The future of the elite prep basketball team from Donda Academy, the private school started by Kanye West, remains at best unclear after yet another rebuke and canceled game -- this time from Morehouse College.
On a campus with more than a half-dozen bungalows, there was no sign of students, teachers or members of the elite prep basketball team. Yet, unlike the school, the basketball team has yet to shut down – despite being disinvited last week by four tournaments during the ongoing fallout over West’s antisemitic comments.
About 15 minutes away, members of the basketball team were working out at Sports Academy, previously owned by Kobe Bryant and named Mamba Academy before Bryant’s death in 2020. But it's still unclear if and when the season will start for the Donda Doves. A USA Today reporter on Monday was stopped at the front desk of the Sports Academy in Newbury Park, California. She said she would contact Dorell Wright, the head basketball coach at Donda Academy.Might he be available later?Wright has not replied to repeated messages from USA TODAY Sports seeking comment.
Kimberly Hicks, the mother of Donda Academy starting forward Justin Johnson said Wright has told her the team intends to play this season. But there are complications for the Donda Doves. They were scheduled to open the season Nov. 3 against Minnesota Preparatory Academy at the Minnesota Shorty Classic. But Lucas Patterson, head coach at Minnesota Preparatory Academy, said on Saturday Donda Academy has been replaced because it could not fulfill obligations such as a confirmed date of arrival.
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