GoDuke.com · Feb 3, 2022
Banchero Named to Karl Malone Award Watch List
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame today named Duke freshman Paolo Banchero as one of 10 watch list members for the 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.
Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.