'Everything I know comes from him.' Sons of NBA stars taking over as top college prospects.

Another four-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class with NBA connections via his father is Jermaine O’Neal Jr.

The elder Jeramine O’Neal was a first-round draft pick in 1996, and he had to grow up fast as a direct high school-to-NBA prospect.

A successful 18-year NBA career followed for Jermaine O’Neal, who was named the league’s Most Improved Player in 2002 and was a three-time All-NBA selection.

“For me, it just has to do with my IQ: Knowing the game, just having a lot of different things to learn from, stuff like that,” Jermaine O’Neal Jr., a 6-foot-5, 180-pound small forward, said of things he learned from his father.

In more recent times, Andre Iguodala was a prominent presence on four NBA championship-winning teams with the Golden State Warriors.

His son, Andre Iguodala II, is a 6-foot-8, 175-pound class of 2025 small forward who played with former Central Kentucky high school star Jasper Johnson last season at Link Academy, a top prep basketball school in Missouri.

The younger Iguodala has been able to draw from his father’s knowledge, as well as that from other current and former professional players, as he forges his own basketball path.

“The tips that they give you. Coming straight from the NBA, they know a lot more than me,” the younger Iguodala said about the NBA players who served as coaches at the NBPA Top 100 Camp. “So they can give me some good insight on how to play the game the right way.”

Sons of former Georgia, UK stars discuss advice received from fathers

The advice passed down from NBA star fathers to their sons also extends to a pair of former SEC standouts who went on to distinguished NBA careers.

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