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Monday / December 23.
  • Arizona Offers Derrick Jones

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    Arizona is the latest school to offer 2015 Radnor (Pa.) Archbishop John Carroll small forward Derrick Jones, his dad told SNY.tv.

    “Coach Book Richardson called his high school coach and offered a scholarship,” Derrick Jones Sr. said.

    Kentucky, Kansas, Syracuse, St. John’s, Maryland, St. Joe’s, Penn State, Temple and Kansas State are among those who have also offered the 6-foot-7 Jones.

    Jones was unable to attend the Kentucky Alumni Game Monday night, his father said. Various other Kentucky recruits, including 2014s Jahlil Okafor, Devin Booker and Tyler Ulis and 2015s Luke Kennard and Charles Matthews attended.

    “He’s just barely scratching the surface, this kid has gotten so much better,” We R 1 coach Terrell Myers told SNY.tv this summer of Jones.

    “He can actually do a lot more than people have seen. When I first saw him in seventh grade, he was a point guard. He doesn’t get to show that as much because he’s so athletic and people see the athletic plays and they just see that. They don’t understand how well he passes the ball, he can shoot the ball.

    “Once he adds strength and he adds some muscle, he’s just going to take off.”

     
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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.

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