovic and Ben probably lose minutes if Riley comes back. Petrovic and especially Mirkovic haven't even touched a NCAA basketball court and some of you are thinking they are going to be playing 30 minutes a game lol.
Unlikely he comes back. But if he wants back and we turns him down, what happens? The universe explodes?
Not gonna happen either way.
For Riley?? You're serious.
Plus (as stated above) he did not enter the transfer portal.
Sorry, but the level of idiocy displayed here from time to time is just... laughable.
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Honestly would be my lone concern. Even if he doesn't come back would still my lone concern. We'll always have the talent. And offensively Brad's always proven to adapt.
Offseason propganda.
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I think the question was who loses minutes, not does Riley get minutes.
FightinIllini30
Future insider
Trilly predicts Desmond Claude to Florida
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