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Blair Academy's Jabri Abdur Rahim #23 in action against The Master's School during a high school basketball game on Sunday, January 13, 2019 in the Bronx, NY. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)Jabri Abdur-Rahim certainly made a statement when he returned "home" to Atlanta in late April for the first weekend of Nike EYBL action. While Abdur-Rahim was born in California and plays high school hoops in New Jersey, his earliest years were spent in the Georgia capital while his dad, NBA All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim, played for the Atlanta Hawks.

A pair of 40-point games in one day highlighted Abdur-Rahim's return to Atlanta. He dropped 41 in a loss to Texas Titans in the morning and then 44 in a loss to Mac…