Paolo Banchero is a consensus top five player and the top power forward in the 2021 class. Kentucky has been recruiting the Washington native for quite some time, and based on a recent blog post he did for Sports Illustrated the recruitment still has a long way to go.
Banchero says he is sticking with his top six schools, which is encouraging. Kentucky, Washington, Tennessee, Duke, Gonzaga, and Arizona are all still in the running for his services. The majority of his 247 Sports crystal ball projections have been for the Washington Huskies, but there has been some buzz for Kentucky as well.