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Key Duke basketball target crushes hope for swift commitment

Before spring's end, the Duke basketball staff could grow its 2021 class beyond Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.) small forward AJ Griffin, a five-star who verbally joined #TheBrotherhood in November.

But if that's to be the case, then don't count on the next addition being Hamilton (Wis.) small forward Patrick Baldwin Jr., who ranks No. 3 on the 247Sports 2021 Composite due to his high hoops IQ, silky smooth moves, and textbook trigger from deep.

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The 6-foot-10, 205-pound five-star out of Milwaukee tweeted late Thursday evening his plan to "soon" name a top 10.