@ZeroHibachi I’m just curious, what makes Beluba upper the best? Just impossible to contest or what?
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Austin
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Here you go. Don't need thousands of dollars, just 2-3mil MT. 6'10 SG with good sigs and beluba jumper.
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@BBallSchoILL @DraftExpress That’s a big ass lineup. Vaaks, Stoj, Mirk, Z, and Tomi. A zone with those guys might not be fair.
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@Vaaksoffice @DraftExpress Z definitely has the capability to play the 4 with some work
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Suigo is also being heavily pursued by college coaches as one of the most talented bigs still available in the 2026 recruiting class.
The deadline for international players to withdraw from the 2026 NBA Draft is June 13.
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NEWS: Mega Superbet's Luigi Suigo is declaring for the 2026 NBA Draft, Sigma Sports and Excel Sports tell DraftExpress. The 7'4, 19-year-old Italian is DX's No. 30-ranked prospect in this class. Averaging 8.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1 block in 19 minutes in the Adriatic League.
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@BBallSchoILL @DraftExpress That’s true, Z doesn’t have the foot speed to play any minutes at the 4 and neither does Tomi. Gotta look for wings/a lead guard right now
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@Vaaksoffice @DraftExpress I can’t imagine we have any minutes at the 5, unless Brad wants to try something freaky
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@BBallSchoILL @DraftExpress Any chance for us on him or are we out? Haven’t seen him with huge hype in mock drafts or anything yet. Could easily be a lottery pick next year
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@DraftExpress Will get a huge bag in college with a chance to move lottery. Seems like a no brainer
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@WembyCentral The Spurs went 2-1 on the season without Wemby specifically against Portland. They’re absolutely the favorites still even if Wemby weren’t to come back at all. But he’s back by game 5 no doubt. Especially if it’s 2-2.
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Just split the next two games and hopefully Wemby will be back by game 5
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@TheIlliniFN Sure, he’s not gonna be AS good as Keaton was, but it’s hard to see him not being an extremely high quality player for us. Thinking 12 points on very good efficiency, more or less depending on the volume Mirk, Stoj, and Vaaks gets.
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Here is a fun "did you know?" for Illini fans.
Did you know that Quentin Coleman shot 49% from 3PT this year? That includes vs some of the top high school competition in the country.
Now, imagine this 49% 3PT shooter in the Brad Underwood guard machine & system.
Fun days ahead
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@CurtisHiggs1701 @TheIlliniFN Sengun isn’t as good of a floor spacer though and works off dho’s. Mirk can make very solid reads from the post when he gets doubled, I anticipate like 4 assists per night from him due to stuff like that.
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@TheIlliniFN We gotta cool it on the Jokic comps for Mirk. His passing is no where near that level. Much more of a Sengun comp in terms of skill and athletic profile.
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Totally understand some Blackwell letdown, but as a reminder, Illinois lineup will be...
A top-10 portal addition (Vaaks)
A 5⭐️recruit (Coleman)
An All-American potential SF (Stojakovic)
Mini Nikola Jokic (Mirk)
Two 7' twins (Ivisic's)
With a deep, talented bench
We are LEGIT
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@ChiefIlliniVic I think people are worried about the amount of time left, but these last few recruitments just go crazy fast. I’m sure we add at least one more solid piece.
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Why are people saying Illinois has no plans to add another player?
It makes ZERO sense to have $4-5M ready for Blackwell and then just do nothing with it when he goes elsewhere
Expect Illinois to get another solid piece for 2026-27
#TheAddition
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Stefan Vaaks with all of Illinois floor spacers is going to be beautiful 🥹
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@Illiniwek69 That was my first time ever going to an Illinois football game. Couldn’t believe what I was watching
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I was 12 miller lights in starting a “Spencer Penis” chant at the top of my lungs. Good times. #oct8 #beer
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The top 10 least amount of points scored by a winning football team in Big Ten conference games since 2010
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@notrobbyboose @ellisrt103160 @TheIlliniFN And we saw overall defensive improvement during that entire March run. Wouldn’t be surprised if this is a slightly worse offense, but better defensively.
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@ellisrt103160 @TheIlliniFN Illinois made the final four with bam ineffective offensively due to the injury. They will be okay without him
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Illinois basketball current depth chart:
Vaaks / Lee
Coleman / J. Davis
Stojakovic / Morillo / Brown
Mirkovic / L. Davis
T. Ivisic / Z. Ivisic
One of the more talented rosters in the country, which is why they are projected top-5.
No true PG, lack some PF depth.
Thoughts?
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@TL_Soularion @aryh21 It’s one game, but he had a couple nice passes that just resulted in missed shots from a few teammates. His actual passing IQ and feel are fairly high, it’ll develop to a solid point Im sure. Especially if teams just start doubling him all the time.
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@aryh21 agree some but one downside of upping his 3pt volume is that it really hurts his offensive rebounding
plus his playmaking is just not there at all, 1 ast 4 tov isn't good enough
and it's hard for him to upkeep this level of O production while being That Guy on D
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Ngl people seriously underrated Wemby as a scorer/offensive player
Easily top 8
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@ChiefIlliniVic That type of shot to tie the game is so crazy, he’s gonna be awesome for us
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@Illinifan05 @shanepearson924 I think he’s just a hope, but no reason not to try and get a 43% three point 6’5 guard. He’d fit into the system pretty well. No idea what teams, if any, he’s been connected to. I’ve just been focused on the Blackwell stuff and #theretention
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@shanepearson924 @Austinblevins29 McNeil hasn’t been brought up in a bit tbh
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@ChiefIlliniVic @IllinoisBball5 Right? Blackwell would get so many effective, efficient shots within the offense and have the ability to focus on his defense and playmaking without worrying about a scoring load. Do it all guards make it to the league🤷
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@IllinoisBball5 I just don’t know where people are getting the idea that Blackwell wouldn’t want to play on this team still
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#illini Since andrej is back and if Blackwell wouldn’t want to come now because of it, who should they look towards now?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t still come since he would be the PG and still play a lot of minutes and be on a championship contending team
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@novaxnomask @Illinifan05 Later tonight, hoping for it to be Illinois! Could see it being either of the other teams though, Utah State does make some sense
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@Illinifan05 I definitely wouldn’t hate landing one of McNeil or Zens and missing out on Blackwell, but I think he’s the guy that takes us to that next, next level
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@Austinblevins29 That I have no idea, but my guy messaged me saying we were out. If it turns out we get him I’d love to be pleasantly surprised
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