Money bags. Preseason national championships. Recruiting over players. Every time the Duke basketball staff lands a heralded prospect, rival fans bore Twitter with recycled garbage. What they understandably fail to either comprehend or admit is that the Blue Devils are simply prospering from the marketing ploy they initiated in 2016 — #TheBrotherhood.
On Friday, less than 24 hours after announcing his offer from Mike Krzyzewski and having never even taken an official visit to Duke, Huntington Prep (W.Va.) senior power forward Jaemyn Brakefield announced his commitment. By doing so, he became the 23rd top-40 recruit since the 2016 class — i.