Tony Wroten Slaming
Tony Wroten Jr. has long been the crown jewel basketball recruit of Seattle. Wroten was ranked as the best player in the country his freshman and sophomore years by most recruiting services. This all changed before his Junior season when he tore his ACL playing defensive back on the football team at Garfield High. His knee had almost completely recovered six months later when the basketball team made the state tournament. But Wroten made the careful decision to not rush his knee back into basketball activities fearing any setbacks. During his year long absence from the national AAU circuit with Seattle Rotary, his player ranking fell to as low as 26th in the nation by Rivals.
It is safe to say Tony Wroten is back and as dominant as ever on the national basketball scene. He was chosen to the U 17 USA National Team in San Antonio and recently won a gold medal with them in Germany. His knee is almost back to 100% but it appears he already has more bounce than before his injury, this is likely the product of his body continuing to grow and mature. The game seems to slow down for the 6’5”, lightning fast, pass first, point guard. Wroten looks to be taking form as the top recruit in the country again. He has yet to decide where he will be attending college but his top two choices are Washington and Kentucky. Wroten expressed his displeasure in John Calipari at the Fab 48 Vegas tournament on twitter. Noting that Calipari did not attend all his games like Lorenzo Romar had. It was in this Vegas tournament that Wroten solidified himself as the best player in the country again. He terrorized the competition and took over the scoring load for his team when they needed it. If you are not already following Tony Wroten on Twitter, you should be. He makes a lot of brash statements, but in general his twitter provides quality entertainment. Wroten recently tweeted “#ToBeHonest. If I’m not top 5 in the country then there shouldn’t b any rankings. Not being cocky just telling y’all how I feel.” He seems to be cut from the same cloth as Seattle’s own Brandon Roy and Jamal Crawford who both mentor him.
Video of Tony Wroten with Seattle Rotary at the Vegas Fab 48:
