17-year-old [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] won’t play for the United States this summer in Paris, but after the country’s Olympic training camp, he was the only person anybody wanted to talk about.
Flagg went viral multiple times, including one stretch of back-to-back baskets during a Monday scrimmage. Scouts and coaches said he might have been the best player on the Select Team, which featured nothing but NBA starters, and Kevin Durant and other players sang his praises.
During a Thursday segment on ESPN’s Get Up, basketball analyst Seth Greenberg said college fans better get used to Flagg getting all the attention in the basketball world.
“That is a bad dude. He’s a generational talent,” Greenberg said.
The longtime college basketball personality praised Flagg as a three-level scorer, detailing him as a threat both in the paint and from beyond the 3-point line.
“You’re going to listen and see him every single night on SportsCenter, on Get Up, on First Take,” Greenberg concluded.
"That is a bad dude. He's a generational talent. … Next year, America … you're going to listen and see him every single night."
—@SethOnHoops on Duke freshman Cooper Flagg 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WdktmAx3z2
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) July 11, 2024
Check out Duke Wire’s predictions for Flagg’s freshman stats (as well as predictions for all six freshmen) here.