There is one obvious one.
Kofi Cockburn returns to Illinois
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MY 2 cents on FTs...My own experience with FT improvement was minimizing arm motion and use legs. A set shot basically with minimal arm motion and spin. Aim for back of rim...if it doesn't swish it will usually softly bounce in. Went from ~ 60 to >75%.
Kofi and Belo are going to have a TON of highlights this year, but If Kofi gets comfortable shooing a 8-15 foot jumper:
Kofi's situation is not dissimilar to a farmer who finds himself toiling in drought conditions. In the following diagram, Illinois (in orange) represents warm moist air.
Farmer Kofi needs to unlock this moisture to grow his crops, but he knows this will not happen on its own. Kofi sees a slow-moving cold front moving in from Kentucky (in blue), but unfortunately the updraft needed to condense the moisture is too slow in developing. Needing immediate resolution to this situation, Kofi calls a friendly pilot from Antigua airlines. Captain Orlando flies a much needed catalyst to the scene.
After the clouds are seeded, the heavens erupt in thunderous fury. The storm rages across Illinois and Kentucky. Amid the tumult of thunder and lightening, the clouds release a much needed soaking upon the land. In the day that follows, Kofi calls his friend Orlando and thanks him for helping mother nature...
illini80
- Forgottonia
Reportedly he told the coaches late last week. Not sure why they waited a week to announce it, but I would assume it had some marketing implications. If your building a brand, being talked about in the national news for a week is a very good thing.
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
That ESPN story build up and the ticker/scroll at the bottom of ESPN’s broadcast with the announcement of All-American Kofi Cockburn returning to Illinois as the 2nd lead are pretty strong pitches to make his brand nationwide, not just statewide.
blackdog
- Champaign
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I haven't seen this posted yet, but the Lexington Herald Ledger had a nice write up on Kofi as "one who got away." The first 2/3 is him, the rest is just sports updates.
Ones that got away: Sampson, Bird, Hana rough, Zion... now Kofi Cockburn?
Ones that got away: Sampson, Bird, Hana rough, Zion... now Kofi Cockburn?
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
That's a nice workout but if you pay close attention he shoots his jumper the same way he shoots his free throws, he brings it across his face and shoots it starting from his left cheek. Like Lonzo Ball but not as extreme and not nearly as consistently accurate.
It looks fine from the side but from dead straight on it looks very awkward. That's a really hard motion to keep dialed in, he needs to stay more in line with his shooting shoulder and reduce the variables in his motion.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I was thinking more proof of concept. He can do it. Now we just need to get everything else dialed in and see it happen while contested
Yes agree. If he can at least be a threat to make an occasional jumper he'll be a much more valuable commodity to the NBA. He HAS to get that FT shooting up though. That's costing him a lot of points especially on the front end of 1 and 1's, which he gets several a game.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Agree. I was delighted to see the script return; they're my favorite unis, surpassing the block "FI" text from the '80s. The only incremental change that would make me happier is to see those script unis in orange, a la late '70s (Levi Cobb stuffing Ronne Lester below in the old Iowa Fieldhouse.) If I never see team in navy again I will not shed a tear. Keep it orange and white.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I want to like this more than once.
I want to like it so much that I embrace it, wrestle it to the ground, and roll around with it until the first tip-off in November, when the team takes the floor in orange script unis.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
It feels satisfying that Kentucky fans are coveting our star. And it smells like... victory.
Nike really did not do a good job with their redesign of our brand. That lettering in particular is really bad and is a nightmare to get spaced properly. Plus they added a bunch of red to our orange and now it looks like peach sometimes. Not a fan. Thanks Mike Thomas.
Props for anything featuring Levi Cobb!
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
That Nike font is garbage. Whoever designed it for Nike for Missouri's rebrand just mailed it in for ours, or vice versa, and I will be happy to see it go the way of that italicized Impact font that we used to use. OK, sorry to contribute to the detour.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Never one to care too much about unis, they could play in burlap sacks for all I care. However, props on the username. Equal parts cleverness and Junior High locker room humor. Love it.
Govoner Vaugn Fan
- New Orleans
he will prolly send them a cease and desist order at some point
Those white alternates though….That Nike font is garbage. Whoever designed it for Nike for Missouri's rebrand just mailed it in for ours, or vice versa, and I will be happy to see it go the way of that italicized Impact font that we used to use. OK, sorry to contribute to the detour.
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