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Adrian Wojnarowski: As @tnoieNDI reported, former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey will join Atlanta coach Quin Snyder’s staff next year. No specific role has been finalized, nor will until after this season, sources tell ESPN. Brey, who has a 30-year history with Snyder, visited with the Hawks in March.
Agents sponsoring grassroots teams eventually became commonplace, but Miller was considered an innovator. After luring Garnett and landing Telfair in 2004 and Monta Ellis in 2005, other agents started pouring into the grassroots scene. “Everyone was looking for the next Kobe,” St. Joseph’s Coach Phil Martelli said of the agents. “And it polluted the game.” Throughout the 2000s, agent involvement in the grassroots scene morphed into a full-blown trend, as backroom deals led to college and agent recruiting pipelines and runners began ingratiating themselves with the families of prospects during their freshman and sophomore years of high school. “There is agent involvement even before we make the first recruiting call, in the spring of 10th grade,” said Notre Dame coach Mike Brey. “They’re there. They’re involved. They’ve identified the top prospects before we have. I’ve had runners call or text me saying, ‘Have you seen this ninth grader in Chicago?’ ”
Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant will not follow his brother to the NBA draft and intends to return to South Bend. The 6-foot-4 Grant averaged 19 points in 12 games last season before withdrawing from school for an "academic matter" in late-December. "Jerian is not in the NBA draft," Irish coach Mike Brey told ESPN.com. "He's returning to Notre Dame in June for summer school and we look forward to having him next season." Grant's brother, Syracuse sophomore forward Jerami Grant, declared for the draft earlier in the month. Grant's father is former NBA big man Harvey Grant.
Early Saturday afternoon, Carleton Scott began the trek back to Notre Dame's campus following a workout with other NBA Draft prospects in New Jersey. Whether it's a mere layover or an extended stay in South Bend will be decided Sunday. Scott is set to meet with Irish coach Mike Brey at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday to discuss his future with the May 8 deadline for underclassmen to withdraw from the NBA Draft looming, a source told the Tribune. The lanky but explosive 6-foot-8-inch Scott acquitted himself well during the Saturday workout, another source who attended the event told the Tribune. Scott evidently did what he did for the Irish in the 2010-11 season -- rebounding and hitting open shots while not trying to do too much, the source said.
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Brigham Young guard Jimmer Fredette, who led the Cougars to the Sweet 16 this season, was named the Associated Press' player of the year Friday in Houston. Notre Dame coach Mike Brey was also honored as the AP's coach of the year. Fredette, who led the Division I by averaging 28.5 points per game, helped BYU win the Mountain West's regular-season title. He earned 48 first-place votes from the 65-member panel.
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