Well you knew this was coming: Paolo Banchero has signed an NIL deal with CAA Basketball.
Banchero, who some think will be the #1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft, is highly marketable and being at Duke really ups his visibility.
It’s too early to know just how NIL will affect everyone, but the so-called Blue Bloods, schools like Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, Gonzaga and Villanova, will be in heavy demand which, we expect, means that will add an extra value to signing with those schools.
The rich get richer in other words.