Brooklyn Nets guard Dariq Whitehead has had an fascinating begin to his profession, as he has proven flashes of his potential when he hasn’t been coping with accidents. To date, Whitehead has handled an assortment of accidents since his senior 12 months of highschool, however he is nonetheless seeking to chase his childhood dream.
“I used to be initially a soccer participant, my brother (former NFL participant Tahir Whitehead) performed within the NFL, I wished to be a soccer participant,” Whitehead stated of his youth. Whereas Whitehead began life desirous to be a soccer participant like his brother, it shortly grew to become clear that his future was to play basketball, particularly given his early expertise.
“I left house and I had simply turned 13 to go to Montverde Academy in Florida,” Whitehead says of how early he knew he had a future in basketball and the way decided he was to attain these objectives. “It was my tenth grade 12 months, I used to be on this crew with Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors ahead) and Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons guard), and people guys.”
Like a lot of the gamers in Whitehead’s footwear, he attended Montverde Academy, which has a repute for producing and honing basketball expertise and attracting sufficient gamers to type a highschool All-Star crew, so to talk. Three Nets gamers presently come from the storied highschool: Whitehead, heart Day’Ron Sharpe and guard Ben Simmons.
This text was initially revealed on Nets Wire: Nets’ Dariq Whitehead Explains His Newark to Brooklyn Story
