Nolan Traore will sign a two-year contract with Saint-Quentin in the French first division.
Traore is a projected lottery pick in the 2025 NBA draft as a 17-year-old, 6’5 playmaker.
Traore was being recruited by Duke, Arkansas, Gonzaga, and Alabama, as well as the Australian NBL and Euroleague and EuroCup teams in France and abroad.
“It was cool to have all these programs interested in me,” Traore said. “I don’t take that for granted. It was a reward for all the work I’ve put in. I was happy to have all these options, but the possibility of staying close to my family was also important. They can visit me, and I can go home easily.”