The third Duke player to announce plans to enter the NBA draft is Wendell Moore Jr.
The school said that Moore would hire an agent. The junior and potential first-round pick won the Julius Erving Award as college basketball's top small forward.
Moore showed his ability to play on the ball or as a slasher while taking on top defensive assignments while being ranked as the 35th overall pick in the latest mock draft by Jonathan Givony.
What an amazing journey this has been! Moore wrote on his account that he knew Duke was his home before he arrived. We have created memories and experiences that will last a long time.
Moore joins Mark Williams and Paolo Banchero in the draft.
In a statement from the school, now-retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski said he could not be more proud of the player and person that Wendell has become.
He is everything that is good about college basketball and I am so happy for him and his family.
Moore had career highs in points, assists, and assists. Through his first two seasons, the team captain shot 28.3% from behind the arc, but he improved his outside shot to 41.3%. He shot 50% from the field.
Moore started all 39 games for the Blue Devil and helped them reach the Final Four for the 13th time.
Prior to this season, Moore -- a high school recruit out of Charlotte -- etched his name into the lore of the Duke-UNC rivalry as a freshman when he scored on a putback of an airballed jumper as time expired in Duke's wild overtime victory in February 2020
The report was contributed to by the Associated Press.
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