Luke Winn of SI.com spoke with Kentucky Basketball recruits Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles about possibly going to the same college to play basketball and it sounds like it more than just a possibility.
Winn titled the section “Giles and Jayson Tatum might become the greatest package deal of all-time.”
Here is an excerpt:
Giles called Tatum his “best friend”; they roomed together in Crete, just as they did at the FIBA U17 Worlds in Dubai last summer, and both want to chase a national championship in 2016-17, what’ll likely be their lone college season. Teaming up in college, Giles said, “is mostly definitely what we talk about,” and Tatum called it a “pretty strong possibility.”
They’re not as locked together as former USA Basketball teammates-turned-Duke-starters Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones were during their recruitment, but Giles and Tatum do have three overlapping schools on their respective lists: Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina. If any of that trio pulls off the package commitment, it’s instantly the favorite for the 2017 title.
It will be a while before Giles and Tatum’s recruitment finds it’s end, but my guess is John Calipari will have something to say about this when all is said and done.
