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Illinois Basketball: 5 transfers who could help the Illini next season

By Rees Woodcock

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Members of the Illinois Fighting Illini watch the final minute from the bench against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Iowa defeated Illinois 83-62. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Members of the Illinois Fighting Illini watch the final minute from the bench against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Iowa defeated Illinois 83-62. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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CHAMPAIGN, IL – FEBRUARY 09: Players stand in front of a Big Ten logo before the start of the college basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on February 9, 2019, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.(Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Illinois basketball team needs to add at least one more player to the class of 2019.

Illinois is losing a few talented players from this past season. Aaron Jordan is departing after four years with the Orange and Blue. His solid three-point shooting and hard work will be missed. As a fan, I appreciated him sticking it out with the Illini even though the team never made the NCAA tournament.

Adonis De La Rosa will also be gone from this season. He was a backup to Giorgi Bezhanishvili at the No. 5 spot. His past injuries hampered him a bit this season, so he wasn’t as effective as he was pre-injury. But, thankfully, Brad Underwood was able to secure a couple of big men in Kofi Cockburn and Antwan January to help fill the void left by De La Rosa.

We are still looking to add someone at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the team, though. I want to see a nice backup to Frazier or, potentially, someone who can come in and start at the No. 3 spot from day one. Either one of these would be nice and would help the team immediately.

Here are five transfers who could help the Illini next season.

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