A top high school player has a simple dream: to play high level collegiate basketball and make it as a lottery draft pick in the NBA. That dream, however, rarely becomes a reality, even for the five-star recruits.
Danuel House, who recently received a partially guaranteed deal from the Washington Wizards, is someone who’s experience the struggle firsthand.
House was ranked as a top-20 high school basketball player in 2012 by ESPN.
The highly sought after forward received offers from the likes of Georgetown, Baylor, Ohio State and Kansas before ultimately ending up at the University of Houston, and later transferring to Texas A&M.