Arizona State ahead Jayden Quaintance (21) will get round UCF guard Keyshawn Corridor (4) throughout Massive 12 play at Desert Monetary Area in Tempe on Jan. 14, 2025. Freshman star Jayden Quaintance is recovering from a torn ACL — and that is not even the worst information for Arizona State followers.
The ahead’s father, Haminn Quaintance, instructed ESPN on Wednesday that the projected 2026 NBA lottery decide will discover coming into the switch portal.
“We’re trying to put the appropriate folks round him,” Haminn Quaintance stated.
Jayden Quaintance had surgical procedure on his proper knee on March 19 on the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and is anticipated to be cleared for contact in September, placing him on observe for the beginning of the 2025-26 season.
“He is already forward of schedule, the physician says,” Quaintance’s father stated.
A consensus five-star prospect within the 2024 recruiting class, the 6-foot-9 Cleveland native selected the Solar Devils after initially committing to Kentucky.
He averaged 9.4 factors, 7.9 rebounds and a pair of.6 blocked photographs in 24 video games (all begins) for Arizona State this season. He made the Massive 12 All-Defensive and All-Freshman groups however the Solar Devils completed 13-20 (4-16).
“I am planning on coming again higher than final yr,” he instructed ESPN. “I am already attacking my rehab aggressively.”
Quaintance graduated from highschool a yr early and was solely 16 when he arrived on the Tempe campus. He isn’t sufficiently old to be eligible for the 2025 NBA Draft as a result of he would not flip 19 till July 2026.
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