In the latest high-profile high school transfer, Gary Trent Jr. announced he will transfer to Napa (CA) Prolific Prep from Findlay Prep (NV).
With changes @findlayprepbbal, my family + I have decided to attend @ProlificPrep after being floored by program. Serious players must look
— GARY TRENT JR ⁉️ (@THAT_KID_GARY) August 28, 2016
Prolific Prep also features Class of 2017 power forward Ira Lee and most recently produced current Kansas freshman Josh Jackson, a projected top-5 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
“Everyone knows Gary can score the ball and is an elite shooter,” Prolific Prep coach Billy McKnight told SNY.tv. “What we see in him is a playmaking guard who uses his scoring ability and vision to create for others. That’s what we look for…guards who can facilitate and score efficiently.”
Trent Jr., one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2017, has trimmed his list to five schools: Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, Michigan State and UCLA.
The 6-foot-6 Trent Jr. and 6-10 Wendell Carter Jr. won a gold medal with the USA U17 team at the World Championship in Spain, and the two have talked openly about a potential package deal, with Duke the leading contender for both.
“The package deal is most definitely on,” Trent said at Adidas Nations. “He was actually my roommate at the Nike Academy and he’s my roommate before we go, so we have continue to bond and grow as people.”
Carter Jr. is down to eight schools, including Duke, Kentucky and Arizona. His other five schools — Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Harvard and Cal — are not on Trent Jr.’s list.
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