Overtime Elite will soon commence its 2024-25 regular season, and several prospects who hold scholarship offers from the Syracuse basketball staff are suiting up in the Atlanta-based professional league in the upcoming campaign.
According to the league’s Web site, there are again eight teams participating in Overtime Elite (“OTE”), with some of them based in Atlanta and others in different locations around the country. Currently, OTE is conducting preseason play, and it looks like the 2024-25 regular season will commence on November 1.
As far as I can tell, three players in Overtime Elite for the 2024-25 term have received offers from the Orange, while a fourth prospect has received some level of interest from the ‘Cuse.
Let’s have a further look.
Shon Abaev
The 6-foot-8 Abaev is a four-star wing/forward and a top-25 national prospect in the 2025 class. He was offered by the Orange staff in late April of this year and took an official visit to the Hill in late August. Abaev is a standout senior at the Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. I believe that this program is operating as Fear of God Athletics in Overtime Elite, per the league’s Web site.
Tyler Jackson
The 6-foot-3 Jackson, a 2025 four-star point guard and a top-60 national prospect who hails from Baltimore, picked up his offer from the ‘Cuse in late April of 2023. In late January of this year, he went on an official visit to Syracuse basketball. As a junior in the 2023-24 campaign, Jackson played for the City Reapers, one of the OTE’s Atlanta-based clubs. Last season, the City Reapers won the Overtime Elite championship, and Jackson is playing for this group again in 2024-25.
OTE’s defending champs City Reapers had a strong first preseason game against Hoop Nation 👀
Amari Evans 26 PTS l 7 REB l 5 AST l 2 STL
Micah Tucker 16 PTS l 5 AST l 3 STL
Kole Grandison 15 PTS l 4 AST l 3 STL
Tyler Jackson 11 PTS l 6 AST l 2 STL
Hugo Facorat 12 PTS l 5 REB pic.twitter.com/Vwrih0Yzo4— Overtime Elite (@OvertimeElite) October 4, 2024
Asher Elson
Elson, a 6-foot-10 power forward/center, is a fast-rising four-star prospect and rated in the 120 nationally of the 2025 cycle. He secured an offer from Syracuse basketball in mid-April of this year. For his senior season in 2024-25, he transferred from South Shore High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Overtime Elite, where he is playing for one of the league’s Atlanta-based units, Cold Hearts.
Cold Hearts start the preseason with a sad L… 💔
Samis Calderon 18 PTS l 6 REB l 2 STL l 3-5 3PT
Asher Elson 18 PTS l 2 BLK l 2-4 3PT
Akai Fleming 14 PTS l 9 REB l 3 AST
Adam Oumiddoch 15 PTS l 6 REB
Wei Zhao 12 PTS l 10 AST l 2 STL pic.twitter.com/81WxCmZ78J
— Overtime Elite (@OvertimeElite) October 4, 2024
Parker Robinson
The 6-foot-5 Robinson is a four-star combo guard and a top-100 national prospect in the 2026 class who comes from New Market, Md., in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., corridor. In August of 2023, he participated in the Orange’s Elite Camp. On June 15 of this year, when the 2026 contact period opened, Robinson heard from the Syracuse basketball staff. In 2024-25, he’s playing for an OTE club based in Atlanta, RWE. A term ago, he played alongside Jackson with the City Reapers team that won the league title.
RWE takes care of business in preseason action against Hoop Nation 💼
Jasper Johnson 21 PTS l 9 REB l 6 AST
Taylen Kinney vs 19 PTS l 3 AST
Parker Robinson 17 PTS l 5 REB l 5 STL
Lincoln Cosby 20 PTS l 10 REB l 5 BLK
Keshawn Fisher 10 PTS l 7 REB l 5 AST l 2 STL l 2 BLK pic.twitter.com/7oGg8TNv2r
— Overtime Elite (@OvertimeElite) October 4, 2024
Many Orange fans will remember that, in 2023-24, Elijah Moore also spent his senior year in Overtime Elite. Moore, a Syracuse basketball freshman shooting guard, was a four-star, top-60 national prospect in the 2024 class.
During his senior year, he played at a high level for the Our Saviour Lutheran School in the Bronx, N.Y., which in OTE operates as JellyFam.
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