Kevin Knox, the 17-year-old top recruit recently turned down a $1.4 Million offer to play professional basketball overseas in China.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the team called the athlete’s parents on Saturday [April 15th] to negotiate. In this situation Knox would have been able to play for 1-year before being old enough for the official NBA draft.
Knox however – prefers to attend college in the United States, and he is looking at Duke, Florida State, Kentucky, Missouri, and North Carolina.
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His father told reporters that he did not put much stock into the deal.
“We politely said thanks but no thanks. He’s going to college,” Knox’s father, Kevin, said.
