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Recruit RJ Hampton’s Makes A Surprising Decision

He’s not a recruit anymore...

By JD King

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SLAM Summer Classic 2018
 NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 18: RJ Hampton #5 of Team Ramsey heads for the net as Josh Christopher #3 of Team Stanley defends during the SLAM Summer Classic 2018 at Dyckman Park on August 18, 2018 in New York City.
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Highly regarded recruit RJ Hampton has opted to spurn college basketball for at least a year in Australia’s NBL where he’ll play for the New Zealand Breakers.

It’s an unusual but not unprecedented decision: other guys have decided to skip college and go overseas but most of them had little choice. Hampton is a solid student who just chose to be a professional as soon as possible and then to hopefully advance to the NBA.

His final collegiate choices were Kansas, Texas Tech and Memphis.

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