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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1703520" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Da’Monte still lacks confidence in his game. Honestly, it’s still hard to get a feel for what the talent ceiling level is for him even after all these years.</p><p></p><p>A confident shooter does not go long stretches not looking for his shot as he tends to do. I suppose if it turns out he really isn’t a good shooter then that’s a plus (we know he is capable of hitting Threes). But for whatever reason, this is not the way to contribute on the offense side.</p><p></p><p>Defenses can forget about him and the Illini are a shooter-down when they have the ball. And some better scorer on the Illini gets things more clogged up.</p><p></p><p>Because Da’Monte is such a hard worker and a great teammate it’s hard to want to find fault with him. But the Illini freshman MUST play more from now on.</p><p></p><p>When Coach stays with the veteran-heavy lineup, we have seen the results. The Illini are a good team but can’t get over on the Top Ten-type teams. This does not bode well for March.</p><p></p><p>With the ‘kids’, there is great talent there and the Illini ceiling gets higher. Sure they will make mistakes, but many in Illini Nation will tolerate more than seeing the veteran lineup not being able to close out games against the more ‘elite’ teams.</p><p></p><p>With the quickly shifting sands in College ball these days with the transfer portal and such, you’ve got to strike hard with what you have because you won’t have the same group tomorrow. Kofi and Belo and Trent wont be here forever. Reshuffle the Illini deck with younger dudes and play your cards for a better result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1703520, member: 748116"] Da’Monte still lacks confidence in his game. Honestly, it’s still hard to get a feel for what the talent ceiling level is for him even after all these years. A confident shooter does not go long stretches not looking for his shot as he tends to do. I suppose if it turns out he really isn’t a good shooter then that’s a plus (we know he is capable of hitting Threes). But for whatever reason, this is not the way to contribute on the offense side. Defenses can forget about him and the Illini are a shooter-down when they have the ball. And some better scorer on the Illini gets things more clogged up. Because Da’Monte is such a hard worker and a great teammate it’s hard to want to find fault with him. But the Illini freshman MUST play more from now on. When Coach stays with the veteran-heavy lineup, we have seen the results. The Illini are a good team but can’t get over on the Top Ten-type teams. This does not bode well for March. With the ‘kids’, there is great talent there and the Illini ceiling gets higher. Sure they will make mistakes, but many in Illini Nation will tolerate more than seeing the veteran lineup not being able to close out games against the more ‘elite’ teams. With the quickly shifting sands in College ball these days with the transfer portal and such, you’ve got to strike hard with what you have because you won’t have the same group tomorrow. Kofi and Belo and Trent wont be here forever. Reshuffle the Illini deck with younger dudes and play your cards for a better result. [/QUOTE]
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