Duke basketball (Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports)
An NBA prospect has dropped 30 pounds since his final Duke basketball game.
The 2019-20 Duke basketball roster listed freshman Vernon Carey Jr. as a 6-foot-10, 270-pound center.
Now, the ACC Rookie of the Year has shed some serious weight, according to what his college head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, told the media this week:
“You’d be shocked. Vernon weighs 237 pounds now. His parents got mad at him, stopped feeding him. No, he’s really worked hard.”
A tweet (below) from David Furones of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel includes a picture of a thinner Carey Jr.