Three years ago, Nowell was living a dream and a nightmare at the same time. At 15, his basketball career was blossoming but he would lose his father to cancer that same year.
Jaylen Nowell knows exactly what his father would say if he were here to see his oldest son lead the Washington Huskies men’s basketball team in scoring.
“He would tell me that you’re definitely doing a great job, but there’s a bunch of things that you still need to improve on,” says Nowell, a UW freshman who averages 16.9 points per game. “There’s no such thing as being a finished product.