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Yeah. You've noted the interesting thing to watch from a team concept. He's not a positionless type of player for sure. He's clearly going to help on the glass and defense.
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Holy cow. What a beatdown of Minny. It's like the young team finally figured out how to play defense and were attacking on offense within the plan. 5-12 team is 82 on Kenpom. They are going to lose more games, but the future could be seen in last night's game.
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Ayo is gone after this season.
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LOL. No. He isn't.
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Not so sure about that. Been reading he's getting a low first round/early second round grade. If he keeps up his hot streak and has a good chance at a guaranteed contract, he's gone.
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He wants to be a lottery pick, IIRC. He still doesn't finish above the rim and he is 6'5"/185. He needs to put some muscle on his legs. He's at Illinois 1 more year.
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I hope you're right. He's the best player this program has had since Deron Williams
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He's certainly a quick learner. 3 weeks ago people were talking about him staying 4 years. The game slowed down for him very quickly.
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Lol @ lottery pick. Everyone wants to be a lottery pick but he isn't going to come back to Illinois if he's low round 1. I hope you know that.
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The guy who writes that, Rees Woodcock, is just a fan of the team. Not even a journalist.
That said if Ayo keeps up like this he could go.
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There's a huge difference between low round 1 and high round 2 though. Guaranteed $.
Do they risk it if he's a borderline guy? I'd say probably but who knows.
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Every draft website has him in the 1st round. ESPN's big board has him at #23 I believe. And he's rising, not falling.
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The one that I thin is the best doesn't have him going at all:
https://www.nbadraft.net/2019mock_draft
No doubt he could go, though. Probably will be a tough call with him being a borderline round one pick. This is a pretty weak draft class.
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True, NBA Draft Net is probably the best out there. He's not even ranked as a 2nd rounder--wonder if they figure he's definitely not going pro.
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Will be interesting. UI could actually be competitive next year if he stays, and if he leads them to a major turnaround his draft stock will skyrocket. Winning is important.
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God damn Brad is bad at coaching.