One possibility is O'Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero and Briarcrest Christian (Tenn.) point guard Kennedy Chandler — both five-stars with offers from Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski and piles of others — are intentionally fueling the chatter about their potentially choosing the same college solely in an effort to attract attention and thereby build their brands.
Another possibility is that Banchero (a 6-foot-9, 235-pound versatile freight train who ranks No. 3 on the 247Sports 2021 Composite) and Chandler (a 6-foot-1, 165-pound burst of energy who ranks No. 15) genuinely do wish to be teammates for some undetermined — yet possibly already known — lucky program.