Michael Porter Jr. is aware of the skepticism surrounding the heralded forward’s decision to back out of his letter of intent at the University of Washington and play at Missouri, a struggling program that recently hired his father as an assistant coach.
Porter, ranked the No. 1 prospect in his class by multiple recruiting services, is a featured attraction at the McDonald’s All-American Game tonight in Chicago. Jerry Meyer, the director of basketball scouting for 247Sports, says Porter is “one of the more talented prospects that I’ve scouted in my 15 years in the business.”
Porter, who was the Gatorade State Player of the Year after leading Nathan Hale to the 3A state title at the Tacoma Dome earlier this month, said the talk about his college decision is blown out of proportion.