nba prospects

ive flagg mania mate

COOPER FLAGG AT THE BUZZER 🚨

HE SENDS IT TO OT 🤯

Watch NOW in the NBA App: https://t.co/rrdQfp9U4z pic.twitter.com/VV5lVo3LvU

— NBA (@NBA) August 20, 2023

he just reclassified and so will be in the nba in one more year

the defense is obvs insane hes a very big wing with elite shot blocking and stealing ability but the creative finishing/nose for the basket stand out too he has the scorers mindtype

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9DwSGq8QE

he just reclassified and so will be in the nba in one more year

― lag∞n, Sunday, August 20, 2023 10:51 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

*two more years, on track for 2025 draft

just in time for when the spurs have 3 first rounders

flagg update

Cooper Flagg’s mom and Donovan Clingan’s mom were teammates at the University of Maine.

On Flagg’s official visit to UConn this weekend, they pair were able to do this photo shoot while each wearing their mom’s jersey.

▪️Stacey (Porrini) Clingan ranks 17th on Maine's all-time… pic.twitter.com/4SjDHdJxKg

— Jamie Shaw (@JamieShaw5) September 27, 2023

watching a video of cooper flaggs team montverde academy layup line and they were all dunking i was like whats going on here not even all nba players can dunk i looked and they have six players in espns top 50 prospects lol

copper flag

https://i.imgur.com/YnPfHLR.png

USC freshman Bronny James is declaring for the 2024 NBA Draft. James, 19, also is entering NCAA transfer portal to maintain flexibility. The combo guard will work out for and visit NBA teams and make a draft decision based on evaluation. pic.twitter.com/azJgWNNqmQ

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 5, 2024

congratulations to future laker lebron james jr

I can't see which team drafts him and then ransom-offers him to the Lakers

+"wait to" lol

would lebron really turn down $50m next season and leave the lakers to go play with his son, im dubious, would the lakers take bronny in the second round to please lebron yeah i think they would, doesnt seem like theres a deal in place tho considering he kept his college options open

seems like lebron could make bronny about as much money by making some endorsement deals in partnership with bronny under NIL provisions as bronny could make in guaranteed money as a mid-2nd round pick.

he wants to play on the same team as him tho, we dont know what bonny wants

imagine having GM lebron being the manager of your basketball career forever

GM durant vs GM bron: a hoops poll

our friend cooper wrecking the olympic team

Duke commit Cooper Flagg has taken over USA Basketball scrimmage: hits a three and then finishes a tough putback pic.twitter.com/SB3Y4fDpYt

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 8, 2024

the beautiful genius cooper flagg

Reporter: “Best NBA player of all time?”

Cooper Flagg: “Michael Jordan.”

Reporter: “Best NBA team of all time?”

CF: “1985-86 Celtics.”

Reporter: “Best defender of all time?”

CF: “Kawhi Leonard.”

(via @SLAMonline / TT)pic.twitter.com/GCxRIroCtB

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 9, 2024

pre game hype song: faneto
best jordans: 4s

this kid just gets it

NBA teams better be careful trading those unprotected 2026 draft picks 😬

( via @ADybantsa ) pic.twitter.com/HsYtQX5Yle

— ENJ🏀Y (@EnjoyBBall) September 26, 2024

i have heard this guy is the next next big thing

cant wait for that atl pick swap to cash in

that draft also has boozer jr

it's rare for a draft to lack a top pick or two that feel especially attractive and valuable. what's rare is a kareem, lebron, or wembanyama that feels like a generational talent.

just reading up on the draft

https://i.imgur.com/R3c4boG.png

boogie fland is nice

boogie fland is nice

so nice it posted twice

heard todd bonzalez is really impressing the scouts

lol

thinking dylan harper might go #1 obvs a ways to go but whoever has the pick has an interesting decision to make between the natural baller elite scorer big guard in harper and the all around game big wing cooper flagg

i’m still not used to the name “furphy”

makes more sense if you say it in an aus accent

me, an early 20th century immigrant coming to america with nothing but my fursuit and dropkick murphy collection: i wonder what i should put for my last name

America is the land of the Fursuit of Happ6.

