The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has announced Duke freshman Paolo Banchero as one of 20 watch list candidates for the 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.
Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Banchero, the ACC’s Preseason Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, came to Duke as a five-star forward out of Seattle, Wash.