All eyes had been on No. 1 choose Paolo Banchero for his NBA debut on Wednesday evening. However the Orlando Magic rookie revealed that he wasn’t at all times comfy with individuals watching his each transfer, notably throughout his days at Duke.
Banchero stated that whereas he cherished his time there, he additionally felt like a “zoo animal” due to how usually his privateness was violated on campus, whether or not it was different college students always taking footage and movies of him or strangers going to his dorm to introduce their households to him.
“Generally it’d really feel such as you was, like, a zoo animal or one thing, bro,” Banchero stated on the Younger Basketball Individual Podcast. “They want, oh God, at school, you'd see them over there whispering about you. Like, gazing you.”
Banchero lasted only one season at Duke, the place he averaged 17.2 factors, 7.8 rebounds, and three.2 assists per recreation and led the Blue Devils to the Ultimate 4 earlier than they misplaced to arch rival North Carolina.
In his NBA debut, the 19-year outdated Rookie of the Yr favourite didn’t disappoint, with 27 factors, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks in opposition to the Pistons, although Detroit gained the sport, 113-109.
Nonetheless, Banchero turned the primary No. 1 choose to notch greater than 20 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in an NBA debut since LeBron James in 2003. With extra performances like that, much more individuals might be watching his each transfer.
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