Terps basketball recruit Diamond Stone has elected to not play with USA Basketball’s U-19 team this year, The Baltimore Sun’s Don Markus reported.
Stone’s dad, Bob Stone, told InsideMDSports his son didn’t want to leave the country with his mom set to undergo surgery.
If he had played with the national team, he would have arrived to start workouts with the team in College Park in early July.
The highly touted incoming freshman, who made the national team the past two summers, isn’t able to work out with the Terps yet, though, as he has to enroll in classes first. He missed out on this university’s first summer session, which began June 1, but can enroll for the second session, which starts July 13.
Once he starts classes, he can start practicing.
The Terps’ summer workouts officially began Tuesday, according to The Baltimore Sun.
Stone was spotted on the campus Saturday and participated in this university’s high school basketball camp, according to InsideMDSports.
Ryan Baillargeon and Brittany Cheng contributed to this report.
