Where is the world is Chance Comanche? He’s playing in the Drew League, and he is killing it!

Ever since Arizona Basketball power forward Chance Comanche declared for the 2017 NBA Draft and hired an agent, Wildcats fans have been throwing a bunch of shade toward the beloved Wildcat. None of the folks making judgments have any clue what has gone on behind the curtains, and may never find out. One note of advice, you know what they say, if you assume you make an ass out of ‘u’ and an ass out of ‘me’ (Ass-u-me). Chance is having fun playing in the Drew League.

People have different goals in life and not every baller will play in the NBA, or even in the G-League. Many former college players make a career out of playing overseas. Former Laker Derrick Caracter left UTEP to get drafted by the Lakers, after one season, he got injured and ended up going over seas to play. He has played in 15 countries and has seen the world playing the game he loves. He is still playing. He is spending his summer in the Drew League.

The Drew is a league of a combo of players that compete over the summer in Compton California at King Drew High School, high school, college, drew league and NBA (including Stanley Johnson who won the Drew League Championship on BB4L last season). The league is over 40 years old and former Bruin and Clipper guard Baron Davis not only made a movie about it, but he also coaches and plays for two teams.

Caracter is not the only American International basketball player in The Drew League, Patrick Rembert (@PRembert11) who earned Co-MVP honors in the Drew with Frank Nitty Session (@FrankNittyY). Rembert just got back from his second season playing in Lebanon. He plays alongside Frank Robinson (@IamFR5), another Drew League legend who was almost perfect against Comanche’s opponent last Saturday. Both play for LA Loop. Robinson went seven for 11 for 19 points making both three’s and three free throws.

Comanche plays for Clozers in the Drew League. Clozers is made up mostly of college commits and current players, a young team but they can hang with the big boys any day. This was The Chief’s break out game. Both LA Loop and the Clozers records stood and 5-4 before the match up. Players on the team go deep on the roster, so the same players do not play each week. For instance, Arizona freshman Ira Lee along with Oregon State’s Ethan Thompson played for Clozers in the first few weeks before going off to college.

Chance’s teammates included Chimezie Metu (who returned to play another year at USC), Coach Wally’s son and god son Marquis Moore and Louis Rodriguez, both working on getting more scholarship offers. If you watched these two play, you would be totally shocked the Pac-12 has passed on them so far. They do have offers, but we would love to get them some more attention. This is the reason most ballers play in the Drew, attention. From fans, from Nike, from scouts who come to watch, and to make a name in this big boy historic league.

The game was to be sold BUT I TOLD IT! #forfree pic.twitter.com/XakOueMpDO — Dash Harris Sr. (@dashOfwisdom) July 9, 2017

Chance came out like The Chief he is and dominated the game from the first minute. He hit a few successive slam dunks, and he could feel it. That ball was going in, and not just from under the basket where he was planted by Sean Miller. Now free from the Wildcats offensive scheme, Comanche got on the court and balled out. The few minutes he rested, the other team took advantage of.

Keep Grinding Son, prove all the haters & doubters wrong. #hardworkwillpayoff — MELISSA McGEE (@mkmcgee24) July 22, 2017

The Clozers were in it the entire game but ended up losing 85-80 in one of the more competitive games on Saturday. Even though the team lost, Comanche won the day. He went 10-16 for 21 points including a three-pointer, multiple jumpers and a bunch of dunks which still come very easy for him. For the Chief, training has become his top priority, and it shows. He has a few moves I hadn’t seen before, and they worked against an experienced team.

Comanche ended the day with a double-double: 21 points, 11 rebounds, three assists. It was so much fun to cheer him on court side; you could see the confidence in his eyes and his play. Do you remember seeing Chance score many jumpers like this one before?

Crazy how when you throw Pac-12 players together, they step it up. Here Metu dishes the ball off to Comanche for a slam dunk.

Here’s another jumper from Comanche:

@comanche2414 10-16 for 21 pts 1-3 Ft 11 rebounds 3 assists today in the @drewleague against Experienced LA Loop pic.twitter.com/844nxZLqjQ — Shereen Rayan (@SportsCrazee) July 22, 2017

Still another different shot from Comanche of an assist from Louis Rodriguez (give this guy an offer Pac-12):

https://twitter.com/SportsCrazee/status/888924666705858561

Proudly wearing his Arizona Wildcats basketball t-shirt, Comanche sat court side to watch the biggest and most exciting game of the day. The rapper The Game’s team Birdies Revenge (with star Frank Nitty) took on Houdini’s problems. The fans were four rows deep under the basket, and there wasn’t a seat in the house. It was nice to see The Chief have a great time and watch a team, Birdies Revenge with NBA player Christian Wood, that was undefeated in the Drew and will be moving into the playoffs.

This interview of mine with USC star Elijah Stewart will give you a good taste of what it’s like to play with the NBA players Julius Randle (Lakers) and Nick Young (Warriors). Please excuse the Fight On salutation, but when you are a SoCal broadcaster and when you are in Rome…

For now, Comanche is training hard, playing in the Drew (he may switch teams if his team doesn’t make the playoffs) and weighing the options he has on the table right now. As soon as we know, more we will share it with you, just sit tight and think good thoughts for your Wildcat and know he is working hard at his craft for the sport he loves to play.