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Duke basketball target to commit without first naming finalists

Rolling Meadows (Ill.) shooting guard Max Christie is uniquely talented on the court and comes across as uncommonly brainy during interviews. So it's fitting that the 6-foot-6, 175-pound crafty scorer, who appears to remain at or near the top of the Duke basketball wishlist, is handling his recruitment differently than practically all of his five-star peers in one respect.

Christie, No. 13 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite, noted in his first SI blog on Wednesday that he will not announce a list of any length before choosing his college destination:

"I’m not the guy that’s gonna drop a top 10 or top five or anything like that.