Second-generation players are already taking over the NBA and there could be another one on the way down the road.
Andrej Stojakovic, the son of three-time NBA All-Star Peja Stojakovic, is starting to make a name for himself on the AAU circuit this summer playing for the Compton Magic.
ESPN’s Top 100 has Stojakovic ranked as a four-star prospect in the Class of 2023, and he’s starting to rack up high-major Division-I college offers.
As Stojakovic gets set to play on ESPN with his AAU squad this week, get to know more about the future NBA prospect.
Get to know Andrej Stojakovic
High school and AAU
As mentioned above, Stojakovic is ranked as a four-star prospect in the Class of 2023, but he is not listed on ESPN’s Top 100 list for his class. After a successful AAU circuit so far, Stojakovic could see his ranking rise into the Top 100.
The 6-foot-6, 185-pound forward plays much differently than his father, even though he is still a strong shooter. Andrej is prone to putting the ball on the floor and making plays with his length and athleticism. He also does a lot of damage as a cutter, proving to be much more than just the catch-and-shooter you would expect as the son of one of the best 3-point marksmen in NBA history.
Andrej Stojakovic was handing out buckets in a 28-point win 😈 @AndrejSto2 pic.twitter.com/nhQGXab4VL
— B/R Hoops (@brhoops) June 18, 2022
During his junior season at Jesuit High School in Sacramento this past year, Stojakovic posted impressive averages of 25.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
Between a strong junior year and final AAU season, Stojakovic has drawn interest from several high-major Division-I schools.
College recruitment
Stojakovic is well on his way to paving his own path to the next level and making a name for himself. In a feature with The Ringer’s Mirin Fader, Andrej made it clear he wants to shake the “Peja’s son” label.
“I just have to keep showing every time I play that I can do a lot more. Proving to them that I can make it and be Andrej, not Peja’s son,” the 17-year-old told Fader a month back.
Stojakovic will certainly have the platform to become known with offers from schools like Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Oregon, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Virginia and Washington State, to name a few, per ESPN’s recruiting database.
Playing high school basketball in California, it would be fair to speculate that he could end up at schools like UCLA or USC.
According to 24/7 Sports’ crystal ball – which is a prediction from a handful of the website’s scouting experts – Stojakovic appears most likely to land at UCLA. With that being said, he is yet to make his official decision.