LAS VEGAS – Eugene Omoruyi is on a quest to become the third-most popular basketball player to come out of Orangeville Prep in Orangeville, Ontario.
So far, the list of alumni includes guard Jamal Murray, who has played five seasons for Denver after the Nuggets made him the No. 7 overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. It also includes center Thon Maker, who was the No. 10 overall pick of the ’16 draft and who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
A summer league camper with the Dallas Mavericks, Omoruyi played alongside Murray and Maker at Orangeville Prep, and that trio were such a deadly force that they often defeated their share of American high school teams.