Neither five-star point guard Jeremy Roach nor five-star small forward Jalen Johnson — Duke basketball’s 2020 class to date — is deadly from deep. And if the program loses Matthew Hurt to the NBA after the upcoming season, then Alex O’Connell — and possibly Joey Baker — would serve as the entire returning arsenal of first-class shooting.
Additionally, the Duke staff has only one offer out to an undecided 2020 backcourt prospect: Whitney Young (Ill.) combo guard D.J. Steward. (Duke’s offers at other positions are to five-star small forward Ziaire Williams, five-star center Walker Kessler, four-star center Mark Williams, and four-star power forward Henry Coleman.