MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Isaiah Stokes has transferred to Memphis toplay for his old AAU coach Penny Hardaway after spending the past two seasonsat Florida.
Memphis announced Stokes’ arrival Wednesday.
Hardaway coached Stokes in the Amateur Athletic Union before beinghired by the Tigers in March 2018, and the Memphis coach says Stokes is aphysical, tough player with a great basketball IQ.
Stokes played at Lausanne before transferring to IMG Academy inFlorida. His older brother, Jarnell, was All-Southeastern Conference atTennessee before being drafted by the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies in 2014.
The 6-foot-8, 270-pound Stokes sat out the 2017-18 seasonrecovering from a torn ACL and played 26 games last season for Florida. He willsit out this season unless granted eligibility to play immediately.
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