NEW YORK — Isaiah Whitehead skipped the early portion of the AAU circuit and worked out with Lincoln High School coach Tiny Morton.
He feels it paid off as he was named Co-MVP of the Hoop Group Future All-American Camp earlier this month.
“[I got] a lot better. I definitely got stronger, [worked on my] ball-handling and jump shot,” Whitehead said Friday in Harlem during practice for The Franchise Classic.
The 6-foot-4 2014 shooting guard holds offers from Syracuse, St. John’s and Rutgers and said “UNC is close.”
Whitehead is also hearing from Kentucky, UCLA, Miami and Florida.
“It makes me feel great,” he said.
“My favorite player came from Syracuse, Carmelo Anthony. I know Michael Jordan is from North Carolina, a lot of NBA products.”
Still, he said Kentucky may be his favorite school of all.
Following in the footsteps of Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson, Whitehead still has several years to make a decision, and said he’s targeting the “end of AAU’ season in 2013 before making one.
