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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-12-2018, 05:37 PM:

For now, the No. 1 basketball recruit in the class of 2019 is — depending on which list of rankings you’re looking at — either James Wiseman or Vernon Carey.

A few months from now, that spot might belong to Jaden McDaniels.

The Seattle native — listed at 6-foot-10 and 200 pounds — has rocketed up the recruiting charts in recent weeks, and UK’s coaches are now among the many paying close attention.

That changed Thursday, when he said someone from UK’s coaching staff reached out to his father recently to say that the Cats were indeed interested in recruiting the five-star prospect.

“It’s big-time,” he said of the UK program. “A lot of pros came out — like John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, all of them — so it’s just exciting having a big-time offer … I mean, big-time interest like that.”

McDaniels corrected himself quickly on that offer comment. He doesn’t have one from the Cats yet, but that might not be the case for long. UK coaches were sitting courtside at each of his first two games at the Peach Jam, and there isn’t a more buzzed-about recruit in the 2019 class at the moment.

“I think it’s certainly fair to say he’s been one of the hottest recruits in the country,” 247Sports analyst Evan Daniels told the Herald-Leader. “He’s just improved significantly over the course of the past 18 months. And it hasn’t necessarily been one event where he was great — it’s just been kind of a strong, steady spring into the summer. This is a kid who is loaded with upside. He’s developing and adding to his skill set, and it’s turned into impressive production throughout the spring.”

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