Curbelo (35) | Frazier (5)
Frazier (30) | Plummer (10)
Grandison (30) | Plummer (10)
Hawkins? (?) | Goode/Melendez (?)
Payne (30) | Lieb? (?)
huge question marks in the frontcourt without Kofi
I like Curbelo, but it is rare for any player to get 35 and PGs have to exert a lot of energy. I know youâre just rounding tooâŚbut out him at 30 and give this ten time all american from Utah the extra five.
Utah guy cannot play the 1 unless Underpants wants to tank. he has a 7% career assist rate. Maybe 30/10 with Frazier and Plummer plays more 2?
Thatâs what I think too.
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I have been expecting this. I know Kofi is an old school center and will have his work cut out for him at the next level, but it felt like there was nothing left to prove at Illinois and he was going to go. I think heâs athletic enough that he will stick on the end of a bench and get chances to show he can develop some more moves and a short jumper. Heâs at least on the Iggy path of getting a contract.
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sounds pretty final to me but illinois writers/insiders(they are also an overly optimistic group) seem to still have some hope heâll return
If itâs not blasphemous to say it, I would like to thank God that Kofi is leaving, too!
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Wouldnât that burn Illinoisâ craw if Franz came back and Kofi didnât? Just sayin!
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So a guy declares last year and only returns at the 11th hour, declares the next year with absolutely no mention of coming back and they still are hoping for a return? makes sense
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I know itâs foolish to think any one fanbase is unique in how it behaves but I canât help myself in making generalizations about the Illini. Like, there has to be something seriously wrong with Urbana-Champaignâs drinking water, one of the most bizarre fanbases out there.
They do seem pretty crazed. Then I go to mgoblog and read football chatter. . .
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Unfortunately far more obnoxious than any Illini basketball fan can be.
I really hope they are clinging to âhe should return to work on his free throws.â
Some serious rumors that CJ Fredrick is leaving Iowa and will end up at Kentucky. Just search his name on Twitter and youâll get the gist of it. Buzz that the McCaffreys have unfollowed CJ on social media and Calipari and staff tampered before CJ (who isnât even in the portal yet) had intent to leave Iowa
Believe this has been rumored for a while to be happening. Whenever something like that happens, hard not to believe thereâs been significant tampering (not to make a whole thing about Worthy here, but there was Texas smoke months ago. How could that be possible without tampering of some sort?).
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There were rumors that Kentucky tampered with Tshiebwe at West Virginia too. Kid unexpectedly transfers there in the middle of the season.
I read this on the Iowa board a month ago
Were you thinking of Frederick back then or did you just expect Calipari to recruit shooters from the B1G?