Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje is the best prospect in the world outside of the NBA, and Duke is next

Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje was able to quietly develop outside of the basketball hype machine for the bulk of his teenage years. He started to lose his cloak of anonymity when he committed to Duke in May, and only two months later, there’s no denying he’s already on his way to becoming basketball’s next big thing. Boumtje Boumtje led the United States to a gold medal at the FIBA U17 World Cup over the weekend with a star-making run for the ages on his way to tournament MVP honors. Almost overnight, it feels like he’s blossomed into the best prospect in the world outside of the NBA and the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2028 draft.