???????????? @Jaygup23 #Schwaaaaag https://t.co/NSHL5fUJtv
— James Harden (@JHarden13) April 15, 2020
DRAFT NIGHT LINKS
--Rockets select ASU’s Christopher in late first round of NBA Draft (azcentral.com)
--Rockets take ASU’s Josh Christopher 24th in 2021 NBA Draft (arizonasports.com)
--Former ASU guard John Christopher selected in first round (Devils Digest)
--Josh Christopher selected by Houston (247Sports.com)
--John Christopher goes to the Rockets (The Athletic)
--John Christopher selected 24th overall in the NBA Draft (Houst of Sparky)
--ASU guard John Christopher drafted by Houston Rockets (State Press)
2020-21 SEASON
--Josh Christopher Earns First Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Honors (Nov. 30, 2020)
--Mayfair High School's Josh Christopher's ( CLICK HERE FOR HIS INSTAGRAM ) No. 10 ranking on the ESPN charts made him the top Sun Devil signee in the recruiting service era.
Really cool!!!! https://t.co/a6CAg8Ujus
— Josh(ua) Christopher (@Jaygup23) April 16, 2020
ESPN TOP-35 SUN DEVILS (2007-PRESENT)
10. Josh Christopher, 2020
21. James Harden, 2007
30. Marcus Bagley, 2020
32. Taeshon Cherry, 2018
This was the hardest decision of my life but I'm glad it is over and I'm ready for Tempe ??????????????????????!! I know how y'all get so let's get CRAZIER #FORKSUP
— Josh(ua) Christopher (@Jaygup23) April 14, 2020
--The son of Halona and Laron Christopher earned invites to the 2020 McDonald's All-America and Jordan Brand Classic after a stellar prep career that included CIF Southern Section Division 1 Player of the Year in 2020, Division 2AA Player of the Year in 2019 and a two-time Press-Telegram Dream Team pick and Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.
— Josh(ua) Christopher (@Jaygup23) April 14, 2020
--He led Mayfair to an 82-38 record in his four years, finishing with 2,755 points (23.0), 923 rebounds (7.7), 454 assists (3.8) and 365 steals (3.0). In his senior year he averaged 39.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and more than four assists per game.
--He's the youngest of four basketball-playing siblings.
--Sister Paris is 5-11 and played at Mayfair and St. Mary's. Patrick starred at Compton Dominguez and was an All-Pac-12 guard at Cal and helped lead the Bears to the 2010 Pac-10 title. Brother Caleb will be a sophomore at ASU in 2020-21 and once poured in 36 points against Dominguez in high school.
Jaygup gonna be a PROBLEM at Arizona State ?? @Jaygup23 pic.twitter.com/G0jdmgkZMO
— Overtime (@overtime) April 14, 2020
--His points per game were 14.4 in freshman season, 25.9 in sophomore season and 25.0 in junior season as he led the Monsoons to a 26-7 record in 2018-19. The squad won the CIF Division 2AA title, as it won five games and then the title game over Rancho Cucamonga (62-53).
--He also got on the boards, averaging at least six per game in all four seasons.
Josh Christopher commits to ASU at 8:24pm PST ????. Congrats, @Jaygup23 ???? @SLAM_HS pic.twitter.com/9cXbhKt9ON
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) April 14, 2020
--His AAU teams included Vegas Elite (Nevada) on the Nike EYBL Circuit, as he averaged 21.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 12 games in 2019 and averaged 20.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in five games at the 2019 Peach Jam as he was named All-EYBL second team in 2019.
--He also played AAU with Las Vegas Prospects (Nevada) on the Nike EYBL Circuit, averaging 19.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals in 20 games in 2018.
This is a major get for ?@BobbyHurley11?
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 14, 2020
& ?@SunDevilHoops? plus once again the talent level in the ?@pac12? keeps getting better & better . https://t.co/mpnkPyojD8
ESPN's No. 10 ranked senior Josh Christopher has committed to Arizona State
— SportsCenter (@collegeinsider9) April 14, 2020
He is the highest-ranked recruit ASU has landed in the ESPN 100 Era. pic.twitter.com/ApGUs4hPqL
--Highly active with USA Basketball, as he was named to the 2020 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team and was a participant at the USA U19 National Team minicamp (2019), U17 National Team minicamp (2018) and the Junior National Team minicamps (2017 and 2019).
Josh Christopher Finally Pulls the Trigger for Arizona State https://t.co/tD0RQk2gmW@Jaygup23@NBNMagazine @FCPPangos @PangosAACamp @Spalding pic.twitter.com/LxWGJflTLD
— Dinos Trigonis (@trigonis30) April 14, 2020
Arizona State basketball has landed their highest-ranked recruit ever in five-star guard Josh Christopher: https://t.co/2enbrViKOv
— 98.7 Arizona Sports (@AZSports) April 14, 2020