Duke basketball: Dream lineup for 2021-22 season
By Matt Giles
Ideal small forward for 2021-22 Duke basketball team: AJ Griffin
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The chiseled frame of 2021 Duke basketball pledge AJ Griffin already looks the part of a supreme NCAA small forward. Moreover, the confidence, athleticism, and toughness that the Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.) rising senior exhibits is plenty encouraging to seemingly all the recruiting junkies in the Blue Devil fanbase.
Sitting No. 7 on the 247Sports 2021 Composite — No. 2 at his position behind the guy who appears on this article’s next slide — Griffin remains the top recruit off the board in his class after committing to Mike Krzyzewski and his crew way back in November. In other words, the 6-foot-7, 200-pound five-star has already made clear his certainty about the premier type of blueblood running through his veins.
So it’d be a shock if the 16-year-old ended up changing his mind in favor of the G League for his first year out of high school. Instead, considering Duke’s unmatched popularity on top of the fact that the NCAA plans to start allowing student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness in time for the 2021-22 season, Griffin stands to make out well financially by starring alongside this next top-shelf forward for what should be a prolific one-and-done stay…