Few high school basketball recruits have ever existed in the center of attention quite like [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag].
The top-ranked Class of 2024 prospect led Montverde Academy to an undefeated season as a senior, scrimmaged against Team USA at Olympic training camp, and signed a deal with New Balance all before he played a game with the Blue Devils.
During a Tuesday episode of The Brotherhood Podcast, Flagg’s new teammate Tyrese Proctor said he thinks that the amount of scrutiny and attention Flagg has learned to deal with can help his fellow freshmen.
“Coop’s already been in such a high caliber and class coming into college,” Proctor said. “Like, yeah, there’s a lot of expectation, but he works just as hard as anyone else does.”
Caleb Foster, another returning starter, made a point earlier in the show about how the Duke basketball spotlight heightens both positive and negative reactions, and Proctor said Flagg could help make that exact phenomenon somewhat easier.
“I feel like his experience just coming out of high school, being that guy in a sense, is going to help so many of the freshmen as well,” Proctor added.