Micah Potter

About

Micah Potter (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Wisconsin Badgers.

Micah Potter attended Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio and was a bench player until his junior season. He averaged 20.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game as a junior, earning First Team All-State honors. For his senior season, Potter transferred to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He averaged 10.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game and was named team most valuable player. Potter committed to playing college basketball for Ohio State.

Potter began his freshman season for Ohio State in the starting lineup but was replaced by Trevor Thompson after missing two games with an ankle injury. He averaged 4.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game as a freshman. Potter suffered a high ankle sprain in the fourth game of his sophomore season and received limited playing time with the emergence of Kaleb Wesson and Keita Bates-Diop. As a sophomore, he averaged 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. Two days before his junior…