Jabari Parker panned out well as a Duke basketball freshman — even if his one year in Durham ended with a tragic loss. Nowadays, though, the 24-year-old isn’t exactly living up to the expectations that came from gracing a Sports Illustrated cover touting him the “Best High School Basketball Player Since LeBron James.”
Well, Paolo Banchero has the look of a Jabari Parker 2.0 — strong frame, equally strong game — but let’s refrain for now from any James comparisons for his sake.
Saturday afternoon, the five-star power forward announced on Twitter his becoming only the third 2021 recruit to have received an invitation to become a Blue Devil (the previous two are five-star small forwards Patrick Baldwin Jr.