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Wendell Carter Jr.'s Mom Upset with Duke over Marvin Bagley III's Recruitment

Kylia Carter, the mother of Chicago Bulls big man Wendell Carter Jr., admitted Monday that she wasn't happy with the way Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski operated when Marvin Bagley III reclassified as a class of 2017 prospect and committed to the Blue Devils to play alongside her son.

"My initial reaction, I was pissed. And it wasn't pissed because Marvin was coming. To be honest, I felt like that was information that was kept from us," Kylia Carter said, according to NBC Sports Chicago's Vincent Goodwill. "It felt (shady), it felt like my baby was gonna get kicked to the curb.