Cooper Flagg Could most likely have more than his own weight in the NBA today, but as a rule he must be removed from high school before he becomes pro.
So he chose to go to DukeAnd although most predicts that he is a one-and-doe, that may not be the case.
In a recent interview with “The Athletic”, the number 1 selection in the NBA design is expected to make a stunning proclamation about his basketball fitus.
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Duke Blue Devils Guard Cooper Flagg (2) watches the Syracuse Orange at the JMA Wireless Dome prior to the match.
“S—, I want to come back next year,” said the first -year student.
“I still feel like a child,” he went on. “This is the only way I have ever known the university. That’s how I see it. I really wouldn’t know how children felt earlier, and if this feels different, if this feels more like a professional. I mean, it Is the same for children in high school, who is paid a lot of money.
The 6’9 “Forward dominates as part of the No. 4 team in the country, on average 19.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. He started from deep.
Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) drives while Wake Forest’s Tre’von Spillers (25) defends during the second half of a NCAA College Basketball match in Winston-Salem, NC, Saturday 25 January 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Mckeown)
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Flagg actually started the college season as a 17-year-old and became 18 only four days before Christmas. (He reclassified to graduate in high school a year earlier.) He was the highest rated recruit in the class of 2024 and received a division that I received from Bryant from Bryant before he even completed high school.
The Newport, Maine, resident went to the Montverde Academy in Florida after playing his first year at Falmouth High School in his home.
Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) High-Fives head coach Jon Scheyer, right, during the second half of an NCAA College Basketball match against North Carolina State in Durham, NC, Monday 27 January 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Mckeown)
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It is quite unusual for TOP NBA Provens Nowadays spending more than a year at the university, but perhaps Nil has changed the game. Again, it’s nice to stay young, as Flagg feels.
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