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NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Pros and cons of Shaedon Sharpe final 5 options

By Tristan Freeman

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - DECEMBER 26: Isaiah Jackson #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates against the Louisville Cardinals at KFC YUM! Center on December 26, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - DECEMBER 26: Isaiah Jackson #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates against the Louisville Cardinals at KFC YUM! Center on December 26, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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NCAA Basketball Shaedon Sharpe Jalen Green G League Ignite (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
NCAA Basketball Shaedon Sharpe Jalen Green G League Ignite (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images /

NBA G League

The Ignite team is entering year 2 of its creation, coming off a season where its five top high school prospects all ended up getting drafted or getting a Summer League contract. Next season’s group includes former five-star prospects, Jaden Hardy, Scotta Henderson, and Michael Foster.

Pros

When taking an early look at the 2022-23 G League Ignite team, there was a strong suspicion that five-star recruits Emoni Bates and Jalen Duren would be part of it. However, both reclassified to play this upcoming season so at least Duren is out of the picture. Bates is a different story since he still has two years before being draft-eligible but the main point is that Sharpe wouldn’t be an afterthought on the Ignite team.

Sharpe would get to spend a year focusing on nothing but basketball and get to compete against legit pros in the G League. And the best-case scenario would be that he ends up like another five-star shooting guard in Jalen Green, who went No. 2 overall in the recent NBA Draft.

Cons

This option comes down to preference, as there’s nothing wrong with getting paid handsomely at the G League and getting ready for the draft. However, with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) now in the picture, the money aspect doesn’t matter as much. And some of these team options have proven that they can prepare players for the next level as well.

And what the G League doesn’t offer is exposure, as the best college teams are on national television all the time. And if Sharpe plays on a team that makes a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, he’ll be a huge name entering the draft with a big fanbase. He doesn’t personally need much development with the skillset Sharpe already has, so why not put in on the grandest of stages?

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