Recruiting Report: Dante Maddox (2020)
Dante Maddox is a 6’2” 2020 shooting guard from Bloom that is an athletic and can score the basketball. His athleticism shows through in the transition game where he gets out as a finisher with big dunks. He is a quality scorer in the half court as well with range on his shot out to beyond the three point arc. Clean looking stroke. At times he takes some forced shots from deep. D1 talent in the 2020 class.
He broke down July running with a stacked All-In 15U squad.
“It actually went really well for me personally. I had a good last couple of tournaments when we went to Summer Jam and Las Vegas. I had a couple good games.”
What are the best parts of his game?
“My strengths are shooting. I shoot the ball really good consistently. Now over the last couple months I have got more athletic and have been able to get more going to the hole and finishing.”
At Bloom he is surrounded with a trio of other highly rated sophomores. College coaches are taking notice.
“We have a lot of young talent. In my opinion we have the three best guards in the state in 2020. We have a lot of good coaches that have come through to watch us. Illinois, Montana, SIUE, and Chicago State. A lot of D1 schools.”
What schools have expressed early interest in him?
“Kent State, SIU, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Yale, and a couple more.”