Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
NEW YORK – The 2010 Jordan Brand Classic is especially intriguing this year because five of the 20 players in the game have yet to announce their college choice.
Of those five, four still have Kentucky on the menu.
Doron Lamb, Josh Selby, Terrence Jones and C.J. Leslie all list Kentucky as a finalist (Cory Joseph is the lone uncommitted player in the game without the Wildcats).
“[Kentucky coach John Calipari] is good with guards, he’s a guard coach,” the 6-foot-4 Lamb, out of Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy, said Thursday at the Jordan Brand Classic practice at Sports Club/LA in Manhattan. “He knows what to do with them. He gets them in the league [the NBA] fast so we would want to go there.”
Read the full story here.
**See the video interview where Doron says he’s already decided here.
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
NEW YORK – The 2010 Jordan Brand Classic is especially intriguing this year because five of the 20 players in the game have yet to announce their college choice.
Of those five, four still have Kentucky on the menu.
Doron Lamb, Josh Selby, Terrence Jones and C.J. Leslie all list Kentucky as a finalist (Cory Joseph is the lone uncommitted player in the game without the Wildcats).
“[Kentucky coach John Calipari] is good with guards, he’s a guard coach,” the 6-foot-4 Lamb, out of Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy, said Thursday at the Jordan Brand Classic practice at Sports Club/LA in Manhattan. “He knows what to do with them. He gets them in the league [the NBA] fast so we would want to go there.”
Read the full story here.
**See the video interview where Doron says he’s already decided here.
Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter
