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

dece

‪KeithSmithNBA‬ ‪keithsmithnba.bsky.social‬

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

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

― lag∞n, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (five minutes ago)

i could be wrong but he doesn't quite seem to be at the wemby, anthony davis, zion, blake griffin level of prospect hype bcuz his size/athleticism combo is not at that height? maybe this gets reevaluated after the season and combine and stuff in conjunction w/ his production. it seems like flagg is more in the tier of no doubt 1 no picks but not generationally hyped talents so players like cade, KAT, ben simmons, kyrie lol

again this is just my perception of how ppl are talking about him as opposed to a personal evaluation. i haven't watched basically any college bb this year

the wemby, anthony davis, zion, blake griffin level of prospect hype

also it turns out that anthony edwards should have been in this group of prospect but everyone just misevaluated his basketball skill

flagg has def been in the lower than generational talent prospect tier but with these numbers hes putting up maybe hell get there, not that it matters none of those guys you mentioned fully panned out tho webmy almost certainly will, instead the mvps are underrated guys from overseas

tho i actually left out the end of that keith smith post

As the competition has improved, so has Flagg. In almost every facet of the game too. He's a generational prospect.

https://bsky.app/profile/keithsmithnba.bsky.social/post/3lihivretus2g

uh oh guess those numbers were a little too good

‪KeithSmithNBA‬ ‪keithsmithnba.bsky.social‬

These are per-40 stats! Not per game. That's my bad for not calling that out previously.

rough game for jakucionis today gotta be some serious questions about his ability to beat nba defenders off the dribble

watched a good bit of cooper flagg yesterday. there's just very few guys in college basketball at that size who can move like that, however he doesn't pop off the screen athletically either. i wonder if this is a luka type situation where you have to put aside what the eye test wants to tell you about elite nba prospects and just go w/ the elite production and obvious overall ball skill at a young age. flagg is not not going no 1 so it's less of a real debate and more just a theoretical question. because athletically i see more of like a pascal siakam/khris middleton kinda fringe all NBA, 2 time all star type player. but he's obviously a lot better than either of those guys were at any age so

rough game for jakucionis today gotta be some serious questions about his ability to beat nba defenders off the dribble

― lag∞n, Sunday, March 23, 2025 8:09 PM (yesterday)

real 6th man vibes about his game. i like him but he isn't a top 5 pick. drafting a guard who can't play defense high also starts to box you in in terms of how you build out your team

flagg kinda reminds me of a younger and better version of sd st. kahwi leonard, if that means anything

kahwi was more skillful with more offensive tools back then (he was a couple years older), including a back to basket game, and he def was quicker off the bounce, but they both could get to the rim at will, defend anyone on the floor, and facilitate the offense whether on ball or after receiving a pass

flagg has a 40 inch vertical and he plays quite athletically gets lots of dunks 2.7 stocks a games moves really well i dont understand comparing him to a notably unathletic player like kris middleton

kasparas is a good player, noticeably less good after coming back from an injury, and after defenses realized nobody else on his team could shoot (didn't stop them from launching anyway)

just the first five plays here hes taking off in traffic a step behind the restricted circle for a dunk and getting a block with his head by the rim

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

i only watched the first half of that game but jakucionis wasnt even attempting to drive on kentucky and it wasnt like they were doubling him he just wasnt beating his man idk

I was kinda shocked to see that Baylor wing in the top 5 of a couple mock drafts. Seemed really passive

past the first two picks this draft seems very uh fluid

i do wonder if flaggs vertical is really 40" he seems more like a plus nba athlete rather than an elite one like hes more athletic than jayson tatum but less than jaylen brown

if he winds up going to spurs they will win many championships

he simply cannot go to the spurs it wouldnt be right

i do wonder if flaggs vertical is really 40" he seems more like a plus nba athlete rather than an elite one like hes more athletic than jayson tatum but less than jaylen brown

― lag∞n, Monday, March 24, 2025 11:55 AM (eight minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink

it feels like this to me

Paul George College Throwback | Drops 24 points on Seattle U!

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

PG was skinnier and has that wiry fluidity, he's taking some twisting jumpers in this video that look like t mac. cooper is more filled out at this stage and plays w/ more physicality. they both can get well above the rim but you're not seeing their dunks in your sleep

I was kinda shocked to see that Baylor wing in the top 5 of a couple mock drafts. Seemed really passive

― Heez, Monday, March 24, 2025 11:49 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago)

i think you have a really high bar to clear as a combo guard to be a top 5 pick talking ppl like d wade and james harden. i don't see that w/ edgecomb however jonathan givony was talking on the hoop collective pod last week about how baylor is kinda bad this year and in particular have horrible spacing (shot 8-22 from three in this game) so he'll prob look a lot better in the pros when he can beat his man off the dribble and have room to get to the rim. he can jump out of the gym and puts that to use in his rebounding and stock stats so he's not just an empty calorie scorer. but like w/ a lot of these players it's mostly a question of whether his overall offensive game can develop beyond just being a scorer. if he can shoot off the catch and learn to distribute he'll be like a jalen suggs level elite role player. or he could be a 7th man

you're not seeing their dunks in your sleep

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, March 24, 2025 12:16 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

id agree with this but its plenty of athleticism to be a superstar in the league, add to that flagg plays with high physicality and motor he could be generally physically dominant as a pro especially once he puts on some weight and he looks like a guy who could get a lot stronger wide shoulders big frame etc

for sure. overall i circle back to my OP about him feeling like an eye test lie

i dont really get thinking he doesnt pass the eye test seems like hes pretty much balling out to me but i guess everyones got their own eye

i do wonder if flaggs vertical is really 40" he seems more like a plus nba athlete rather than an elite one like hes more athletic than jayson tatum but less than jaylen brown

― lag∞n, Monday, March 24, 2025 11:55 AM (eight minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink

i think we're seeing the same thing

derik queen feels like a guy who will average 24 ppg for a 25-win team

interesting all the top foreign born prospects edgecombe jakucionis maluach demin are playing in the ncaa this year highest ranked guy playing in europe is traore in the middle of the first tho edgecombe went to hs in the us so he mightve been on the college track even without the nil money but hey gotta love that nil money

scouts must like it too

my less than expert assessment of what I'm seeing in flagg is that he already has a very complete package of nba-level skills, the right body type, a high motor and competitive drive, good court sense and vision. no apparent weaknesses. he should be able to excel quickly and be ROY. his current completeness as a player does make it hard to peg how close he is to his theoretical ceiling, but at his age you know there's more coming. I'm not sure he needs to have a single identifiable elite-level skill to be a future all-star.

going into this season his elite skill was seen to be defense but seems like the defense while excellent hasnt been quite as a good as expected def really good off ball but he maybe doesnt have quite the flexibility and mobility to get low and be a true on ball demon, but the offense has been better than expected his playmaking particularly i think has surprised people, but prob ultimately the reason people are so stoked on him is hes just a beast and a baller super high motor competitive intensity and also a real good feel for the game, like his handle looks a little loose his jumper slightly weird but he just gets buckets anyway, and needless to say hes an athletic dynamic physical big wing which is what everyone wants the player type that fits in everywhere

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