North Augusta, S.C. — Lost in the hoopla of the Nike Peach Jam and storylines abound is the headline regarding the absence of arguably the top player in the circuit this season, Isaiah Collier.
Two sessions into what was turning out to be one of the most dominant performances of the spring — top five in the Nike EYBL in scoring (19 points a game) and No. 1 in assists (6.5 per game) — Collier suffered a knee injury during USA Basketball tryouts that sidelined him for the rest of the summer.
“I hate that I can’t play at Peach Jam,” says Collier, who didn’t make the trip to Peach Jam with his Skills Factory (Ga.) team this week. “But everything happens for a reason. The good thing is that there was no tear, so it turned out not to be as serious as it could’ve been; they just had to clean it out a little and now I’m ready to be back out there.”
