Wendell Carter Jr. is ready to take his skills to the next level.
The former Duke standout said not only will he be at the top of his game in the NBA, but the other Blue Devils who declared for this year's draft will be standouts, too.
"I think even my teammates, all my teammates, weren't able to show all their strengths," Carter said, via ESPN. "That's just the college life. You buy into whatever college you go to. You do whatever you got to do to help the team win. I think, not even speaking for myself, but all my teammates, we're going to be able to show a lot more that we can do at the next level with the spacing on the floor, the fact that it's the NBA. It's not no zone like how we were playing [at times], but it's a lot more space on the court."
Carter is expected to be a top-10 draft pick, along with Marvin Bagley III. Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. are also projected to be drafted.
Even though Carter is more of a traditional big man, he said his skills will be valued on a professional level.
"The biggest thing is there's not a lot of traditional big men anymore," he said. "There's a lot of switching going on as we watch these playoffs, this Finals, they're switching almost every ball screen. The ability for a big man to stay in front of a guard and force them to take contested twos and things like that, that's very important, I think. And then simply just being able to shoot, stretch the floor, that's very important for the men."
In his lone season at Duke, Carter averaged 13.5 points with 9.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 37 minutes.
The 2018 NBA Draft will be held June 21 at 7 p.m. ET.
