Exploring Cooper Flagg's Potential NCAA Return and NBA Prospects

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00:00Now, you might say to me, well, this is ridiculous.

00:03There's no chance Cooper Flagg comes back.

00:09What are the odds?

00:12You think it's 100-0?

00:13I disagree with you.

00:14I disagree with you.

00:1895-5?

00:19I'd say it's more than 5%.

00:21You can say I'm crazy.

00:24I don't think I am.

00:26Cooper Flagg looks like, to me, the vibe when he was playing at Cameron Indoor,

00:34parents at every single game, the way that Cooper Flagg talks about the history of the game, right?

00:39It's why Boston Celtics fans think that he will inevitably wear Celtic green, right?

00:45He has an admiration for the Boston Celtics that he has for the Duke Blue Devils.

00:49And ultimately, Cooper Flagg is one of the best players they've had for a single season.

01:00He's not a champion at that program.

01:03And they lost in devastating fashion.

01:06Make no bones about it.

01:08All of their losses were pretty devastating.

01:13And they kind of all involved Cooper Flagg struggling down the stretch.

01:17He's going to wear that.

01:19Now, Cooper can go to the NBA.

01:23We will look back.

01:24He was great at Duke.

01:25And he will then go on.

01:27And everyone will say he can begin his march to the max contract.

01:32Is that max contract going anywhere?

01:36Does anyone think that there's a chance that he comes back to Duke and then next year would not be selected?

01:44I still think first overall.

01:46And you can talk to me if you want about Daibansa, Boozer, Peterson.

01:49I know the guys well.

01:50They're all great players.

01:51I still think it would be Cooper Flagg.

01:53Even if he went fourth, which is a crazy and unrealistic scenario.

01:58You know, the team drafting him fourth, you don't think will give him that super max?

02:05Like, oh, but you started a year earlier.

02:08Yeah.

02:09But he might want the chance to win a national championship.

02:12And you can say it's not a guarantee that he would win it if he comes back.

02:18That's where we'll disagree again.

02:21Cooper Flagg comes back, which maybe means Conn Canipple's coming back, which definitely means Tyrese Proctor's coming back.

02:28Yeah, Duke probably should be about even money, if not minus, to win the title next year.