Jahlil Okafor talks package deal with Tyus Jones
Posted Oct 29, 2012
Last Thursday, No. 1 prospect Andrew Wiggins (Thornhill, Ontario/Huntington Prep) reclassified from 2014 to 2013. On Friday, new ESPN 60 No. 1 Tyus Jones (Apple Valley, Minn.) talked about his new ranking and visiting both Duke and UNC. And on Sunday night, elite junior big man Jahlil Okafor (Chicago/Whitney Young), the new No. 2 player in the ESPN 60, discussed how his recruiting was progressing and wanting to play in college with Jones. "I have a lot of offers, and me and Tyus Jones are thinking package deal on where we will go to school," Okafor said.
(ESPN.com)
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