Top high school sophomore hoops player signs with pro league
Fred Jeter | 4/28/2022, 6 p.m.
Naasir Cunningham
The ever-changing sport of basketball has taken another turn.
Naasir Cunningham, the top rated player in the high school Class of 2024, has elected to sign with the fledgling professional league, Overtime Elite, or OTE.
The 6-foot-7 rising junior at Gill St. Bernard’s School in West Orange, N.J., will forgo any payment from the OTE to maintain his college eligibility once he graduates from high school. Eventually, he is considered a high-end NBA draft pick.
Already, Cunningham has offers from most of the premier college programs, including Duke University and University of Kansas.
While playing for OTE, Cunningham will be permitted to engage in Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) financial benefits.
