Jalen Johnson, a five-star 2020 small forward and potential future member of the Duke basketball program, is not quite ranked as the top player in his class. But that would be different if he oversaw the rankings.
“I am the best player in the nation,” the 6-foot-8, 215-pounder told Rivals’ Corey Evans this weekend while his team was in Washington, D.C., for the ARS Rescue Rooter National Hoopfest. “That is my opinion, and I am going to play like it.”
The Duke coaches had hoped to travel to the nation’s capital on Sunday to see the self-proclaimed best player in the 2020 class in action; however, due to a winter storm in North Carolina early Sunday morning, they decided not to make the trip.