Is Paolo Banchero can be the NBA Rookie of 2022/2023? –Paolo Napoleon James Banchero, commonly known as Paolo Banchero, is a young professional basketball player who was born in Seattle, Washington, United States of America (USA) on November 12th, 2002 with a height of 2.08 meters and with a weight of around 84 kilograms (kg). In the NBA Draft of 2022, he becomes the 1St pick overall and Orlando Magic chooses him. When playing with the Duke Blue Devils, his natural position is Power forward.


The Paolo Banchero family is a multicultural family. Rhonda Smith-Banchero is of African American descent and his father, Mario Banchero, is Italian descent. His basketball talent may be inherited from his biological mother, Rhonda Smith-Banchero. Rondha Banchero is the former basketball player of Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) that was ever played for Seattle Reign, Portland Power, and Sacramento Monarchs. In NCAA of 2021/2022, Paolo Banchero played for Duke Blue Devils which includes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Historically, this team has won 5 times of NCAA (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015). Historically, Zion Williamson, Luol Deng, Grant Hill, Brandon Ingram, Shane Battier, and Kyrie Irving are some alumni of NBA players that ever played for Duke Blue Devils.


Basically, he has many recognitions after his performance at a young age. He was the part of Consensus second-team All-American (2022), First-team All-ACC (2022), ACC All-Rookie Team (2022), McDonald’s All-American (2021), Jordan Brand Classic (2021), Nike Hoop Summit (2021). In 2021/2022 of NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) tournament with 68 participants, Banchero played well with scoring 22 points against Texas Tech. Of 39 total games of NCAA 2021-2022 with average 33 minutes per game (mpg) , he has 17.2 of points per game (ppg), 47% of Field Goal Percentage (FGP), 33% of 3 Point percentage, 72% of free-throw percentage, 7.8 Rebound per games, 3.2 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game. Based on the honor, he became Gatorade Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year (2022), and MaxPreps National Junior of the Year in 2020.
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