Education
Lee attended Deer Valley High School in Antioch, California, where he was a starter on the varsity basketball team
Lee attended Deer Valley High School in Antioch, California, where he was a starter on the varsity basketball team
As a junior he averaged 13.9 points, 13.1 rebounds, 9.1 blocks and 1.3 steals per game. During his senior year he averaged 17.7 points, 19.5 rebounds and 6.7 blocks per game. He led Deer Valley to the 2013 CIF North Coast Sectionals to defeat De Louisiana Salle High School from Concord, California.
Lee was a consensus top 20 player in the high school class of 2013 according to various recruiting services.
He played in the 2013 Mcdonald"s All American and Jordan Brand Classic games and was named 3rd team United States of America Today and first-team Parade All-American. On October 18, 2012, Lee committed to Kentucky.
He joined Julius Randle, twins Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison, James Young, and Dakari Johnson as one of six Kentucky signees to be selected in the 2013 McDonald"s All-American Boys Game as well as the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic. Although Lee was behind 7-footers Willie Cauley-Stein and Dakari Johnson in the rotation for much of the season, Lee found his way in the starting lineup over Cauley-Stein for four games in the beginning of the year.
Lee scored 17 points shooting 7 for 8 in the regular-season opener versus
University of North Carolina Ashville on November 8, 2013, and 10 points shooting 4 for 5 against Texas-Arlington on November 19. However, he was not used very often throughout the season, appearing in only 25 of 40 games and averaging just 2.4 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 6.3 minutes per game. Because of his performance in the Elite 8, Lee was named to the Midwest Regional All-Tournament team, along with teammates Aaron Harrison and Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player Julius Randle.
On April 18, 2014, Lee announced he would return to the University of Kentucky for his sophomore year to join a frontcourt including Cauley-Stein, Johnson, Alex Poythress, Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles, and Derek Willis.