Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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rmlsr
LvilleILL1 said:
R-E-L-A-X.

Negotiations are in a good spot, no one is going to North Carolina.
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STLini25
No, two uniquely skilled 7 footers with big game experience are not replaceable.
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You don’t think we can get two centers to average 8 points and 5 rebounds are replaceable? We have the ability to do that.
 
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PepeSilvia
Selling point to Mirk is to make him into the next Jokic by Coach Malone, among the big bag.. Pretty good sell. Idk if it's enough but a good pitch.
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I was joking when I said that yesterday.
 
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hoopsfan47
deadpool81 said:
We'll probably never find out, but I would love to know what happened with Petro. How does a guy go from an MVP candidate in a European professional league to unplayable in college, seemingly overnight?
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Pretty simple answer to that question. He was a one way player. To see the floor for BU, we should all know by now that you need to be good on both ends. Ulnfortuantely, Petrovic never learned that by playing in the Balkans and his coaches overlooked it due to his offensive entertainment value....which is quite high. He had many opportunities, but his lack of defense and too many turnovers got him a solid role....on the bench.
 
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PepeSilvia
BatteredWifeSchwartz said:
The wording was certainly a choice. Wanting to do business with North Carolina =/= Wants to do business for our guys.
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Well Bogavic announced he is staying out and UNC and Misko is high agent so I would assume it's related to that.

But yeah if you're UNC you would be stupid to not ask about Mirk and co after locking down Bogavic.

The only guys I really care about returning are Mirk, Stojakovic, Tomi, and Z. Honestly if Z wanted to leave I wouldn't hate replacing him with a more physical center to compliment Tomi.

Misko is likely using UNC to raise the price Mirk and Tomi but I wouldn't be surprised if he was also trying to find a home for Petrovic.
 
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CrazedUIFan
IlliniwekKDR said:
This should ease some people's fears
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For me, I would be disappointed if we weren’t able to retain the majority of the team. Mirk has the opportunity to be the face of this team next year. However, this staff has shown they found a good formula for finding pieces to make us very competitive. It is the attachment to the personalities that makes this time of the year a little stressful.
 
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CentralILLini
I think to retain guys, bring in a big time guard like Blackwell, and pay the freshman/filler transfers you’re looking at close to double what we paid for this years roster.

Closer to 16 mill+ than 8 mill for sure. What a time.
 
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