I'm not an insider, but I will say that if you are getting many minutes we are in trouble.
Edit: "With all due respect".
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
Edit: "With all due respect".
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
Awesome.
Ready made Jake Davis replacement. Love it.
I’m also excited about Pettigrew and Kelly. But one thing you notice about UConn 2024, Michigan/Zona 2026, and Florida 2027 is the FRONTCOURT.
I hope we can find a Clingan, Mara, Condon, Krivas type mountain of a low post player! Any thoughts there?
Brady Pettigrew up to 13 in ESPN’s updated ‘28 rankings (strangely, they don’t have Cole Kelly ranked, which goes top 60).
9th man problem solved...
This probably isn’t the hottest of takes these days, and I’m not saying Coleman is going to be a consensus AA/Lottery pick, but we’ve found the next one. Skilled, shooter, processor, maybe not quite as big as Keaton but clearly better athlete, and most important/intriguing to me, clearly a competitor/gives a ****.
Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.
And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.
I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.
And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.
I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
I'm with you. It's hard to watch his highlights and not get excited. In the context of this team, he won't be forced to do much, but he will have opportunities to do a LOT if he buys in, listens to his coaches, learns from the veterans, and pays attention to detail. Great talent & great basketball situation hopefully leads to great results.
It's nice to see his quickness and anticipation on defense. It shows he is engaged on that end, though he may not get as much runway to gamble here.
He is perhaps the biggest big X-Factor between us being really good, or elite. If he's not the 5th best player on the team, we will be in the running for the B1G, but not likely the favorite. If he is the 5th best player on the team, we might be the favorite in the B1G. If he's anything above the 5th best player on the team... the entire country better watch out.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
but what about 10th man ???....................so many questions to ponder....................................