Freshman -Star Jayden Quaintance recovers from a broken ACL – and it’s not even the worst news for Arizona State fans.
The father’s father, Haminn Quaince, told ESPN on Wednesday that the projected NBA lottery picet in 2026 will explore to enter the transfer portal.
“We want to put the right people around him,” said Haminn picturesque.
Jayden Quaintance had surgery on his right knee on March 19 at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and is expected to be cleared for contact in September and put him on the right track for the beginning of the 2025-26 season.
“He is already ahead of the schedule,” says the doctor, “said Pquainnce’s father.
A consensus five-star prospectus in the recruitment class in 2024 chose the 6-foot-9 Cleveland native Sun Devils after originally committed to Kentucky.
He was an average of 9.4 points, 7.9 returns and 2.6 blocked shots in 24 games (all starts) for Arizona State this season. He made Big 12 all-defensive and all-Freshman teams but Sun Devils finished 13-20 (4-16).
“I plan to come back better than last year,” he told ESPN. “I am already attacking my rehabilitation aggressively.”
Quaintance graduated from high school a year early and was only 16 when he arrived on Tempe campus. He is not old enough to be eligible for the 2025 NBA draft because he does not turn 19 in July 2026.
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