5 Eye-opening reasons the Louisville Cardinals will land 5-star Nate Ament

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1. Louisville's elite 5-star commit

If Ament ends up choosing Louisville, he will have the possibility of playing alongside 5-star McDonald's All-American and Team USA teammate. The 5-star Cardinals commit is the second-highest commit in Louisville basketball history and is projected to be a 2026 NBA Draft top 10 pick.

Ament and Brown were teammates this past summer for Team USA at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup. Ament played about nine minutes a game, where he averaged 3.7 points and 1.5 rebounds. Brown started in every game and averaged 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game.

Brown is the No. 1 point guard in the class of 2025, a unanimous 5-star recruit, and is ranked as high as the No. 6 player. Brown is a 6-foot-4, 165-pound guard out of Orlando, Fla. and attended DME Academy last season and averaged 29.6 points, 2.7 assists, and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 62.7% from the floor, and 61.5% from the 3-point line, per MaxPreps.

Brown and Ament would be the best duos in the country, as they already have chemistry together. They would have glaring similarities to Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.

If these two 5-star players played together, their potential would be limitless, and the Cardinals would immediately be National Championship contenders.