I’m happy for young Kam and his proud family, but I’m concerned that I read nothing about the boy becoming proficient in any of his academic studies. Everyone’s already expecting his athletic ability will be all he needs to succeed after high school.
It’s always best to have a
Plan B. that one can live with in case Plan A. does not work out after X number of years have past by. They will find out.
He may not be an academic. Yes, he could get injured, or may have peaked early, and not wind up in the NBA at all. If he can stay on long enough to get an N-I-L deal he will never starve.
It could well be that without basketball, he isn’t college material, at least not in a “I am going to learn and study for four years” kind of way. If he only wants a paper credential with little behind it, he won’t be alone, only no student loan debt.
If he takes up sales, or a trade, or sports coaching, that’s all good. The student-athlete moniker has been a façade for all too many for a long, long time. Main difference now is that the “students” can be free agents, and they can cash in before graduating.
If you think he’s good at basketball, you should see him at math.