Why N.C. State recruit Jalen Lecque decided he didn’t need college basketball

Posted Jun 7, 2019
Jalen Lecque knew he had attributes that the NBA values. How much they’d value him now, at 18, was more of a mystery. Lecque was choosing between this NBA draft or playing for N.C. State next season. Because he spent a year at a New England prep school after his high school class at Christ School in Arden graduated, he was eligible to enter the draft. (Charlotte Observer)

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