Cannon School’s Jaden Bradley, a top-10 national recruit, is transferring. Here’s where
Cannon School star Jaden Bradley, a top-10 national recruit, will not return for his junior season.
Bradley’s father, Nathan, told the Observer that his son would be transferring to IMG Academy in Florida. Bradley’s good friend, former Rocky River star Jaden Springer, played two seasons at IMG after leading Rocky River to the state semifinals as a sophomore.
IMG is a 600-acre facility in Brandenton, Fla., that has long been known for its tennis academy. The basketball team there, which plays a national schedule, is annually among the most talented in the country.
Springer, for example, became a McDonald’s All-American at IMG and signed at Tennessee.
Bradley will try to follow a similar path.
“Tough decision for us,” Bradley’s father, Nathan, said in a text to the Observer. “Going from a good situation to a great one.”
Jaden Bradley, 6-foot-3, is ranked by most publications as the top point guard recruit in the nation. Recruiting service 247Sports ranks Bradley as a five-star recruit and the No. 12 overall player in the nation.
“It’s a big-time loss,” said Rick Lewis, who tracks recruiting for the Phenom Hoop Report. “He may be one of the best point guards to come out of this state in a long time. It was a shock to me. I was really thinking he would come back for his junior year.”
Bradley has more than two dozen college scholarship offers, including Kansas, Louisville and North Carolina.
Last season, Bradley averaged 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and led Cannon to the N.C. Independent Schools state championship. He was named The Charlotte Observer and N.C. Gatorade player of the year.
Bradley is the fastest player in Cannon school history to score 1,000 points.
“I’m sad to see him go,” Lewis said. “I think he is what North Carolina is all about. He’s a sensational point guard that has crazy vision and makes the game look easy. It’s nice to know when you have a player like that, that they stick around, but I guess they want to play on a national level.”
This story was originally published June 12, 2020 at 2:47 PM.
