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Talking with some fellow Illinois fans not that long ago, they mentioned that they were hoping the Illini basketball team could land recruits Jabari Parker, Thomas Hamilton, Jr., and Alex Foster, each of whom, one fan assured me, has a "ridiculous upside potential." I'm sure they do.  I'm also sure that a Google search shows them to be incoming high school freshman who have never played a second of high school basketball. It's by no means an isolated situation, nor a new one.  Routinely, we're finding athletes at younger ages, especially in basketball, always on the look out for the next LeBron, ...