Zvonimir Ivisic will join his twin brother, Tomislav, in Illinois for the 2025-26 season after stays in Kentucky and Arkansas. But what are
The illini highlights 7 feet 2 inches? The beaten writer Scott Richey asked Anthony Kristensen, Hawg Sports Network, to weigh:
What has marked you the most in its only season at Arkansas?
The greatest thing that marked me was a little inconsistency. Part of this may have been able to have a changing role throughout the season, but he would have stretching where he was a passive and others where he was the best player on the ground. He certainly has the potential to be a first or a second option, but there were stretching when he was in trouble and could not see the ground. Towards Midway Tho Sec Play, he managed to score 18 or over in four of the six games, but he did not score two figures for the last six games of the season.
What were the roots of inconsistency?
I think some of them have resolved to its fluctuating role. He entered the season without the license to draw from the three and was then informed that he could. He was sometimes a rest, and others that he came out of the bench. He also dealt with injury problems at the start of the season. It can be difficult for a player to be pulled in several different directions as he was this season. Jonas Aidoo also really came at the end of the season and seemed that the player Arkansas expected him when he was committed for the first time, which limited some of the Ivisic opportunities just because of the way Aidoo played.
How was its production useful with expectations before last season?
For me, I entered the season by expecting him to come out of the bench for Aidoo, so I think his averages found themselves in the place where I expected. Aidoo had many problems of early injury, which allowed Ivisic to get more race than I expected early. During some of his best stretching, he really had the impression that he was the great modern man par excellence.
How would you decompose its strengths and weaknesses?
Offensively, it can shoot three points better than most guys in its size. It has a nice shooting movement, and its high release makes it difficult to keep on the perimeter. He can also work inside, although he has fought against some of the big most physical against whom he played. He is also a better passer that I think he gets credit.
Defensively, he is a high -level fire blocker. He's not someone, I think you would build a defense, but he is a usable defensive player. As in attack, he can fight more physical guys. There was a few times when he was intimidated a little against Auburn or Texas A&M and teams like that. He could do a lot with added muscles.
What type of player and person gets the Illinois?
I think the Illinois obtains a player with a ton of potential and who already has some of the tools necessary to achieve it. I think that being with his brother and Orlando Antigua, who was one of the Kentucky staff, should help him adapt quickly. He has all the tools to be a 5 large modern man and sometimes showed it at both ends of the soil throughout the season. As for him as a person, he is a big child. Very polite and always ready to speak.
