Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Arizona, LSU, California and North Carolina are the latest high-major programs to offer 6-foot-10 2017 big man Wendell Carter Jr.
Carter Jr. told me at the Peach Jam that Duke was recruiting him the hardest.
“Probably Duke, they are probably the very top school that’s working the hardest,” Carter Jr. said then.
“I hear from them every day, both Coach K and coach [Jeff] Capel.”
Carter Jr. and fellow U16 gold medalist Gary Trent Jr. had previously discussed a potential Duke package deal with SNY.tv and that is still on.
“Yes,” Carter Jr. said. “It would be pretty good but we’re looking around. We’re looking around.”
Both players will be on the Nike trip to the Bahamas this week, as will Duke commit Jayson Tatum and several other Duke targets.
