Continuation and end of the soap opera Emoni Bates and his choice of career. After committing to join Michigan State if he were to go to the NCAA, which seemed unlikely a few months ago, at the end of July he announced that he was going back on his commitment, and listed 8 options for the rest of his career. : in NCAA Michigan State, Oregon, Memphis, Baylor and Miami. In pro Overtime Elite, the G-League and the NBL. Finally at the beginning of August he had reduced his options to 4: the G-League or the NCAA with Michigan State, Memphis, and Oregon.
He has finally put an end to the suspense by announcing on Instagram that he is joining the Memphis Tigers, coached by Penny Hardaway, who recruited heavy, since Jalen Duren has also decided to join Tennessee. Reclassified in the 2021 vintage, Bates will therefore join the NCAA next season, but he will not be able to present for the NBA draft in 2022 with the current rules since he will be 19 years old in January 2023.
To know everything about him, we recently released this long video:
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