‘The best option’: Star sophomore Maloney plans to finish high school career away from La Salle

‘The best option’: Star sophomore Maloney plans to finish high school career away from La Salle

TROY, N.Y. — At the end of only his freshman season, coaches were already nudging Davon Maloney with ideas of transferring out of his hometown Catholic high school — the La Salle Institute, in Troy. Some in Maloney’s circle already wanted him to leave for a different, preparatory institution to finish his high school career against consistently higher levels of national competition. Back then, the 6’6″, Green Island, N.Y., native didn’t feel com…