Coming out of St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland, the Washington, D.C. native was only a two-star recruit, according to ESPN ... even after averaging 21.5 points and 12 rebounds and earning All-Metropolitan D.C. area honors as a senior.
Then four years later, after earning three All-Conference Team selections, the 6’5” swingman still went undrafted out of Virginia Commonwealth University. He played a year for the Idaho Stampede before spending the last two seasons with the Hornets. He signed his Nets’ contract this past summer.
The willingness to earn everything is part of why he chose Brooklyn to begin with.