DJ Steward was a bit of a late bloomer as an elite recruit so people don’t know him as well as they knew, say, RJ Barrett or Zion Williamson coming out of high school.
Here is an article he has in USA Today about his recruitment and what made him choose Duke. Best of it:
“I think the turning point for me was a few weeks back when Coach K brought his whole staff to come see me. He came with three other coaches and that was the first time that any coach had ever done that.
“I was shocked by that.
“When we got ready to go back, I was at the airport with my parents and I told them I felt like Duke was it.
“I didn’t tell Coach K right away; I wanted to have a chance to personally call all of the other schools that were recruiting me first. I did that myself, just because I know what those coaches were putting in to recruiting me and I felt like I owed them a phone call.
“It took me about a day then I FaceTimed Coach K and he couldn’t stop smiling!
“He just kept telling me how happy he was that I was coming.”
We haven’t really seen anything other than mix tapes but based on this he seems like a really great kid. We’re looking forward to seeing him in Cameron.
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