Prep phenom Porter Jr. eager to team up with dad at Missouri

Michael Porter Jr. is aware of the skepticism surrounding the heralded forward's decision to play at Missouri, a struggling program that recently hired his father as an assistant coach.

Porter, ranked the No. 1 prospect in his class by multiple recruiting services, is a featured attraction at the McDonald's All-American Game on Wednesday night in Chicago.

Jerry Meyer, the director of basketball scouting for 247Sports, says Porter is "one of the more talented prospects that I've scouted in my 15 years in the business."

NCAA rules permit schools to hire the family members of prospects for coaching positions.

Schools are prohibited from hiring relatives of recruits for non-coaching staff positions for the two years before that prospect's enrollment and after his arrival.

Danny Manning and Mario Chalmers played on national championship teams at Kansas and had fathers on the coaching staff during their college careers.

The elder Porter's coaching background includes six years on the Missouri women's basketball staff — three as director of basketball operations and three more as an assistant coach.

Chuck O'Bannon Jr. is the son of former UCLA player Charles O'Bannon and the nephew of Ed O'Bannon, the star of UCLA's 1995 national championship team.