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Evan Daniels of Scout.com spoke with Kentucky recruit Malik Newman’s dad Horatio Webster about the possibility of his son skipping college and playing professionally like Emmanuel Mudiay did this season.
Webster says that he has been contacted about the possibility.
It turns out the 6-foot-3 scoring sensation has been approached by representatives from professional leagues in China and Spain, according to his father — Horatio Webster.
“We have,” he said when asked if he and his son have heard from professional teams overseas. “One time he asked me about what it would be like overseas and then another time, he says ‘No dad I’m not going to do that.’ Of course I’m not going to make him do it.”
Webster said the pitch is simple: Play for pay.
“Their pitch is you can play basketball with professionals and get paid instead of going to college for nothing or whatever the case may be,” Webster explained to Scout. “You’d have that experience of playing against grown men and it’s a good league. The money is on time. It is real, but I don’t think that’s an option for Malik.”
“If it was me, I’d probably do it, but he doesn’t want to do it,” Webster added. “So you can’t ask me that. If it was me, I’d probably already been gone.”
It sounds like Newman’s Dad is ready to play in China himself.
