Lance Ware didn't begin playing organized basketball until 8th grade

Posted Jul 16, 2019
He was around 6-5 heading into eighth grade. You gotta figure Lance Ware was a basketball player, right? "I was always the tall kid in class, but I just didn't play organized basketball," he said. "I wasn't a big sports guy. I played video games a lot." Ware played AAU basketball the summer before eighth grade. Team Final was his first organized squad. (NJ.com)

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