OU's Wingfield jr career might be over

[Hilltopper]

After OU's loss the other night, Christian said on the postgame show that Wingfields career was over due to arthritic knees. If this is true, I feel bad for the kid. Not so much for the team.

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RE: Two scholarships still remain Posted: 3/26/2014 9:23:13 PM I had wanted to wait until something came out from the school, but JC did just mention on the postgame that they still "have others" to get, so i will tell you that it is two scholarships. The doctors told DJ Wingfield that his knees are too arthritic for him to continue to play basketball. He retains a scholarship at OU to continue forward as a student. The team now gets an additional scholarship. They will probably be looking at more of a shooter type to go with the PG they are looking for. Sad, sad news for a good kid.

[Blue & Gold]

Wow, that's too bad. He's way too young for that; he's going to have pain the rest of his life. And I was looking forward to seeing he and Big Dog go at it on the court.

Best of luck to him. Life is fortunately a whole lot more than basketball.

[jupitertoo]

This is true. He is done. Sad, but it could be said that he/his family were not entirely forthcoming with OU and other schools who were after him. It's not like the serious arthritis suddenly occurred.

[Balsy]

@Jupitertoo Sometimes with arthritis (especially adolescent onset) you really don't know how serious it is until one day it starts being very serious. At least that's the way it was for me.

[LZIp]

Sad to hear, but I've never heard of him.

[Dave in Green]

LZip, DJ Wingfield was the other star player on Big Dog's HS team, and the only other player from that team to get a D-I offer. DJ is the son of former Cincinnati Bearcats standout Dontonio Wingfield, who played a season under Bob Huggins and was drafted in 1994 after his freshman season by the Seattle Supersonics. Dontonio also played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Indiana Pacers over a brief NBA career. It's a shame that DJ won't get a chance to follow in his father's footsteps and perhaps get a shot at the NBA.