NBA free agency influencing elite basketball recruits to think 'super team' in college

Posted Aug 7, 2019
Whitney Young High School (Chicago) combo guard D.J. Steward was wide-eyed at the moves in NBA free agency this summer. From Anthony Davis joining LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving linking up in Brooklyn with the Nets, Steward began to think about the possibility of forming his own super team in college. (USA Today)

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