His future isn’t riding on a jump shot. He isn’t the ticket to get his family out of a difficult living situation. He can get into a premier college without a scholarship.
Perhaps that’s what makes Cole Anthony’s rise to the top of the prep basketball world all the more impressive. He has reached this point on sheer will and inner drive. Because for those who have seen him play, the impression would be different, as if he needs the game of basketball.
“Coaches and people have told me when you watch him play, you would think he’s the poorest kid on the floor,” his father, former Knicks guard and Turner Sports analyst Greg Anthony, said in a phone interview.