Illini Basketball 2021-2022

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LvilleILL
From an Iowa site regarding POY:
Kofi, as I've said before, isn't even a basketball player, so how the hell he can be a POY candidate escapes me. He's a giant who lives in the lane and scores from as far out as five feet on rare occasions. He travels, he carries the ball, and if the rules were enforced, he'd foul out in five minutes every game. Now if we're talking rugby POY, Kofi wins easily. As you may be able to tell, I have no respect for his game whatsoever. Kofi couldn't carry Luka's shoes and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
 
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EyeoftheIllini
LvilleILL said:
From an Iowa site regarding POY:
Kofi, as I've said before, isn't even a basketball player, so how the hell he can be a POY candidate escapes me. He's a giant who lives in the lane and scores from as far out as five feet on rare occasions. He travels, he carries the ball, and if the rules were enforced, he'd foul out in five minutes every game. Now if we're talking rugby POY, Kofi wins easily. As you may be able to tell, I have no respect for his game whatsoever. Kofi couldn't carry Luka's shoes and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
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LOL
 
#353      
21ChampaignSt
LvilleILL said:
From an Iowa site regarding POY:
Kofi, as I've said before, isn't even a basketball player, so how the hell he can be a POY candidate escapes me. He's a giant who lives in the lane and scores from as far out as five feet on rare occasions. He travels, he carries the ball, and if the rules were enforced, he'd foul out in five minutes every game. Now if we're talking rugby POY, Kofi wins easily. As you may be able to tell, I have no respect for his game whatsoever. Kofi couldn't carry Luka's shoes and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
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Someone please send the clip of freshman Kofi blocking junior Garza's last shot in 2020.
 
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WhiteHorseWings
LvilleILL said:
From an Iowa site regarding POY:
Kofi, as I've said before, isn't even a basketball player, so how the hell he can be a POY candidate escapes me. He's a giant who lives in the lane and scores from as far out as five feet on rare occasions. He travels, he carries the ball, and if the rules were enforced, he'd foul out in five minutes every game. Now if we're talking rugby POY, Kofi wins easily. As you may be able to tell, I have no respect for his game whatsoever. Kofi couldn't carry Luka's shoes and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
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Didn’t you hear? Shaq has lost status as a player as well
 
#355      
sacraig
LvilleILL said:
From an Iowa site regarding POY:
Kofi, as I've said before, isn't even a basketball player, so how the hell he can be a POY candidate escapes me. He's a giant who lives in the lane and scores from as far out as five feet on rare occasions. He travels, he carries the ball, and if the rules were enforced, he'd foul out in five minutes every game. Now if we're talking rugby POY, Kofi wins easily. As you may be able to tell, I have no respect for his game whatsoever. Kofi couldn't carry Luka's shoes and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.
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You would be well advised to just not read anything written by Iowa fans.
 
#358      
InDaAZ
jumpingjack said:
The fact that they can write anything is rather surprising. Like when a horse learns to count, you have to admire the work that went into it
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Hey, now. Funny stuff, but…
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#360      
InDaAZ
jumpingjack said:
I'm going to hazard a guess that the Venn diagram of the Iowa Writers Workshop students and the Black and Gold basketball forum is two circles separated by several miles.
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Haha! Probably the reason the IWW became what it is: no interesting distractions for miles. No culture. No landscape. No outside intelligent conversation. Definitely no sports (unless wrestling is your thing - shoutout to John Irving).
 
#361      
jumpingjack
InDaAZ said:
Haha! Probably the reason the IWW became what it is: no interesting distractions for miles. No culture. No landscape. No outside intelligent conversation. Definitely no sports (unless wrestling is your thing - shoutout to John Irving).
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Ah, nice shout-out to The World According to Garp!
 
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DMWSuperFan
Longtimelurker said:
Top candidates for BIG player of the year and their 24-7 recruiting ranking.

Johnny Davis #164
Jayden Ivey #89
Kofi Cockburn #46
EJ Liddell #44
Keegan Murray #334
Zach Edey #440
Trevion Williams #154
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Where are you getting this list? Trevion Williams over Trayce Jackson Davis?
 
#374      
HensonHall71
Longtimelurker said:
Top candidates for BIG player of the year and their 24-7 recruiting ranking.

Johnny Davis #164
Jayden Ivey #89
Kofi Cockburn #46
EJ Liddell #44
Keegan Murray #334
Zach Edey #440
Trevion Williams #154
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Not to jinx it, but Kofi is still nowhere in any mock drafts, it may be a Garza type situation where his skill set is just not valued by NBA teams
If it's a choice between G league, playing in Europe or coming back for his senior year and making 7 figures in NIL, I think being BMOC for another year sounds pretty good!
Plus, he made great strides between this year and last year in skill set and if he continues that trajectory and can knock down a 12 footer with consistency his senior year and continues to dominate inside, I think he'll get drafted with some guaranteed money in the NBA
 
#375      
EyeoftheIllini
HensonHall71 said:
Not to jinx it, but Kofi is still nowhere in any mock drafts, it may be a Garza type situation where his skill set is just not valued by NBA teams
If it's a choice between G league, playing in Europe or coming back for his senior year and making 7 figures in NIL, I think being BMOC for another year sounds pretty good!
Plus, he made great strides between this year and last year in skill set and if he continues that trajectory and can knock down a 12 footer with consistency his senior year and continues to dominate inside, I think he'll get drafted with some guaranteed money in the NBA
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Is he actually making or will he make 7 figures in NIL though? Have to figure now with one year under NIL, he’ll have a pretty good idea what he’d make coming back, which should be beneficial in making a decision. I’d love to see him back, but I’m not convinced he’d actually improve his draft stock that much coming back. Then you have to weigh the possibilities of injury. He’s a big and not uncommon for players his size to have injury issues over time. And I believe he’s 22 right now. If he stayed another year, by the time the NBA season rolled around after that season he’d be 24. For a league that drafts on potential, that’s pretty old to be drafted in a spot with guaranteed money.
 
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