this is the quote that the social media aggregators have twisted into Flagg not entering the draft this year and trying to avoid being drafted by teams that are at the top of the lottery every year, this is damn near what all prospects say. the author even had to come out and put a stop to the bs.
It was long ago accepted that he'd be the best player in college basketball this season. But could he be the best freshman ever?
www.nytimes.com
“Generational,” Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes called him recently. “I’ve coached against some great players in my career. He’d be one of them. Got a list of Kevin Durant or Derrick Rose or … Kawhi Leonard … (Flagg) is on that level.”
Such praise, and Flagg’s name milling alongside mega-watt stars, has become commonplace. Yet everyone knows we are nowhere close to the crescendo of the Cooper Flagg hype train. That’s still coming. So, as every national spotlight simultaneously turns toward this teenager, an unspoken rule has emerged on Duke’s campus:
Let the young man have his peace, and the little time he has left.
Because if it weren’t for what’s coming, he’d hold onto this as long as he could.
“S—,” Cooper says, “I want to come back next year.”