Happiness. Thanks autocorrect.

COOPER FLAGG JUST WENT COAST-TO-COAST AND POSTERIZED THE DEFENDER 😱🔥

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Z5jcZ756ew

— ESPN (@espn) January 8, 2025

idk i think this guy might be good

Look at where Cooper Flagg just dunked from WITH NO DRIBBLE 🤯 pic.twitter.com/TIWOtH1Jr4

— Mark Jackson’s Burner (@casualtakeking) January 11, 2025

hooper flagg

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Cooper Flagg in ACC conference play:

16 games
27.1 PPG
53.2% FG%
44.4% 3P% on 4.9 3PA/game
84.6% FT% on 8.1 FTA/game
8.9 RPG
5.0 APG
1.9 SPG
1.3 BPG
2.9 TOPG

consensus on him has been very good but not super elite prospect, those numbers however, hes one of the youngest players in college ball too

acc is pretty weak this year, but it is very clear that he is a super high iq guy, super athletic with no real weaknesses to his game on the college level. his handle and shot are not yet nba elite, but he's gonna be gooood

banannas

bandannas

high motor too physical huge frame scrappy gotta love it

seems like the only thing keeping him from the uppermost echelon of prospects is not being a super freak athlete, but perhaps that is slightly overrated anyway

his vertical is reported as 40", physically i think hes freak, all things considered he might be a super freak

id say the only thing maybe holding him back is that he tends more towards relying on hustle and physicality rather than being a super high level skill guy, maybe a little more siakam than tatum, but his ceiling is prob a more active athletic physical tatum which needless to say would be a perennial top guy

the ringer's main player comparison for him was scottie pippen, who is not a player who inspires a lot of comps from scouts

i dont really see it pippen was a big wing who moved like a guard, i think hes more of a tatum if the smooth–beast slider was considerably further to the beast side than tatums settings

kon knueppel…is good

very skilled player for sure

his name is weird tho

his summer hoops clinic should be called kon academy

flagg flexibility test

https://i.imgur.com/xkEq4Fi.png

from this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk-HImlaUYU

pull up game was sick last night. his decisions as a distributor were really impressive. the alley oop pass he threw near the end that the other guy wasn't able to finish (knueppel was fouled on the rebound) was so jokic-esque that you can easily picture aaron gordon on the other end of it

he really likes to meet bigs in the air -- like jump directly into their bodies -- and he's good, at this level, at using that contact to his advantage while in the air. as he gets into his mid 20s he should get to the line a ton. i think at least earlier in his career he may have to get more flexible/creative around the rim -- the way tatum can really slither around bigs -- bcuz it's a different thing to be throwing yourself off guys like zubac. but that's footwork stuff that is prob teachable. and he has good touch from floater range

his name is weird tho

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 27, 2025 10:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

konka nipple

this is what you want when youre playing scrubs make em look like scrubs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTCXQX48QwY

cam boozer 33pts in his first game or glorified scrimmage or w/e it was

2nd stacked draft in a row?

kids are just getting really good at hoops is out i break it down

feel like aj dybantsa and cam boozer have gotten more press but seems like a lot of the draft nerds are treating darryn peterson as a lock for #1 which is wild considering those other two gusy have top tier talent and play more sought after positions where peterson is a guard, he must be really good

positionally actually im not sure about boozer dybantsa is a big wing so we know everyone loves that if boozer is a pure 4 tho then positionally its not that special but if he can play some center too with his skills he becomes really valuable

he is roughly carols boozer sized and he played center, tho not sure how good of a defender he was which is the thing that really matters

