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Kareem Watkins
College basketball player KentuckyPtsRebAstCurrent Season0.00.20.2Watkins, the stepson of Wagner’s father, Dajuan Wagner Sr., is the five-star prospect’s “blood brother” and “best friend.” Growing up together under the same roof, it’s a relationship that extends well beyond the game of basketball.
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That’s just the deepest connection. Calipari also hired Wagner’s father, Milt Wagner — a former Louisville basketball standout — as his coordinator of basketball operations at Memphis before he moved on to become an assistant under Tony Barbee at UTEP (2006-10) and Auburn (2010-14). Wagner’s godfather is also William Wesley — “World Wide Wes” — a l...
Watkins himself was a solid player at Kingsway Regional High School in Camden, averaging 8.7 points in 26 games as a senior, scoring in double figures in 11. He’s certainly been a tremendous help as Kentucky’s scout team point guard in practice, and he’s known as a fun-loving, bubbly personality in the locker room. It doesn’t hurt sharing a home wi...
As if UK needed any other connections in this recruitment, sophomore forward Lance Ware was a former teammate of Wagner’s at Camden. The players’ high school head coach, Rick Brunson, recently told KSR that Ware was a “four-year player”at Kentucky, potentially aligning their careers once more, just as they did in 2020 when Wagner was a freshman and...
The five-star guard’s recruitment is one the entire basketball world has its collective eye on. Kentucky is a school he “grew up watching” and “definitely” likes, with others also reaching out and hoping to make a push. “I can’t really name all of them off the top of my head, but a few I can name are Kentucky, Villanova, LSU, Memphis,” Wagner said....
Mar 7, 2024 · DJ Wagner and Kareem Watkins grew up together in Camden, NJ as half brothers, the two sharing the same mother, Syreeta Brittingham. Dajuan Wagner is the former’s father and the latter’s stepfather, a path that led them all to Lexington for Senior Day to not only play in their first college basketball game as teammates, but start.
Mar 5, 2024 · This year's UK basketball team has been defined by its chemistry, which has been there since day one thanks, in part to Kareem Watkins. Hear from his mom and brother, DJ Wagner, ahead of...
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Mother is Syreeta Brittingham … Stepfather is Dajuan Wagner, former Memphis star who played for John Calipari … Has two siblings, Dayonni and Dajuan Jr. …
Nov 17, 2022 · Watkins, listed at 5-foot-8 and 175 pounds, just happened to be the stepson of Dajuan Wagner, the former Camden High School great who played for Calipari at Memphis, and the stepbrother of D.J. Wagner, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2023.
Oct 12, 2021 · D.J. Wagner, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2023 and the son of former Memphis star Dajuan Wagner, is currently on an official visit to Memphis along with his mother, sources told ZAGSBLOG.
