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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 2764202, member: 10"] Just shows what a ruthless business recruiting is. [I]When five-star Wendell Carter Jr. committed to [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE/duke-blue-devils']Duke[/URL] in 2016, he was expected to become the Blue Devils' go-to big man of the future. That was until [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/2892259/marvin-bagley-iii']Marvin Bagley III[/URL] stunned many by committing to Duke in the summer of 2017 and subsequently reclassifying to play early. "My initial reaction, I was pissed," Kylia Carter, Wendell's mom, told [URL='https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/wendell-carter-jrs-blessing-disguise-could-be-big-time-gain-bulls']NBC Sports[/URL]. "And it wasn't pissed because Marvin was coming. To be honest, I felt like that was information that was kept from us. It felt (shady), it felt like my baby was gonna get kicked to the curb. I felt like all of that."[/I] [URL="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wendell-carter-jr-s-mom-has-beef-with-coach-k-because-marvin-bagley-came-to-duke-early/"]Wendell Carter Jr.'s mom has beef with Coach K after Marvin Bagley came to Duke early[/URL] He still was the 7th pick in the draft. I think everything turned out pretty well for him. [/QUOTE]