lol carols boozer

from what i've seen from peterson he basically looks like everything you'd want in a number 1 pick, minus about 2-3 inches. someone like tatum came to mind, maybe it's more of a cade cunningham big combo guard kinda thing, not sure where peterson is at as a passer/distributor but he can definitely handle the ball for himself and is a super smooth scorer

seems like peterson has way more sauce than tatum or cade who are more large hard workers, peterson is just a baller and a half from what i can tell crazy touch getting wherever he wants great defender too apparently

must be some sort of freak athlete too

Yeah I got really bummed that the two top prospects play Jalen Johnson’s position so I was checking out the mocks and was happy to see a guard at the top. If Trae sucks this year, the hawks will have a nice replacement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IWewxPpEgw

cameron boozer is gonna be a fascinating case. he may end up as the most famous prospect in this class but i watch this and think, ok what i am seeing is georges niang if he was in better shape…. so, am i just completely insane or ???

that is completely insane lol, guys who can put up numbers like that as a freshman against top level college competition are basically guaranteed nba stars, and the particularities of his game would lead you to the same conclusion hes just very skilled in all areas has great feel gets buckets and is a beast smashing into everyone and so forth plus you have to give him the second generation bump, if you wanted to deduct points itd prob be for physical stuff hes not an elite nba athlete and his hulk smash routine maybe wont work quite as well in the pros where guys are bigger and stronger, which is why hell prob go third tho in many years hed be going one

watching those clips something that stands out is how well he moves, underrated physical attribute, big contrast to the minivan, hes also processing super quickly, which is a nice combo puts him a half a step ahead

hes slick too that lil post pivot move at 1:35, taking it coast to coast through contact on another play

24-23 vs a ranked team!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uDw2UHWFOU

23 rebounds in a college game shouldnt be possible, it was an exhibition game but still

i just can’t think of an NBA player with this body type who plays almost entirely under the rim and isn’t a shooter but is still a great player — julius randle is probably the closest i can come up with? michael beasley? if he was an insane athlete he could be blake griffin, if he was 2-3 inches taller he could be paolo banchero. if he played in the 80s he could be charles barkley? alas

collin murray boyles is basically this body type & had a similar post centric game playing the 5 in college, but he was also considered a borderline elite defensive prospect at that size who could give you draymond style play as his offensive game came along. i haven’t watched a full duke game so idk about boozer’s defense but i haven’t heard anything like that mentioned with him

going back to okafor teams have fallen for this specific kinda duke post player before, marvin bagley would be the other. vernon carey jr was a player the NBA didn’t fall for but is very similar and had the exact same role at duke. they have the ability to make groundbound post players look good

boozer is a skilled player, he will prob find a role in the league, if he falls somewhere between julius randle and collin murray boyles he’ll prob play for a long time. but i have trouble squaring his size + attributes w/ the idea that he should be anywhere near the top of the draft in what is allegedly a historically loaded class

i guess we never got to see “michael beasley but not clinically insane” so maybe that’s what this is? is that a top 3 pick? maybe?

the one three he makes in that tennessee game looks good, if a team can get him shooting at some level of volume from out there then it becomes a different story. he is a decent passer. i also see tons of clips of him scoring at the rim in a way that just isn’t gonna happen at the NBA level, some angel reese esque possessions in those highlights. idk. he’s gonna have to completely change the way he scores imo, maybe the underlying skills are so good that he can do that, it just feels like a lot of projection for an undersized player for me, to be talking about top 3 or 5 in the draft

georges niang, michael beasley, angel reese, those are some wild comps did cam boozer kill your dog or something, anyway hes not undersized he is a shooter and he can score in all the ways, not sure where youre getting this stuff from

the thing we should be asking ourselves is can he play center in the nba, he has the size and skills to be a perfect 4 but if he can at least some of the time slide over to center and hold up on defense my god maybe he should go 1, hes super strong and has long arms so maybe

