Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
“We had to make a slight change in the dates,” Melvin Bolden said.
“[Kentucky], their interest is pretty high,” Marques Bolden told SNY.tv in June. “[Coach John] Calipari and my dad talk. He’s just been telling him to tell me to keep working. I’ve been talking to [assistant] Kenny Payne a lot myself. The message is keep working and he thinks I’ll be a special player, like the rest of the guys they coach.”
Bolden also holds offers from Duke, Kansas, Baylor, Louisville, Nebraska and others.
KENTUCKY CALLS ANDRE RAFUS
Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne checked in with 6-9 2017 Roselle (N.J.) Catholic forward Andre Rafus, he told SNY.tv.
“Kentucky is beginning to show interest and will come to watch me play next month,” Rafus said. “They love 6-9 guys who can shoot it.”
Rafus transferred from Baltimore to RC, the same school that produced incoming Kentucky point guard Isaiah Briscoe.PAINTER VISITS VILLANOVADylan Painter, a 6-10 2016 center from Hershey (Pa.) High, is currently on an official visit to Villanova.
He visits Penn State officially Sept. 12.
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.