After helping to lead the UPlay Canada U16 team to the finals of the U16 Peach Jam last week, Andrew Nembhard’s stock continues to rise.
Three schools are currently working the hardest for the 6-foot-4, 175-pound Canadian point guard.
“He’s hearing the hardest from Michigan, Villanova and Stanford,” UPlay Canada coach Dwayne Washington said. “They’re hitting him regularly. Those three schools are really, really, hitting him.”
Nembhard has the size and poise to be a big-time college and potentially pro point guard.
“Andrew’s upside is NBA starting guard,” Washington said. “He’s way ahead of where Dennis Schroder is. He already shoots it better. He’s a legit 6-4 and defends the position.
“If he was from Florida or Texas or New York City, he’d be getting a lot more love.”
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At Peach Jam, Nembhard was listed as being from Montverde (FL) Academy, but Washington said it’s only “70 percent” that Nembhard will play there and it will be determined later this summer.
R.J. Barrett, Nembhard’s UPlay Canada teammate, previously said Nembhard could really help Montverde, which had won three straight Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National championships before falling in the semifinals this year to La Lumiere (IN).
“I think we could be really good,” Barrett said. “We were struggling at the guard spots this year including myself and he could come in and group everything together. He’s going to be a really important key.”
Roy Rana, head coach of the Canadian Junior National Team, said the potential of both players is through the roof.
“The sky’s the limit for both of them,” he said. “They complement each other well. Andrew’s a playmaker and R.J.s’ a scorer and obviously they’ve devolped some chemistry from playing together at such a young age…The talent’s undeniable, they’re young players and you gotta be patient but they certainly have a bright futures, that’s for sure.”
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