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Duke ahead Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 males’s basketball prospect in the highschool class of 2024, spoke concerning the sturdy reward that Naismith Basketball Corridor of Famer Kevin Garnett gave him not too long ago.
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Cooper Flagg’s response to Kevin Garnett calling him a “badass, chilly ass white boy:”
“It was positively type of a surreal feeling,” Flagg stated in response to a query from ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. “As a result of being a Celtics fan, clearly he’s a giant Celtics determine.”
KG made his remarks on the “Ticket & The Fact” podcast (dialog about Flagg begins at 25-minute mark).
Garnett stated partially (h/t Adam Taylor of Celtics Wire):
“That superstardom, that follows you.
“…Cooper, I ain’t actually heard him converse loads, however once I watch him play, he obtained famous person round him. I can see children desirous to be like that and play like that…Cooper Flagg, he gonna go to Duke, he gonna be taught one thing, however he is already polished sufficient to be on the following degree. He obtained that famous person potential.”
Givony additionally requested if Flagg noticed any comps in recreation to Garnett’s. Flagg agreed, noting the ex-Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics star’s defensive versatility and competitiveness.
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ESPN’s No. 1 draft prospect Cooper Flagg says he compares his recreation to Kevin Garnett 👀
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There is no doubt that Flagg has impressed some massive names currently, together with LeBron James and Kevin Durant, who noticed the Blue Satan in motion this summer season within the ramp-up to the Olympics.
LeBron James stated throughout an interview with Brian O’Keefe of Esquire that Flagg shall be a “big-time participant right here for Workforce USA down the highway.” And Durant had this to say in July (h/t Ben Golliver of the Washington Publish).
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Suns’ Kevin Durant on Duke’s Cooper Flagg at USA Basketball camp: “He seems like a hell of a participant. … He is 17 years outdated coming in right here enjoying like a vet virtually. No emotion. Simply going on the market and doing his job. That is signal.” pic.twitter.com/IupKki3c8T
Followers will get to see Flagg in collegiate recreation motion for the primary time on Oct. 19, when Duke hosts Lincoln College.
