After seeing 2020 five-star guard Jalen Green – Memphis’ top recruiting target – turn down the college ranks and sign with the G League in April, Penny Hardaway isn’t a happy camper.
With Green signing with the G League’s new professional pathway program, along with Michigan commit Isaiah Todd and UCLA signee Daishen Nix backing out of their respective commitments to do the same, the Memphis head coach compared the league’s recruitment of players to tampering.
“Taking guys out of their commitments (or if) they’ve already signed and continuing to talk to their parents, it’s almost like tampering,” Hardaway said in a pre-recorded video sent to media members covering the Memphis basketball program.