Emoni Bates Autographed Nike Elite Basketball - Upper Deck

#html-body [data-pb-style=OHEDL85]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}Emoni Bates' love for the game of basketball has been with him almost since birth. At the young age of 3, Emoni began playing basketball, his passion for the game so strong he often slept with a miniature basketball under his arm. This early beginning paid off for him later on as his development grew at a rapid pace. In 2016, Bates averaged 28 points per game for the Toledo Wildcats AAU team at a tournament in Chicago. In the 7th grade at Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan he averaged 46 points per game. His success continued to High School where at Lincoln High School he won Gatorade Player of the Year his Freshman and Sophomore years as well as the MaxPreps National Freshman and Sophomore of the Year awards respectively. After being one of five finalists for the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award his junior year, Emoni had proven to be one of the best high school prospects going to college.Bates has autographed this Nike Elite basketball in silver paint pen. His signature is deemed authentic by virtue of Upper Deck Authenticated's Five-Step Process.