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The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD

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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #90 on: April 01, 2024, 01:35:19 PM »
It's about NIL money. Dainja can probably get paid quite a bit more elsewhere. Illinois is not paying the market value to keep him.
 
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #91 on: April 01, 2024, 01:35:37 PM »
Jake from somewhere inside State Farm Center...announce away!
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #92 on: April 01, 2024, 01:36:42 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on April 01, 2024, 01:35:19 PM
It's about NIL money. Dainja can probably get paid quite a bit more elsewhere. Illinois is not paying the market value to keep him.
 

Could see him at say SMU or a like kind of school. Maybe he wants to go home Minnesota? They are losing a ton of players.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #93 on: April 01, 2024, 01:54:47 PM »
maybe that means Cliff Omoruyi is headed to the Illini  8)
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #94 on: April 01, 2024, 02:19:48 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on April 01, 2024, 01:35:19 PM
It's about NIL money. Dainja can probably get paid quite a bit more elsewhere. Illinois is not paying the market value to keep him.

It isn't the style of play not highlighting his strengths and he would rather be a starter (and get paid)?
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #95 on: April 01, 2024, 02:21:41 PM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on April 01, 2024, 01:54:47 PM
maybe that means Cliff Omoruyi is headed to the Illini  8)

Honestly would rather have Wolf than Cliff....how did the last Cliff work out for us?
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #96 on: April 01, 2024, 02:26:07 PM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on April 01, 2024, 01:54:47 PM
maybe that means Cliff Omoruyi is headed to the Illini  8)

If Omoruyi is cool with just being a rim protector and not wanting a ton of offensive sets/shots, I’m good. Otherwise, nah.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #97 on: April 01, 2024, 02:27:19 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on April 01, 2024, 02:19:48 PM
It isn't the style of play not highlighting his strengths and he would rather be a starter (and get paid)?

Illinois could easily adjust the style of play to feature his game. They still gotta pay him enough to keep him.

The problem is he dominated weak competition and struggled against strong competition.

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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #98 on: April 01, 2024, 02:30:25 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on April 01, 2024, 02:27:19 PM
Illinois could easily adjust the style of play to feature his game. They still gotta pay him enough to keep him.

The problem is he dominated weak competition and struggled against strong competition.

He got, what? 10 minutes Sat against UConn and Clingan? Letting Hawkins get abused in the post by Clingan tells you all you need to know about what they think of Dainja, no?

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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #99 on: April 01, 2024, 02:33:20 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on April 01, 2024, 02:30:25 PM
He got, what? 10 minutes Sat against UConn and Clingan? Letting Hawkins get abused in the post by Clingan tells you all you need to know about what they think of Dainja, no?

*Chump edit: he played 9 minutes Sat.


to be fair he was completely useless like rodgers and guerrier and the rest of the team that day
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #100 on: April 01, 2024, 02:34:38 PM »
So we got 6'7" Davis a swiss knife, might as well use the overused phrase first.

We are in the running for Storrs 6'6"
We will need at least 2 B1Gs imo, Wolf from Yale (IL kid-glencoe) and Payne from Minny would be massive gets. Inside/Out and both extremely mobile.
We will have at least 1-2 more x-fer's yet I believe.

The staff is doing so much better imo than when we had OA and Chin....Frazier is a beast so far, gotta keep him.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #101 on: April 01, 2024, 03:00:23 PM »
Especially since tOSU, I thought Dain, Amani, and Morez would be a solid rotation next season. 

The last few days, the vibe was they were moving on from Dainja.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #102 on: April 01, 2024, 03:02:28 PM »
So NIL discussions are to some degree speculative but I can't imagine going to a mid-major and starting is an NIL bump from being a rotation player at Illinois where you're already known to the fanbase. If someone like Minnesota is paying him NIL money our supporters can't match, that seems irrational on their part so... let them.

I'm not sure we have minutes to offer multiple 4/5s as transfers unless Hansberry also leaves. Ideally we bring in 2 guards who can let Rodgers shift back to being an actual forward. And if Morez isn't immediately in the rotation Brad needs his head examined.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #103 on: April 01, 2024, 03:04:31 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on April 01, 2024, 03:00:23 PM
Especially since tOSU, I thought Dain, Amani, and Morez would be a solid rotation next season. 

The last few days, the vibe was they were moving on from Dainja.

So he is not leaving due to the NIL money?
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #104 on: April 01, 2024, 03:05:06 PM »
Quote from: illinicalvin on April 01, 2024, 03:02:28 PM
So NIL discussions are to some degree speculative but I can't imagine going to a mid-major and starting is an NIL bump from being a rotation player at Illinois where you're already known to the fanbase. If someone like Minnesota is paying him NIL money our supporters can't match, that seems irrational on their part so... let them.

I'm not sure we have minutes to offer multiple 4/5s as transfers unless Hansberry also leaves. Ideally we bring in 2 guards who can let Rodgers shift back to being an actual forward. And if Morez isn't immediately in the rotation Brad needs his head examined.

Hansberry and his mom pretty much confirmed he’ll be back. I hate seeing Dainja go, as he was a good dude, but Morez will more than hold his own and Dainja isn’t much of a fit with our style.
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