Loyalty is a big part of the basketball galaxy in this day and age, in which players spend summers playing and plotting amongst each other, planning for the future season. In a day where transfers are at the speed of light, it is difficult to keep track of high school recruits these days. There are no more neighborhood teams, not because the kids don’t live within the parameters of the school anymore, but simply because they want to play elsewhere with fellow recruits and programs they forge relationships with over the offseason.
Take a look at Oregon’s recent gem recruit, Bol Bol, for instance.