Xavier Henry commits to Memphis
Xavier Henry (photo. Kelly Kline)One of the 10 best high school basketball players in the country — and arguably the most NBA-ready — has made his college decision.
Xavier Henry (Putnam H.S., Oklahoma City), ranked 7th overall in Dime’s preseason national high school player rankings (Dime #45) committed to Memphis today, where he’ll join his older brother, C.J. Henry. At 6-foot-6, 225 pounds, Xavier has a pro two-guard’s body, an effortless left-hand J with three-point range, and can get to the bucket and finish strong with either hand. As a junior last season he averaged 26.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.3 steals.
After being limited on the AAU/camp scene this summer due to injury, Xavier was involved in an auto accident last month that required surgery to repair a broken cheekbone. He isn’t expected back on the court until late-December.
Paring his list down to Kansas and Memphis, Xavier said picked Coach Cal‘s program because the up-tempo style fits his game, and because he wanted to play with his brother, a 22-year-old freshman guard who was picked by the Yankees in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft and spent a couple years in their minor league system.
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November 18th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Mr. K1X says:
Tyreke Evans – you have one year to play yourself into the lottery or you’ll end up like Edgar Sosa, lol
November 18th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Jay55 GM says:
Aint that right bubba – Thats right!!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
webbie352 says:
@mr. k1x
your joking right? tyreke is for sure gone after this season. regardless if he is in the lottery or not.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
Tyreke Evans looked lost last night. He had zero touch on his jumper.
Wasn’t Sosa supposed to go to Rutgers and changed his mind?
November 18th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
webbie352 says:
yea i stayed up till 12.
to see him ball out.
and he sure enough did none of that.
he missed about 4 layups in the beginning/
November 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow' says:
xavier henry…
..WHO?
November 18th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
JCARR says:
Agree with heckler this is the first time i hear about this guy. Can’t you guys(Dime) just wait until he gets to college and then start writing about him. Unless he has LJ23 potential or something then its understandable.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Timmy D says:
John Wall is a lock for Memphis too. Memphis will win the National Championship in 2010 no doubt. You put two top 5 NBA talents on a team and you will win it all I dont care how old they are.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Yoooo says:
Memphis is gettin this kid from Jersey Kyrie Irving who plays for St Pats, already has a 1000 pts under his belt in 2 years… He’ll be a problem, but thats 2010.
Henry aint explosive man. Hes just strong. Cant see his game translating to nothing effective in the League
November 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
He’s pronounces his name zav-e-a (a like ape)
WTF?!
March 1st, 2009 at 2:26 am
mr.taylor says:
this guy is the real deal when he goes to college it’s going to be a joke for him