One basketball phenom will meet the son of another in a clash of potential future NBA players.
Emoni Bates, a Michigan State basketball commit considered one of the best prospects in the country, and Ypsilanti Prep will fill face off Jan. 9 against Bronny James and California Basketball Club. The game will be televised on FS1.
Bates, a junior, has been billed as the top teenage basketball player since LeBron James — Bronny's father and a four-time NBA champion. CBC and Ypsi Prep will play at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas as the nightcap of the The Battle Basketball Showcase (organized in part by Danny Green, a Philadelphia 76ers guard who won an NBA title with LeBron James this past season).