- The Washington Times - Tuesday, February 14, 2017

If you’ve never heard of Zion Williamson, a power forward from Spartanburg, South Carolina, chances are you will in the near future.

Williamson is the No. 2 basketball recruit in the country for the class of 2018, and he unleashed another monstrous dunk in one of his most recent games.

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That’s like Vince Carter-level dunking from a high school junior.

Williamson hasn’t chosen the school where he’ll play college ball at yet, as most members of the 2018 class haven’t, but he has already received a large quantity of offers, including schools like Kansas, Duke and Kentucky. He’s also received an offer from the DMV’s Maryland, Georgetown and Virginia.

According to 24/7 Sports Crystal Ball prediction system, Duke has an 80 percent chance of landing the recruit.

 

 

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