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Player Wendell Carter Jr.

“At Miami, they only said he blocked four shots, but it’s hard for me to believe. I thought he blocked four in the last 10 minutes,” Krzyzewski said Saturday. “He’s protected our rim very well. He and Marvin have learned to be in the restricted area and not to take charges, but to use the principle of verticality and go straight up. A lot of players never learn that. But as a freshman, Wendell has got it down.”

Carter says he was worked hard on his defense, in particular on his lateral quickness.

“I guess it’s something that our coaches have been preaching to us, so I’ve definitely been more jumpity or excited on the defensive end,” Carter said after Saturday's game.

Another change that has helped Carter’s quickness: he’s 12 to 15 pounds lighter than when he arrived at Duke, Krzyzewski said. He was never out of shape or too big, Krzyzewski said, but Carter now has better endurance and is more confident facing the basket.
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So much to love in these quotes.

We should have some sportsbook odds on Zion's weight change coming into next year...in both directions.
 
I think the Carter is great and underappreciated narrative is mainstream enough now that he's not going to suffer any consequences (like going lower than he should in the draft) because of having to share a frontcourt with Bagley. I've seen it all over the place in the last week or so, although that's obviously driven by him outshining Bagley even from a raw numbers perspective in the most recent stretch. Bilas discussed underrated players in a column he put out today and included Carter:


Wendell Carter Jr., Duke Blue Devils: If Marvin Bagley III had not reclassified and were still terrorizing high school players instead of being at Duke, we would be touting Carter as the best big man in the country, along with Arizona's Deandre Ayton. Carter is a monster rebounder who always goes after the ball with two hands. He is a capable 3-point shooter. He is a skilled low-post scorer. He averages 14 PPG and 9.7 RPG and leads the ACC in field goal percentage at 60.7 percent. He does all of that playing alongside Bagley, who is averaging 22.4 PPG and 12.6 RPG. Bagley takes all of the air out of the room before Carter walks in, but Carter is an absolute stud.
 
What a very unfortunate loss for him. 15/15 but will (rightfully) take a huge share of the blame for shitting himself multiple times at the line in a chance to go up 5.
 
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