O'Dea (Wash.) five-star junior Paolo Banchero already boasts the build and arsenal to be a wrecking-ball power forward in college. Plus, the 6-foot-9, 235-pounder has talked of joining forces with another Duke basketball target in Briarcrest Christian (Tenn.) point guard Kennedy Chandler, a 6-foot-1, 165-pound five-star who already exhibits the quickness and vision to direct a powerhouse program from Day One.
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Needless to say, the Blue Devils should have plenty of motivation to stay fully onboard the Banchero train until his decision date.