Duke basketball commit Paolo Banchero (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
A Duke basketball pledge says the upcoming signing period slipped his mind.
O’Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero verbally committed to the Duke basketball staff in August. But the program’s top 2021 prize — for now — hasn’t given much thought to the fact that the start of the Nov. 11-18 early signing period is roughly one week away.
Or at least that’s what Banchero told Jake Weingarten of Stock Risers this week. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound five-star, who ranks No. 3 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite, was responding to a question about his plans to ink his name with the Blue Devils later this month:
“I’m not sure yet, haven’t talked too much about it with my family…I didn’t realize how close we were until signing day.