Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Illiniguy13
Joel Goodson said:
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#184      
FightinIllini30
Personally, I hope that we take a chance with picking up Stefan Joksimovic. That dude can play and would likely play himself into a role on next year’s team.

Even if he doesn’t, it would be great to get him here and have him for 2 or 3 years
 
#187      
Illinilosch
Cole Kelly is an absolute must get IMO. No excuses, especially with his HS teammate committed. Kid has so much potential and talent, and he plays with a very high motor. Love this kid's game!

And if Quinton Kitt grows a couple more inches before he gets to campus in a couple years....LOOK OUT! Might end up a 5 star before things are said and done.
 
#188      
Joel Goodson
Illinilosch said:
Cole Kelly is an absolute must get IMO. No excuses, especially with his HS teammate committed. Kid has so much potential and talent, and he plays with a very high motor. Love this kid's game!

And if Quinton Kitt grows a couple more inches before he gets to campus in a couple years....LOOK OUT! Might end up a 5 star before things are said and done.
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I'm pretty sure that many will disagree w/this, but I think Kitt may have a higher ceiling than Kelly (even if he's topped out height-wise). Just to be clear, Kelly's a helluva prospect and I want him too. must get? don't think so. Brad and company are great pivot masters
 
#189      
PasadenaIllini
FightinIllini30 said:
Personally, I hope that we take a chance with picking up Stefan Joksimovic. That dude can play and would likely play himself into a role on next year’s team.

Even if he doesn’t, it would be great to get him here and have him for 2 or 3 years
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Look, I'm not knocking his talent. A 6'7 guy who plays point guard clearly has physical gifts. But as it stands, he is one of the worst turnover machines I've seen. If you look at his stats playing for his team's developmental squad in the Spanish developmental league, he had nearly a turnover for every assist. If he's coughing the ball up to the other team like that in the Spanish developmental league, he is going to absolutely murder our chances against B1G competition. Could he grow out of this? Maybe. But for me, decision making ability under pressure is often just as innate as physical tools in a ball player. Given how much money he'll cost with his prospect rating, for me, Joksimovic is a hard pass.
 
#190      
Lakes333
Not even close to a must get. Jaden Schutt was a must get as well. How did that all work out for us? Very well I would say. Were at the point now with these in state kids that nobody is a must get. If you dont grab that offer and commit then were moving on.
 
#194      
Kendall Gill’s Uncle
JKR said:
I asked the same thing a few weeks ago but got no response. I don't see how it is feasible to play both sports in this day and age. Looking at this past year, the Music City Bowl was on Dec. 30. By then, the basketball team had played 14 games. I don't know how you would manage that overlap. On the other hand, I would love to see Tywan Cox join the track team after the football season. He ran a 46.29 four hundred meter in high school last year (and a 45.14 split in the 1600 M relay). To put that in perspective, 46.29 would have earned him 6th place in the B10 meet last year.
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I’m pretty sure Indy answered saying Brad wasn’t counting on him playing basketball.
 
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