Iowa State’s All-American big man Georges Niang will participate in the Nike Basketball Academy this weekend, it was announced Wednesday.
The academy is open to college basketball’s top 20 players and top high school players and includes instruction from the likes of Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.
Niang attended Nike’s Big Man Skills Academy and the LeBron James Skills Academy last year. Nike this year consolidated all its acadmies into this single event in Los Angeles, Calif. The 6-foot-8 senior averaeged 15.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game last season to earn third-team All-American honors.