It is very likely that Cooper Flagg has more than its own weight in the NBA today, but as a rule, it must be removed from one year from high school before being professional.
Then, he chose to go to Duke, and although most predict that he is one and done, that may not be the case.
In a recent interview with “The Athletic”, Flagg, projected as the number 1 selection in the NBA draft this summer, made an impressive proclamation about his basketball future.
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Duke Blue Devils Guard, Cooper Flagg (2), observes before the game against Syracuse Orange at Jma Wireless Dome.
“S—, I want to go back next year,” said the first year student.
“I still feel like a child,” he continued. “This is the only way I have met the university. This is how I see it. I would not really know how children felt before, and if this feels different, if this feels more like being a professional. I mean, It is the same for children in high school too, they pay me a lot of money.
The 6’9 striker “has been dominating as part of team number 4 in the country, averaging 19.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per contest. It began all its 24 games played this season, shooting 48.3% from the floor and 37.0% from the deep .
Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) conducts as the Wake Forest spillers (25) defends during the second half of a university basketball game of the NCAA in Winston-Salem, NC, on Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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Flagg actually started the university season when he was 18, turning 18 only four days before Christmas. (Reclassified to graduate from high school a year earlier). It was the best qualified recruit for 2024 class and received an offer from Bryant division I before even completing high school.
The native of Newport, Maine, attended the Montverde Academy in Florida after playing his first year at Falmouth High School in his native state.
Duke’s coach Cooper Flagg (2) Jon Scheyer, on the right, during the second half of a University Basketball Party of the NCAA against the state of North Carolina in Durham, North Carolina, on Monday, January 27 of 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
It is rare that the main perspectives of the NBA spend more than a year at university today, but perhaps NIL has changed the game. Once again, it is fun to stay young, as Flagg feels.
