Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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oskeewowwowboomtime
Frank said:
In fairness to Drej, he knows his 3 pointer isn’t all that great. He only really took open shots from the corner. He needs to improve his form and the little hitch in his long ball to be improved shooting from range.
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a basketball player wearing a jersey with the number 95 on it
 
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Emerson Bigguns
Ga65 said:
Maybe a downgrade in rebounding and defense but not in scoring. Team will look different with Z backing up Tomi and Mirk and guards will have a different rotation with combinations of Dre, Jake, QC, Vaaks and Morillo. Not sure it will be inferior but will be different.
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I think a lot of people are also under-estimating the amount of impact players who are out of the conference. Of the Top 20 B1G leaders in Win Shares last season, only 3 of them will be back in the B1G. (Fears (#5) , Sandfort (#6), Mirkovich (#16)

The vast majority of the guys leaving were 4th year seniors. Blackwell is the only other guy on the list (#18), who is even eligible to keep playing. This underscores, how valuable upper-classmen in general are, how players tend to get better and better (so retention really matters), and most importantly,

David Mirkovich is a flipping stud.
 
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ChiefGritty
Username said:

This seems like a good fit for Cal and AR. I dont know how the culture of that team will be with a ton of highly rated 18-20 year olds and only 1 ball, but they probably have the most talented roster in the country.

I know several of our insiders said we backed off due to perceived work ethic/teammate issues, but it seems like that will fit in nicely with what they are building.
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Crafting functioning strong teams out of selfish, immature individuals has long been Cal's superpower as a coach.
 
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Orangetool
Rebounding Dog said:
Are you serious? A year ago everyone put Ben to the whipping post. A year later he filled a very nice role. We have not a clue what the freshman Morillo will look like until we see it…. yet you know??? Sit the f**k back and see! If your are going to be a back seat driver, at least wait until the fuc$ing car is on the road🤦‍♂️
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Easy my friend
 
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Second place is 1st loser
Are you serious? A year ago everyone put Ben to the whipping post. A year later he filled a very nice role. We have not a clue what the freshman Morillo will look like until we see it…. yet you know??? Sit the f**k back and see! If your are going to be a back seat driver, at least wait until the fuc$ing car is on the road🤦‍♂️
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Instant classic.

Pace yourself. There's going to be a ton of idiotic takes all spring and summer long. You're in mid season form. Take some low dosage Bayer and let's get to November brother.
 
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Combo
Username said:

This seems like a good fit for Cal and AR. I dont know how the culture of that team will be with a ton of highly rated 18-20 year olds and only 1 ball, but they probably have the most talented roster in the country.

I know several of our insiders said we backed off due to perceived work ethic/teammate issues, but it seems like that will fit in nicely with what they are building.
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I think they're behind Duke, Mich, and maybe Florida. In fact, we might have more talent than Ark.
 
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ChiefGritty said:
Crafting functioning strong teams out of selfish, immature individuals has long been Cal's superpower as a coach.
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This is true. I had a longer post typed but edited it down for brevity. However, in part, I had - if anyone can do it, it's Cal.
 
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Combo said:
I think they're behind Duke, Mich, and maybe Florida. In fact, we might have more talent than Ark.
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I think we have the better team and will end the year with better results. We've got better cohesiveness, culture, work ethic and a list of other attributes. I absolutely love the makeup of our roster for next year, but we dont have 5 top 20 recruits.
 
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March2TheArch
Joel Goodson said:
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Cole Kelly would be a tremendous get for 2028.

I really hope we have a great season and Duke stutters to entice Kelly and Pettigrew to stay in-state.

I hope these guys are educated on how Illini players are celebrated decades after they leave the program. That has to count for something. Versus being another forgotten burger boy at Duke/Kansas.
 
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Altuve27
The number 1 thing I want to see next year is significantly more post-ups for Tomislav. It isn’t always pretty or fluid looking, but he gets the ball in the basket. What did he shoot, like a ridiculous 72% from 2? And it’s not like he’s inflating that percentage with a slew of dunks.

You can still do the pick and pop stuff, but I want him around the bucket much more frequently.
 
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goillini30
Altuve27 said:
The number 1 thing I want to see next year is significantly more post-ups for Tomislav. It isn’t always pretty or fluid looking, but he gets the ball in the basket. What did he shoot, like a ridiculous 72% from 2? And it’s not like he’s inflating that percentage with a slew of dunks.

You can still do the pick and pop stuff, but I want him around the bucket much more frequently.
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Yeah, we should try that newfangled booty ball, but with a tall player...😂
 
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Combo
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I think we have the better team and will end the year with better results. We've got better cohesiveness, culture, work ethic and a list of other attributes. I absolutely love the makeup of our roster for next year, but we dont have 5 top 20 recruits.
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I haven't kept up with it - didn't realize they had 5 top 20 guys. That's not quite Duke-level, but impressive nonetheless.

That said, I agree with you - they might have more talent "on paper," but I think we'll have better results due to the factors you mention.
 
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HailtotheChief
Last season's bench: Davis, Humrichous, Z
(Andrej was literally our second best player, so for all intends and purposes, I'll count him as a starter)

This season's bench: Davis, Morillo, Z

Their games may be (vastly) different, but the only "replacement" there is Humrichous for Morillo.
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None of the three mentioned can replace what Ben did by themselves. We dont have that guy yet. If we add a Euro i would think that person may hopefully be able to check more of those boxes.
 
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Rap47
Tomi shot 73% on 2 pt. attempts and Z shot 83%. Z missed a total of 11 all year. I k on we probably ly will never see it, butcI would really like a high low game with Z or T at the rim and Mirk at the foul line occasionly.
 
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ChiefGritty
Illiniforlife said:
Question for insiders, we all know that Andrej is going to get feedback on his jump shot and that it needs to improve. Does that mean he is going to come back and just jack 3's next year? That would be the worst-case scenario, in my opinion.
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The nice thing about playing an NBA style is that you don't get into a Juice Williams situation where a player becomes determined to play in a way that doesn't suit his talents and isn't what brings his college team success in vain hope of a pro career.

What the NBA wants to see from Andrej is all the things that will make our KenPom go up. The worst thing he could do for his stock is start taking inefficient shots.
 
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