Tag: Memphis Tigers
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Why Did Emoni Bates, Formerly the “Best Prospect Since LeBron,” Transfer to Eastern Michigan?
At the age of 13, Emoni Bates was the number one prospect in all of basketball. He was 6-foot-7, dunking on eighth graders in Ann Arbor, Michigan and playing AAU basketball for his dad’s Bates Fundamentals team. Heading into high school, the hoops world fixed its gaze on the skinny small forward, and Bates delivered…
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Buyers Beware on Emoni Bates Transfer and His Dad’s Overreach
Back in February we analyzed the bizarre downturn of Emoni Bates. One of the most hyped prep stars in 20 years was a sore spot for Memphis, and would need another rehab assignment before entering the NBA Draft. The Tigers finished strong with a run to the American title game and a win in the…
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Did Emoni Bates’ Dad Sink the Best Prep Star of the Decade?
There is no debate that Emoni Bates’ much-anticipated college career has been wildly underwhelming. The prep star with an SI cover story at just 15-years old is now just a bystander as Memphis has turned around its season without him. Bates has a supposed back issue that has kept him out of the lineup (or…
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Is Penny Hardaway About to Steal #1 Recruit Jalen Duren for Memphis?
For many years Emoni Bates was considered the crown jewel of the Class of ’21. The prep star had feature length profiles done in Sports Illustrated and was compared so some of the greatest high school players ever. But recently there’s been a prospect that has overtaken him at the top of the recruiting food…
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Writin’ about Wroten
He’s the top shooting guard prospect in the country and didn’t even play high school ball last year.
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