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Kelly Gramlich, columnist Published 5:50 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2017 | Updated 6:00 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2017

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Spartanburg Day Griffins amateur Zion Williamson during a bold adjoin the Gray Collegiate War Eagles.(Photo: Jeff Blake, USAT)

Zion Williamson is an absurd basketball amateur and a one of a affectionate talent. He is the cardinal one ranked amateur in the chic of 2018 according to ESPN and the cardinal two ranked amateur according to 247 Sports and Rivals.com.

Thanks to a few ablution videos that accept gone viral, he is accepted about the country alike admitting he’s alone a chief in aerial school. Williamson has been compared to LeBron James, Charles Barkley and Draymond Green. He’s projected by abounding to be a action aces in the 2019 NBA Draft.

And, best importantly, he’s from the Upstate of South Carolina. Spartanburg to be exact.

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Williamson has offers from about every above academy basketball affairs in the country and is projected to be a “one and done” player. And like best guys of that caliber, he is because demography his talents to a dejected claret affairs like Duke, Kentucky, UCLA or Kansas. However, according to assorted reports, Williamson is additionally because Clemson, a academy alone 66 afar from his hometown.

Here are three affidavit why Zion Williamson could accept to comedy his academy basketball at Clemson.

Home is area the affection is

Geography is on Clemson’s ancillary back it comes to Williamson. As a kid from the Upstate of South Carolina, Clemson is a aggregation he grew up following. The Williamson ancestors has ties to Clemson and has apparent abundant absorption in the adolescent phenom arena his academy basketball on a campus that is alone an hour abroad from home. Williamson could accept larboard Spartanburg during his aerial academy career to accept in one of the abounding aerial academy basketball powerhouses about the country, but he chose to break at home. He aloof adeptness do the aforementioned back it comes to his academy career.

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Additionally, back Williamson enters the NBA Draft, whenever that may be, he could be drafted by a authorization amid bags of afar abroad in Los Angeles, Portland, Dallas, Toronto or the abounding added NBA cities that are far abroad from the Upstate. You alone go to academy already – adeptness as able-bodied appear a academy area your ancestors can watch you play.

He can be actual acknowledged at Clemson

Last season, Clemson had abundant aptitude on its agenda to accomplishment in the top bisected of the Atlantic Coast Conference and accomplish the NCAA Tournament. However, 12 losses by six credibility or beneath bedevilled the Tigers’ March Madness hopes. Clemson was appropriate there with Xavier, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Syracuse, Duke and Florida State but aloof could not acquisition a way to cull out wins in abutting games. Yes, Williamson won’t be acceptable to comedy academy basketball until the 2018-19 division but, a accomplished amateur like him could advance the Tigers over the hump.

Clemson Tigers advanced K.J. McDaniels (32) drives to the bassinet while actuality dedicated by Pittsburgh advanced Lamar Patterson on March 8, 2014. (Photo: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports)

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Also, anticipate of the blazon of amateur Clemson has put in the NBA in contempo years -- Trevor Booker, K.J. McDaniels and Jaron Blossomgame. All of those players are high-flying assiduously who excelled because of their athleticism and adeptness to score. Zion Williamson fits that mold.

A new trend set by added aerial contour recruits

Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and UCLA are still the best accepted destinations for high-profile “one and done” recruits in the academy basketball world. However, recently, some of the better recruits in the country accept called schools alfresco that dejected claret bubble.

Ben Simmons, the cardinal one amateur in the chic of 2015, chose to comedy his academy brawl at LSU and after became the cardinal one all-embracing aces in the 2016 NBA Draft. Markelle Fultz, the cardinal bristles ranked amateur in the chic of 2016 chose to comedy at Washington and was additionally called cardinal one overall, this time in the 2017 NBA Draft. Michael Porter Jr., the cardinal one amateur in the chic of 2017, afresh enrolled at Missouri and is set to advance the Tigers to new heights this season.

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LSU Tigers advanced Ben Simmons (25) dribbles the brawl adjoin the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena. (Photo: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports)

A new trend has become accustomed in academy basketball and Zion Williamson could be the abutting “one and done” blazon amateur to booty his talents to a academy after assorted Final Four trophies. That actuality said, Williamson could actual able-bodied accept Duke or Kentucky but, Clemson is in the coursing and can accommodate him with aggregate he needs to be successful.

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