Gerry McNamara's Syracuse re-offers 4-star Philadelphia native who has visited 'Cuse

Zion Green, as far as I can tell, was the top 2027 target for Syracuse basketball under then-head coach Adrian Autry and his staff.

I anticipated that the new Orange staff, led by first-year head coach Gerry McNamara, would re-offer the Philadelphia product, a four-star power forward and top-30 national prospect in the rising high school senior class.

For once, I was right!

Per an article on Friday from recruiting analyst Jake Weingarten, McNamara and his assistants have re-offered a scholarship to the ultra-talented, 6-foot-9 wing. A huge congrats to Zion!

Green told Weingarten that he's high on the new 'Cuse staff, led by McNamara, who is trying to get SU back to the annual NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021.

Syracuse basketball is in pursuit of 2027 four-star power forward Zion Green.

The former Orange coaching staff first offered a scholarship to Green in late June of 2024. According to recruiting services, his full offer sheet, besides Syracuse basketball, includes Ole Miss, Alabama, Kansas, Auburn, Providence, N.C. State, Maryland, Mississippi State, Kansas State, Seton Hall, Penn State, Washington, Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Villanova, Michigan and UTEP.

Within the 2027 class, Green's highest national ranking comes courtesy of Rivals, which places him at No. 15 around the country in his cycle. Green is a standout rising senior at Mt. Zion Prep in Lanham, Md., which is a member of the powerhouse Grind Session.

In early October of last year, the full Syracuse basketball staff, led by Autry, was in for Green at Mt. Zion Prep amid the fall recruiting period. Last August, he took an unofficial visit to the Orange, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Green officially visits SU at some point in the future.

On the AAU circuits, Green is a standout this spring and summer for the 17U squad of the Philadelphia-based Team As Promised in the Puma-sponsored PRO16 league. Before joining Mt. Zion Prep, he previously suited up for the Imhotep Institute Charter High School in Philadelphia and Camden High School in Camden, N.J.

McNamara and his staff are ramping up their high school recruiting efforts in the 2027 and 2028 classes (and perhaps beyond). SU's recruiting targets in 2027 include, but are not limited to:
•Four-star shooting guard RJ Moore of the Ambassador Christian School in Huntersville, N.C.
•Five-star point guard Nasir Anderson of Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
•Four-star center Lewis Uvwo of Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
•Five-star point guard King Gibson of the Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio
•Four-star center Caleb Ourigou of the Atlanta-based league Overtime Elite
•Five-star wing/forward Moussa Kamissoko of Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, N.Y.
•Four-star big man Ahmed Nur of CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix
•Four-star point guard J'Lon Lyons of the Clinton Grace Christian School in Clinton, Md.
•Four-star power forward Ian Condon of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

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