BY MATT WHITFIELD
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Trae Young, a smooth and skilled Class of 2017 point guard out of Norman (OK) North High, will visit Duke on Sunday and the Blue Devils appear high on his list due to personal and basketball reasons.
“I’m heading there [to Duke] with my eyes open to everything and I’m going to listen to everything they have to say,” Young said at the NBPA Top 100 Camp here. “Building a relationship with Coach [Jon] Scheyer and Coach K has been awesome. I’m going to go there and enjoy it and have my eyes open…I’ll be heading there Sunday after camp.”
Young’s father, Rayford Young, played basketball at Texas Tech and has been helping Trae through the recruiting process.
“He’s basically telling me his chapter is done and mine is just starting but he gives me a lot of advice like, just listen to everything coach has to say and look who’s staying and going and look who’s all going to be on the roster just stuff like that,” said Trae Young.
Young’s family also has a connection with Duke assistant Jeff Capel: Trae was actually a ball boy for Capel at Oklahoma back when Capel coached there.
“When Jeff Capel lived in Oklahoma and coached at OU our family was really close,” he said. “I used to be a ball boy there, too.”
Young has yet to get an offer from Duke but he stated they have strong interest.
“They compare me to when Tyus Jones was in high school offering him his sophomore summer so there’s a lot of stuff we talk about,” said Young.
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