Wendell Carter Jr: Most Likely To Succeed

Wendell Carter Jr. has been pretty familiar with that most likely to succeed designation. After all, he earned a 3.6 GPA as a high school student, was invited to attend Harvard and was named the Morgan Wooten National Player of the Year which honors the top scholar athlete.

Though after falling to No. 7 in last June’s NBA draft, it perhaps was a bit of a surprise that when NBA.com surveyed rookies this summer, it was Carter who was the choice for the rookie most likely to have the best NBA career.

“I try not to pay attention to those things,” Carter deferred in training camp this week. “Of course, I’m human; I saw those things. I definitely appreciate them. But that’s not what’s going to make…