Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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FrankNitty30
NarrowJ said:
I’m not sure why Harmon was the player given as an example, DGL was the 9th man on that E8 team averaging 7 minutes per game.

Could also look to a 3 star freshman Hawkins averaging 7 minutes as the 9th man on the Covid team that finished the year ranked 2nd in the country.

Also as someone else said, injuries happen and no program can “injury-proof” their roster through having guys who could start on another high major team and earn a million dollars in NIL come here to play 7 minutes and earn 150k (or whatever the 9th man makes).
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Thank you! You made my point even better.
 
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NarrowJ
ChiefGritty said:
Because he was a portal addition as a one-and-done role player.
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Right and he averaged like 20 minutes per game

I’m not sure we have that to offer to someone like Justin Harmon on this team

Editing to add recent insider tea leaves suggest we may be adding a guard so this convo may be moot soon
 
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JJE
DB11Headband said:
Higher up the totem pole than that.

And no, not Kylan
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Fly Illini Fly!
NarrowJ said:
I’m not sure why Harmon was the player given as an example, DGL was the 9th man on that E8 team averaging 7 minutes per game.

Could also look to a 3 star freshman Hawkins averaging 7 minutes as the 9th man on the Covid team that finished the year ranked 2nd in the country.

Also as someone else said, injuries happen and no program can “injury-proof” their roster through having guys who could start on another high major team and earn a million dollars in NIL come here to play 7 minutes and earn 150k (or whatever the 9th man makes).
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If Brown is 2024 DGL (who was better than 2026 Lee or 2026 Petro) I'd have no problems with the guy.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
Also as someone else said, injuries happen and no program can “injury-proof” their roster through having guys who could start on another high major team and earn a million dollars in NIL come here to play 7 minutes and earn 150k (or whatever the 9th man makes).
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Wouldn't you earn more being the 9th man at Illinois than a starter at a broke school like Utah?
 
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BoiseBaller
I-L-L 1318 said:
I don't know if it will even happen, but how did we go from melting down over the need for another guard, and now we are questioning if we would take Boswell?
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It’s wild. So much of the predictions do not take into account injuries, illness, foul trouble, etc.

Plus, if we wouldn’t take Blackwell due to “chemistry issues”, then what would that about the new guys if Boswell isn’t welcomed back? If they are all EDG, I don’t see why it would be an issue. At all.
 
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hoopsfan47
Lakes333 said:
Get a grip. All you negative Nellies on here need to go to the Kentucky board. All these Freshman are very talented that we have coming in.
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I was as hopeful as anyone that Brown could fill in minutes competently without having seen him play.

However after watching a video, I do not see the skill level or the physical ability to do that. He needs a year of hard work on his skills and with Fletch or I see B1G athletic guards stealing his lunch. But I know that is only MHO, and hope does spring eternal. We will see. I sure am hoping he can learn, adjust, and quickly gain confidence, not to mention strength, before the season starts.

But the good that I see from him is that he is a team player who has pretty solid court awareness...and wants to win.
 
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Grandpa
FrankNitty30 said:
To add….. we have 87 mins a game that left that will be picked up by a combination of extra minutes for the “retention squad” and the 3 headed monster of Coleman, Morillo and Vaaks.

Our 9th man was Petro at 5.9 mins a game. Our 10th man, until he got hurt, was Jakstys at 5.2 mins a game.

Even with ALL the injuries last year, our 9th and 10th players in minutes had 11 between them. To get into the weeds of our 9th and 10th men is a fools errand in my book.

However, I have always low key been a fan of Jakstys. He is NEVER going to be an All Big 10 performer. But his per 40 numbers are 12 pts, 23 Rebs and 3 blocks.

Stop…… I am not saying just give him starter minutes and look what he will do. I get that he does this against other bench scrubs. However, what this does show is that as a Soph he was VERY active while in the game. Some of that will translate.

But……. If it doesn’t, and if Brown or Zens are not good enough to play….. they will be our 9th, 10th and 11th best players.
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People misread stats. Petro averaged 5.9 minutes per game for 19 games for a total of 110 minutes. Over the 37 games the team played that's an average of 2.97 minutes.

Jakstys averaged 5.3 minutes for only 5 games for a total of 48 minutes.

To get a true number one would need to take the total minutes played in 37 games including overtime and do a % of minutes played of available minutes.
 
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