R.J. Hampton, the third-year Orlando Magic guard, was in the same position during the spring of 2019 many ubertalented boys basketball players find themselves in the latter stages of high school.
He had his sights on the NBA but had a decision to make about the one year between graduating and being eligible for the NBA draft.
Even though it was just three years ago, the landscape of college basketball — and the options for basketball players leaving high school — was significantly different.
