Video: Duke’s Cooper Flagg Talks ‘Surreal’ Reward from NBA Legend Kevin Garnett

Duke ahead Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 males’s basketball prospect in the highschool class of 2024, spoke in regards to the sturdy reward that Naismith Basketball Corridor of Famer Kevin Garnett gave him just lately.

“It was positively form 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 Reality” 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 quite a bit, however after I watch him play, he obtained famous person round him. I can see children eager 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 subsequent stage. 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.

There isn’t any doubt that Flagg has impressed some large names recently, together with LeBron James and Kevin Durant, who noticed the Blue Satan in motion this summer time within the ramp-up to the Olympics.

LeBron James stated throughout an interview with Brian O’Keefe of Esquire that Flagg will likely be a “big-time participant right here for Staff USA down the highway.” And Durant had this to say in July (h/t Ben Golliver of the Washington Put up).

Followers will get to see Flagg in collegiate recreation motion for the primary time on Oct. 19, when Duke hosts Lincoln College.