Donda players find programs; No. 8 recruit to OTE

The apical hoops recruits who were near scrambling aft Donda Academy was unopen down past week are opening to find caller homes.

Rob Dillingham, a Kentucky perpetrate and the No. 8 enlistee successful the 2023 ESPN 100, volition articulation Overtime Elite, the league announced Thursday connected Twitter. He volition not judge a salary, which volition sphere his collegiate eligibility.

A.J. Johnson, the No. 25 enlistee successful the 2023 class, has landed with SoCal Academy, caput manager Julius Von Hanzlik told ESPN. His teammate Jacob Bannarbie, a 6-foot-8 center, volition articulation him astatine SoCal Academy, a root told ESPN.

Javonte (J.J.) Taylor, the No. 45 imaginable for 2023, precocious announced that helium volition play with five-star enlistee Mikey Williams astatine San Ysidro High successful San Diego. Chuck Bailey Jr., a 2023 four-star recruit, volition be Hamtramck (Michigan) High, his father, Chuck Bailey Sr., told ESPN.

The pupil assemblage astatine Donda Academy learned past week that Ye, the polarizing rapper and entrepreneur formerly named Kanye West, had decided to shut down the schoolhouse for the remainder of the schoolhouse year.

"Our enactment squad volition beryllium moving diligently to assistance each families during this transition, ensuring that each student has what they request to win successful their adjacent assemblage successful a punctual and gracious manner," Jason Angell, the school's principal, wrote successful a missive obtained by ESPN. "We mean to statesman afresh successful September of 2023."

Officials with the Hoophall Classic, John Wall Holiday Invitational and different events announced past week that Donda Academy would nary longer enactment successful their tournaments.

Ye's latest arguable section has included antisemitic tweets and comments that person led to dissolving partnerships and concern interests.

ESPN's Jeff Borzello contributed to this report.