Abdul Gaddy to sign with Huskies basketball
Arizona’s injury became Washington’s gain Tuesday night as guard Abdul Gaddy of Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, the highest-rated recruit in the state, announced he will token a letter-of-intent next month to play basketball for the Huskies.
The 6-3, 170-pound Gaddy, rated by Scout.com as the No. 2 point attention in the nation, had previously committed to Arizona. But he reopened his recruitment last week when Arizona coach Lute Olson announced his retirement for health reasons.
Gaddy’s father, Abdul Gaddy Sr., declared Tuesday night his son was worried about the “inconsistencies” of the coaching situation at Arizona, which he said had been his dream school for years.
Once Arizona was no longer in the picture, Gaddy again seriously considered UW side by side with UCLA, which he had besides visited.
“We came back to the drawing cover with boards and (UW) coach (Lorenzo) Romar has always been there,” Gaddy Sr. said. “He’s followed him since he was a freshman in highs school. And it will be a chivalrous opportunity to personate a character in front of family and friends. It was just kind of a no-brainer at the end.”
Gaddy will sign a note with UW during the early signing period, which begins Nov. 12.
His commitment is a coup for the Huskies, who already had three commitments but were in danger of wanting out on the top players in the state, such as Gaddy’s Bellarmine Prep teammate Avery Bradley (Texas) and Franklin’s Peyton Siva (Louisville).
UW’session other commitments are from guard C.J. Wilcox of Provo, Utah; center Charles Garcia Jr., of Riverside (Calif.) CC; and forward Clarence Trent, aforetime of Gig Harbor and now playing at a prep school in North Carolina.
The Huskies had just one scholarship left to bestow preceding Gaddy’s commitment.
Gaddy averaged 23 points a stratagem last fit for Bellarmine and won the Gatorade Washington Boys Basketball Player of the Year Award subsequent to leading the Lions to a third-place finish at the state 4A Tournament.
He determine turn 17 in January and Gaddy Sr. noted that his son has to curb in college in opposition to at in the smallest degree brace years before considering the NBA due to the league’s new a hundred years requirements.
“He’s not going to exist a one-and-done kid,” Gaddy Sr. said. “So he’s excited to go play there and obtain that suitable to have a degree. This will have existence an opportunity to disseminate his wings a little bit but not be overmuch far away.”
