Basketball runs in Nikolas Graves' family. His mother played at Charlotte. He is a distant relative of former North Carolina guard Will Graves and his dad and former Oklahoma State guard JamesOn Curry's dad are second cousins. Graves, a junior guard for perennial state power Greensboro Day has seen his recruitment pick up and his game is starting to get some attention.
Justin Byerly has spent the past 15 years covering North Carolina prep and grassroots basketball. He has previously worked with The Recruit Scoop and Rivals.com. In addition to that he has contributed to The USA Today, Charlotte Observer, The Asheville Citizen-Times and The Sun News. He has held The Justin Byerly Upstate/WNC Showcase the past two years and has helped student-athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina receive college scholarships. He owns The Byerly Report scouting service that has over 100 college subscriptions. Justin resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Danielle and four children.
