Today Joey Baker announced that he was going to be entering Duke as a member of the 2018 class. This comes as no surprise as the news had been making its rounds over the last couple of weeks. However, with that aside he is entering Duke after only three years of high school, in most circles that person is considered a genius, congrats to Joey.
With that said, this writing is more about the path of Joey Baker and how that path closely mirrors the growth of Phenom Hoops. Even throughout his participation on the national Under Armour Circuit with Team Felton’s 17u team, for multiple years, and his time spent with the US National Team, Baker has (unknowingly) been a part of many milestone events for Phenom Hoops, It starts back when Baker was in middle school.
Joey participated in Phenom Hoops very first AAU event, a middle school tournament called Phenom