The Charlotte area hasn’t seen many players like Duke signee Isaiah Evans. In fact, according to the Charlotte Observer’s Langston Wertz Jr., there hasn’t been a better men’s high school basketball player from the city in four decades.
Evans, the No. 12 player in the Class of 2024 according to 247Sports, led North Mecklenburg to a state title as a senior after the Vikings finished with a 30-3 record. He was recently named North Carolina’s Mr. Basketball for a second straight season.
Evans, who was also named the Gatorade North Carolina Boys Basketball Player of the Year, averaged 27.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. He was honored as a MaxPreps First-Team All-American alongside future teammate Cooper Flagg.
The future Blue Devil should quickly endear himself to the Cameron Crazies. He’s already gone viral for jawing at UNC fans at one of his high school games, and he cracked a joke about Tar Heels starter Cormac Ryan’s age during media availability ahead of the McDonald’s All-American Game.