LeBron James never went to college, but he has a locker in the Ohio State basketball locker room.
Now it appears the Buckeyes are trying to land his son.
That would be his 9-year-old son, LeBron James Jr.
Ohio State beat writer Eric Seger Tweeted, “Thad Matta said LeBron James, Jr. ‘will be’ on his radar for recruiting. The kid is 9 years old.”
We’ve seen college coaches land kids in seventh and eighth grade before, and it usually hasn’t worked out.
Remember when Ryan Boatright committed to Tim Floyd at USC — even before he picked a high school?
Boatright ended up at UConn.
Remember when former Rutgers coach Freddie Hill got a commitment from then-ninth grader Mascei Grier?
The kid never landed on campus.
Still, Ohio State is probably smart to get out early on King James Jr., even if he turns out to be only a small fraction as good as his dad. Which is pretty likely.
Aside from the fact that James is an Akron native, Ohio State has a connection in that they were the first school to wear Nike gear with the LeBron logo back in 2007, according to Cleveland.com.
“We always want to pay our respects to him for what he did for us in ’07 in terms of we were the first LeBron school,” Matta told the site in reference to giving King James a locker. “And obviously we get tremendous product from him, and I know he’s very proud of what he does for us.”
So Ohio State is smart to get in on LeBron Jr. early.
Who know how good the kid may turn out to be?
Photo: Cleveland.com
Still, Ohio State is probably smart to get out early on King James Jr., even if he turns out to be only a small fraction as good as his dad. Which is pretty likely.
Aside from the fact that James is an Akron native, Ohio State has a connection in that they were the first school to wear Nike gear with the LeBron logo back in 2007, according to Cleveland.com.
“We always want to pay our respects to him for what he did for us in ’07 in terms of we were the first LeBron school,” Matta told the site in reference to giving King James a locker. “And obviously we get tremendous product from him, and I know he’s very proud of what he does for us.”
So Ohio State is smart to get in on LeBron Jr. early.
Who know how good the kid may turn out to be?
Photo: Cleveland.com
