-I originally said Shannon first to decide, but sounds like it’ll be RayJ. Here’s everything that I’ve heard the last 24 hours (I’ve been on vacation, so I’m in a different time zone). There’s been a lot of different buzz on different timelines, but this is what is expected as of tonight.
RayJ is going to be first this week. Sounds like Coleman and Shannon will be later in the week/weekend
Shannon still expected back but has one more workout left. Coleman has a one workout left as well, but he may not go to it. I was told unless Shannon gets an absolute guarantee from two different teams in the top 40, he’s coming back. He’s making an announcement this coming weekend Friday-Sunday. 80%ish chance he comes back. Coleman is still up in the air imo. But landing a very good pg makes it a lot more likely that he comes back, and we are going to do that.
There’s a solid backup plan for RayJ, but I’m very confident in Illinois landing him and not needing to do that. Getting RayJ makes Shannon and Coleman even more likely to come back too imo. The staff is expecting to land RayJ, as am I.
I will say though, there is a VERY good backup plan if RayJ doesn’t go our way (I expect he does). I was a little worried about having too many eggs in one basket, but the name I was given (grad transfer) blew me away. Again, don’t think it’ll come to this though-we will know for sure in the next two days.
We WILL have all the answers for the three guys mentioned at the end of the week. I expect we get 2/3, but all 3 is not off the table. I’m really excited about what the team can do next year-I’ve heard some really good things about the progression of certain guys already on the team. I’m checking off the board for a few days, but may stop by if we get some good news
. Keep a close eye on a RayJ announcement Monday or Tuesday
----We were suppose to hear something last week, then over the weekend, now its next weekend
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