Chris Egi: Street Smart

“I always told all the schools recruiting me that I was going to pick the school who I believed to have the best of basketball and academics,” To know Chris Egi is to know the meaning of hard work and determination. To completely understand this 6’9, 210 lbs.17-year old giant is to understand the balance between humbleness, education and basketball. “I always told all the schools recruiting me that I was going to pick the school who I believed to have the best of basketball and academics,” openly admits Egi as he lists the top academic schools in America. Harvard, Stanford, California-Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Washington, Florida, they all desired his raw physicality, willingness to learn and Canadian politeness. Fortunately for Harvard, Egi found that rare balance […]