re: Gathers at the Palm Classic

Yeah, I've been very curious about that development. Rivals seemed to beat Scout to the punch on that news.

I was curious to see who Duke would offer after losing McGary and the Scout info about Parker focusing more on Ohio State. With basically no good bigs besides Kelly returning next year (and Kelly is a guy who plays on the perimeter and can't rebound well), Duke needed to offer an unsigned elite big.

This tournament is a big deal, and it also features the two players in the country with offers from Duke (Muhammad and Parker).

And Gathers fits the bill a lot better than Stokes who was ruled ineligible for his senior year and Bennett who will barely meet NCAA qualifying levels.

Still, seems to be like it's way too late in the game for Duke to start evaluating an elite recruit.