Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[jamarvelous31]

Keaton was 1 of 1.

Quentin is our highest ranked (Top 30 composite) in quite some time. We have to trust that he will make a jump by the conference season. Trey McKenney is a great example. Dude hit 4 3s in the NCAA final. But was other wise overshadowed by older players like Cason and Gayle off the bench.

You can see some very obvious things he’ll need to fix for B1G size and speed:
- Shooting pocket is low
- Prefers his right hand to finish
- He’s 6’4 but lacks the build to absorb contact for now

But there is a long time yet till November and even longer time yet to next year’s draft.

The good news is that he is not the Keaton replacement, Vaaks is.

He (hopefully) will be feasting on open 3s and recovering Ds that Boswell sometimes struggled to.

 

[OrangeBlue98]

It is an All-Star game....All-Star game
..TOs will happen.

We’re talkin’ about……..an All-Star game!

(Sorry-given it was AI’s event that was a layup!)

 

[LvilleILL1]

Just a guess, but I suspect he figured Wagler into that equation. Still… were seemingly loaded even without him.

Yeah, was expecting Andrej gone and Keaton back, so just flipped there.

 

[Nohops 73]

A Few too many turnovers for my liking and he did lead his team with a -8 in the plus minus but the shot does play. I would be careful comparing him to Keaton, Keaton had 4 turnovers twice all year.

It wouldn’t be Loyalty without someone pointing out the glass is 3% empty….

 

[SescIllini]

Last years Iverson had the top players, MCAA/Lottery picks. Only player not there was Keaton, but he was below the radar. This year's event I didn't recognize many of the players. Ton of talent, probably alot of 25-50 ranked players.

 

[March2TheArch]

The good news is that he is not the Keaton replacement, Vaaks is.

He (hopefully) will be feasting on open 3s and recovering Ds that Boswell sometimes struggled to.

Yes, Quintin has all the tools to be a pesky defender and reliable rebounder. We know our coaching staff’s #1 priority is BOARDS. As Kawhi once famously put its “Board man gets paid.”

He will be a third option ball handler behind Vaaks and Mirk. Our offense doesn’t require him to shoot off the dribble middys or unnecessarily drive into traffic. The asks of him will be:
- Defense ala Kylan (this is a big ask if we make him our POA defender)
- Rebounds (our big guys will be boxing out vs. some really good frontcourts in Florida, Michigan, Duke, etc so a dynamic gaurd rebounder is key. We had that with Keaton getting 12 boards vs. Houston.)
- Open 3s (he’ll need to move up his starting shooting pocket at the risk of getting his !!!! packed. Maybe Jake can help him. But he does have a nice pump fake, side dribble that’ll free up some space to get shot off).
- Pick 6s (we didn’t have many but I hope we get a few easy points off TOs via Quentin).

We don’t need him to be a Darius Acuff or Kingston Flemings. We need him to be a lite version of Braden Burries. I think that’s honestly very achievable when we have 4 starters around him that can go for 15-20 points a game.

November can not come sooner.