1. Emoni James-Wayne Bates is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League.
26 Facts About Emoni Bates
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Emoni Bates played college basketball for the Memphis Tigers and the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
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Emoni Bates led Lincoln to a state championship as a freshman and became the first sophomore to win the Gatorade National Player of the Year boys' award.
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Emoni Bates transferred to his hometown team Eastern Michigan for his sophomore season.
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Emoni Bates was drafted with the 49th pick in the 2023 NBA draft by the Cavaliers.
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Emoni Bates was born in the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor.
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Emoni Bates began playing basketball from age three, often sleeping with a miniature basketball under his arm and dribbling around his house.
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Emoni Bates first surfaced on the national radar in early 2016, after averaging 28 points and 12 rebounds per game for the Toledo Wildcats AAU team at a tournament in Chicago.
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Emoni Bates played basketball for Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where as a seventh-grader, he was rated the number one player in the 2022 class by recruiting website Future150.
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Emoni Bates averaged 46 points per game in seventh grade and sat out his eighth grade season to train individually.
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Emoni Bates enrolled at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, being drawn there because the head basketball coach, Jesse Davis, was a longtime teammate and friend of Emoni Bates' father.
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Emoni Bates was named Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year.
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Emoni Bates earned Associated Press Division 1 Player of the Year and All-State first team honors.
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Emoni Bates was unable to help Lincoln defend its Division 1 state title after the MHSAA suspended winter postseason tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Emoni Bates was recognized as Gatorade National Player of the Year, becoming the first sophomore to win the boys' version of the award, as well as MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year.
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Emoni Bates was named Michigan AP Division 1 Player of the Year and Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year for a second straight season.
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Emoni Bates was one of five finalists for the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award.
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Emoni Bates was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2021 class, according to major recruiting services.
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Emoni Bates received a scholarship offer from NCAA Division I program DePaul in eighth grade.
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On June 29,2020, during a live interview on SportsCenter, Emoni Bates announced his commitment to play college basketball for Michigan State.
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Emoni Bates was drawn to the program by head coach Tom Izzo and the school's coaching staff, who had been building a relationship with him since he was in seventh grade.
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At the time, Emoni Bates was the highest-rated recruit to commit to Michigan State in the modern recruiting era.
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Emoni Bates later missed 12 games, including the AAC tournament, with a lower back injury and returned for the NCAA tournament.
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Emoni Bates did not play in the team's season-opener against Wayne State for undisclosed reasons.
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Against Toledo on January 24,2023, Emoni Bates scored 29 straight points for Eastern Michigan in the first half.
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Emoni Bates was selected with the 49th overall pick of the 2023 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.