After earning a Duke basketball offer in early July — following averages of 25.2 points and 11.2 boards at Peach Jam — O’Dea High School (Seattle) power forward Paolo Banchero shut the door on reclassing to 2020.
A few weeks later, with top suitors expressing certainty about his readiness for the next level, the 2021 five-star opened the door back up again.
The staff from Durham, per Stockrisers’ Jake Weingarten, sees the 247Sports 2021 Composite’s No. 4 prospect complementing the No. 4 prospect from the 2020 class: five-star small forward Jalen Johnson, a likely one-and-done who verbally committed to Duke on July 4 (joining five-star point guard Jeremy Roach).