i don’t think michael beasley is an insulting comp, he was a historically dominant college player especially on the glass and a top 2 pick in a great draft. he didn’t work out prob mostly bcuz of mental/character stuff but i think that one is pretty fair. julius randle is good! (so people say)

sam vecenie wrote recently that to compensate for being short for his position boozer started working on his outside game, that’s the right impulse ofc and maybe that part of his game continues to grow and he becomes some super unique special player, his shot looks good. however the way he scores at the rim in college just isn’t gonna fly around NBA athletes idk what to say, he’s gonna have to become more creative in how he finishes or keep morphing from a center into like a big point forward. but idk if he can dribble like that

like a scenario where boozer is trying to work the post like this against idk bam, duren, jarrett allen etc real nba centers i’m not sure i think he’d score a single point? so the rest of his game really needs to flourish. if he can become a stretch 5 who can pump fake and then drive to the rim with the other team’s center out of the way then i can see the path for a good player but it still seems like a role player to me, even if he’s a good one. late lottery, sure

these will be interesting posts to look back to in a few years

i see what you're saying j0rd in so far as his low post moves are taking advantage of the far inferior man defense skills of the competition, but he's getting the buckets so he doesn't really have strong motivation to change his approach now. doesn't mean he won't be able to shift in the pros

is he big enough to play the 5 on defense? I’m seeing him listed at 6-9

the nba community will never know peace as long as there are tweener bigs with questionable outside shooting

hes shooting 38% from 3 on 4 attempts a game, obvs small sample could just be on a heater but the shot looks good and hes launching without hesitation

is he big enough to play the 5 on defense? I’m seeing him listed at 6-9

― comrade jhøsh (k3vin k.), Friday, November 28, 2025 12:09 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

hes def short but hes really strong and i cant find a wingspan measurement but his arms look long, could be a draymond type center, obvs you cant ask him to have draymond defensive talent but a just super strong mobile low center of gravity long arms making up for lack of height guy is a thing that could work, even if its only part time having that positional flexibility would be huge and having a guy with his offensive skills playing center would be very sick

i doubt boozer will be as low post focused in the league but hes got the rest of the game working too kinda doubt itll be too difficult for him to swap out some of those low post possessions for like elbow touches dribble hand offs and whatnot, could also see his post game being viable in the league if he can pass well from there but dont really have a sense if hes got that in his bag, he also just seems like a really opportunistic quick reader of the game so i suspect hell be able to find all sorts of shots

i think a favorable comp of a current player would be sengun, not hugely physically gifted but just amazing feel for the game and skill as a big. you see boozer make some nice functional cross court passes, sengun i think has more like savant level feel but boozer seems to be closer to the higher end of that spectrum than a lot of bigs. but the key thing w/ sengun is that he grew a few inches after being drafted which made him a much cleaner fit at the 5 than it looked like he’d be as a rookie

and even then the rockets basically have decided to play him with another 5, if the league’s trending back towards bigness is more than a momentary blip than perhaps boozer already has enough feel and shooting to play as a 4 next to another big without compromising the offense. have to imagine teams that really like him as a prospect have something like that in mind

thing about sengun that prevents him from being a 5 is hes not a good defender, he has the size but just doesnt have the stuff, if he could protect the rim hed be insanely good, still pretty good tho, id agree that teams are prob looking at boozer as a 4 where i think hes a pretty clean fit, but if he can play some 5 even if its just small ball looks that raises his ceiling a lot

Peterson played his first game for Kansas.

darryn peterson is a fascinating guy to watch. very unique athlete, aesthetically, he plays like he teleported here from 1987

jamal crawford coaching his son, and tyran stokes the #1 player in the country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyeGk9hjV4

getting kawhi-ish vibes from darryn peterson this season (complimentary and derogatory)

just as long as he doesnt have any uncles

Was watching some clips of Peja's Stojakovic's kid Andrej who is playing for Illinois. Seems like pretty solid all-arounder