The #1 Basketball Recruit In Maryland: Favour Aire
Favour Aire is a 4 Star recruit who plays Center at Bishop McNamara High School. Aire is ranked as the 63rd best recruit in the class of 2022 and is ranked as a Top 10 Center in the class as well. In addition, Aire is listed as the #1 recruit in the state of Maryland. According to 247 Sports, his top offers are, Louisville, Maryland and LSU.
Growing up, were you inspired by any NBA Players?
Growing up I wasn’t really inspired by any player I didn’t even play basketball at all, but I had a growth spurt when I was I think 12, then I started watching and learning about the game a little bit, but back then I used to watch a lot of the old school bigs like Shaq,Hakeem, David Robinson, Charles Barkley, and I watched guards like Kyrie, Steph, and KD.
What high school is your biggest rival?
Right now I would say Dematha cause we haven’t beat them yet.
What songs do you listen to pregame, to get you hyped up?
So it’s not really a song but I listen to some Meek Mill freestyle raps and some rap battles.
What is your offseason training like?
I don’t have a set offseason workout but I usually workout everyday sometimes twice or 3 times depending on when I lift, then I play open gym with some college players n pros 3-4 time in the week.
What is your favorite memory of your high school career, so far?
Favorite memory would probably be the locker room memories.
Who is the best player you have ever played with or played against in your high school career?
So far Hunter Dickinson
What do you look for in choosing a college?
Development and education
When did you start looking at colleges, and when did colleges start looking at you?
I didn’t really pay attention to colleges until recently I’ve just been working trying to see how good I can really be, n I don’t really know when colleges started looking at me, I had Rutgers, and IUPUI since the 8th grade.
If you could meet one sports hero, who would it be?
Probably Hakeem Olajuwon
What is your favorite sports moment, as a fan?
Probably watching Golden State sweep the Cavs or the last Israel Adesanya fight.
