That’s the athletic pop we’ve lacked since TSJ.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Makes sense. With Michigan, we'll have to see if Morez stays in the draft, but they're losing 90% of the most critical pieces of their roster. That includes the strength of their roster, which was their entire frontcourt, which includes the conference player of the year.
They're transfer class might be very, very good, but you can't rip the guts out of a team and expect a top 5 season. Heck, Duke is losing this national player of the year. Boozer carried them in games that they probably should have lost, including round 1 vs Sienna.
We're also a question mark. We're losing an All American, plus, if I'm going to punch Duke in the gut over the NCAA Tournament, we could look at our path to the Final Four was paved beautifully for us. Playing a 14, 11, 2(By FAR our most impressive performance) and a 9(8??).....the draw was pretty much perfect.
You look at the whole list, less Florida, and you can poke holes in their argument.
Florida flat out didn't bother to show up for 25 minutes vs Iowa, but when they needed to turn off the water, they did. There was what, a 19 point swing in 13 minutes? When you play with your food and it gets under 5 minutes, anything can happen. Missed free throws and a three by an unlikely source and hey....they got what they deserved. You can look at that like a mess around and find out situation.
What they are bringing back and what there's acquiring......it's impressive. I don't see a question mark with them. JMO.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Juh? I thought the early entry deadline was Friday?
Hoping this is just to get some feedback...
I think Cadeau did the exact same thing for Michigan though. He said he was coming back. This is more of a heat check than anything else. Get some feedback. Can't hurt. The feedback will put him at the back end of the draft and the unguaranteed contract(or not being drafted) won't get overcome the NIL cash.
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Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
cue up the (sadly predictable) freakouts
this is just a smart move by Dre to get NBA feedback. he's coming back, y'all ('cause he's not a first rounder)
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
May 27th is the the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline, for the record.
It's just a bit of a hostage situation with our roster construction situation, which is suboptimal.
The team will be best when (if?) we add someone who Andrej and his camp are going to incorrectly perceive as contesting his role in the offense, which he is understandably sensitive to after Keaton Wagler iced him out of what he came to Illinois for last year.
Just for sheer timing reasons I would guess the chances of us adding someone from Europe versus the portal probably just went up.
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blackdog
- Champaign
And you can put your name in the draft once to keep eligibility. With only 1 year left (before 5 x 5) there's no reason not to do it and get the feedback.
Andrej entering the draft while maintaining eligibility doesn’t mean anything. The chances he goes maybe jump from 0% to 5% and even that’s probably too high.
There’s an off chance someone guarantees he’s a first round pick but given that I don’t think he’s even in a top 75 list it would be the most shocking event of the draft.
There’s an off chance someone guarantees he’s a first round pick but given that I don’t think he’s even in a top 75 list it would be the most shocking event of the draft.
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
If yall think Andrej is leaving (who isn’t even projected in either round) then I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?