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Duke basketball is set to enjoy at least two more McDonald’s All-Americans.
Due to COVID-related precautions, there will not be a McDonald’s All-American Game for the second year in a row. Naturally, that nugget makes this week’s McDonald’s All-American nods taste bittersweet for the pair of 2021 Duke basketball signees to date: O’Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero and Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.) small forward AJ Griffin.
Of course, the title alone is everlasting and quite an honor.
Banchero, who committed to the Blue Devils in August and signed his letter of intent in November, is a 6-foot-9, 235-pound bruiser, ranking No.