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Duke Basketball: R.J. Barrett reminds the world he is still a superstar

The world gets caught up in the essence of Zion Williamson, and rightly so, but in his greatness, many have seemed to forget that R.J. Barrett is a superstar in his own right and he has proved that in Zion’s absence.

After 30 points in Saturday’s win against Syracuse, Barrett reemerged as one of the top two player in the country, along side of Williamson.

Coming in to start the season, it was Barrett that was the consensus No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, but since Zion has taken the country by storm, it “dropped” Barrett to the No.