To say that the state of Alaska hasn’t produced a ton of basketball talent through the years would be an understatement – you can pretty much count on one hand the number of big-time players who’ve come from the state. Trajan Langdon. Carlos Boozer. Mario Chalmers. Kamaka Hepa, a former Top 50 recruit who just finished his first season at Texas. Maybe one or two more, but that’s really about it.
Even so, it seems as though we’ll all soon be able to add another name to the list: Daishen Nix. The five-star guard in the class of 2020 is originally from Alaska, moved to Las Vegas a few years ago and has now seen his college recruitment blow up in the last year or so because of it all.