Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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Second place is 1st loser said:
The fact that none of us have seen him play and this is the first real exposure that he's getting within the States....what would you expect? If he puts in 20 PPG, shows NBA athleticism, that will rise. Keep in mind, troubles aside, TJ only snuck into the first round and we saw 100 times more of TJ than KJ. Honestly, that goes for any of the European players.
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US recruiting services 247, Rivals, ON3 ESPN, etc obviously do not track young foreign players like they do those in US. You can bet the NBA teams do and often consequently draft young foreign players ahead of heralded US players including lottery players even while those foreign players are not represented in those US recruiting services. I don't even think NBA staffs rely on those services much. Same for good college coaches who rely on their own or staff observations and rate players themselves. NBA has had Jacucionis in their sights for years (Kasparas has played high level BB since age 12), same with Demin, Hugo Gonzalez, Nolan Traore, etc. If Jacucionis came to US earlier and played here for awhile, he would be rated 5* no doubt on most of the recruiting services. Guarantee you, NBA teams already know about him. Jacucionis and Riley may become Illinois' highest draft picks since DWill. IMO, Ivisic has opportunity to play well, be noticed and drafted in 1st 2 rounds as well.
 
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Battle89
AEX said:
Body by Fletch strikes again.
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Davis on the Irwin plan
 
#229      
Illini4Christ
Will “the thrill” Riley:

“Man... that kid is special. His upside is super scary. Out of all of the guys on the team, this kid will probably be the lottery pick. All I can say is, after a few games under his belt, the Big Ten will be talking about this kid. He's cat quick, and how he's able to change directions at 6-foot-8 is beyond me. He shoots it as well as anyone on the team, one time at practice Will made eighteen three pointers in a row."
 
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RabidDawgClassic
Illini4Christ said:
Will “the thrill” Riley:

“Man... that kid is special. His upside is super scary. Out of all of the guys on the team, this kid will probably be the lottery pick. All I can say is, after a few games under his belt, the Big Ten will be talking about this kid. He's cat quick, and how he's able to change directions at 6-foot-8 is beyond me. He shoots it as well as anyone on the team, one time at practice Will made eighteen three pointers in a row."
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Who said this?
 
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RabidDawgClassic
LvilleILL said:

Sit back and enjoy.
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My unofficial stats have KJ with 19 points. He hit 3 of 7 three-pointers and went 6 of 7 from the free throw line. He also had a couple of nice dunks. Not sure of his overall shooting stats. He missed a few bunnies.

He also had some nifty passes that his teammates either couldn’t connect with or convert. 🫤
 
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FrankNitty30
No. Not one GM in this draft had decent grounds to pause on drafting Shannon. At least 20 GMs at a minimum will have buyers remorse
 
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