Weems grew up in Detroit, Michigan and attended New Haven High School in New Haven, Michigan, where he was a four-year starter on the basketball team.[1] As a freshman in 2015–16, he started in all 25 games and averaged 16 points, 10.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 4 steals and 1.8 blocks to help his team to a 22–3 record, a regional championship and the state Class B quarterfinals. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he started in all 28 games and averaged 18.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.2 blocks to help his team to a 27–1 record, a second-straight regional title and a Class B state title. He averaged 23.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 4.8 steals and 2 blocks per game and was named All-Michigan by USA Today in his junior season. As a senior, Weems averaged 27.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.2 steals, 3.5 assists and 2.6 blocks per game and was named the Associated Press Division 2 Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Michigan.[2] Weems finished his high school career with 2,151 points scored.[3] Weems was considered to be a Top 50 recruit in his class and committed to playing college basketball for DePaul over offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Oregon.[4]
College career
As a freshman, Weems averaged 8 points, 1.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game and was named to the Big East Conference All-Freshman team.[5][6] He was named the conference Freshman of the Week after a nine-point, five-rebound, three-block game in a 93–78 victory over Iowa on November 11, 2019, and scoring nine points with eight rebounds and four assists in a 75–54 win against Cornell on November 16, 2019.[7][8] Weems repeated as Freshman of the Week after scoring 17 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 72–67 win over Boston College.[9] As a sophomore, Weems averaged 7.3 points and 5 rebounds per game. On April 7, 2021, he declared for the 2021 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.[10]
On June 8, 2023, Weems was selected by the Rip City Remix in the 2023–24 NBA G League Expansion Draft[15] and on October 30, he officially joined the team.[16]
