Duke basketball: Eight revealing remarks from coveted five-star recruit
By Matt Giles
Key quote from Duke basketball target Kennedy Chandler about package deals
Kennedy Chandler on potential package deals
Though package-deal possibilities rarely pan out these days among top talents, the bond between Kennedy Chandler and O’Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero has stood out for a year now while continuing to come up as a topic of discussion in both five-stars’ interviews. That includes the one with Chandler back in May from Pro Insight:
“We just built a relationship during a USA training camp. We just really bonded and had a good connection. It was me, him, and Jaden Hardy all on the same team. We had a really good connection, me and Paolo. We played together and would just dominate. That’s how our bond started. We talked a lot. We got each other’s info and started texting. That’s how we became so close.”
During one of his talks with Rivals, Chandler reiterated and seemed even firmer with those feelings about Banchero, whose top six shares Duke, Kentucky, and Tennessee in common with his buddy’s top five. Yet following that, the dazzling guard noted he could also envision a host of other guys being ideal college teammates:
“[Banchero and I] were teammates and just really had a good connection. [We] got to know each other better, and now we want to team up together in college…There’s a lot of players. Jabari Smith, Jaden Hardy, a lot of players.”
Now, most importantly, when exactly does Chandler plan to let North Carolina, Kentucky, Memphis, Duke, Tennessee, Banchero, Smith, Hardy, friends, family, and the entire recruiting world know his destination?…