Duke basketball pledge Paolo Banchero (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Maybe Paolo Banchero is planning to be a 1.5-and-done Duke basketball star?
If nothing else, the latest message from O’Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero confirms the 6-foot-9, 235-pound five-star’s eagerness when thinking about his Duke basketball future. However, folks could interpret it to mean that the program’s most recent pledge, who ranks No. 3 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite, intends to arrive in Durham one semester early.
On Tuesday, when retweeting one of his new mixtapes, Banchero left some wondering if the following words are his way of hinting that he could land at Duke as soon as January: “I’m trying to get to Durham already!