Cooper Flagg’s Possible Uncertain Future and NCAA Tensions

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00:00Cooper has not made the decision yet.

00:03He had an interview just a couple of days ago,

00:05maybe even just yesterday with ESPN,

00:07where if I'm trying to read body language

00:10and, you know, word selection,

00:13I think he is going to declare.

00:15Everybody thinks he's going to declare.

00:17I do think Cooper Flagg is heartbroken

00:19that he didn't close it out

00:20with a national championship

00:22because they collapsed against Houston

00:24and everything suggests

00:26they would have cracked Florida

00:27had they played him.

00:30But until Cooper says I'm leaving,

00:32because sometimes guys run to tell you they're leaving.

00:34I think Lonzo declared in the locker room

00:37of the NCAA tournament loss

00:38that they took to Kentucky.

00:41If until Cooper says he's going, coach,

00:44I am waiting for that news to drop

00:48because if he stuns everyone and goes back,

00:51it's one of the biggest stories in basketball.

00:54It is the biggest story.

00:56And you have to think about where off the bat is.

00:58If he comes back, two things I need to know

01:02is what is his NIL he's getting for that year,

01:05which would smash everything that we've ever seen,

01:09and what's the insurance policy in case he gets hurt?

01:13Those are two things that I think need to be talked about

01:16and discussed.

01:16But this is a kid that I think generally loved being in college.

01:21He loved the atmosphere.

01:23He loves the guys.

01:23He loves the team.

01:25So to me, it's kind of like it's easier for him to say,

01:30if they win that championship, did my job,

01:32I'm going to the pro.

01:34But I feel, I generally feel he has unfinished business at Duke.

01:40I do think he's going pro.

01:41But if he came back with the Bulls or Twins,

01:46and Kevin and I talked about this during the NCAA tournament,

01:48then the skunk and nipple turn around and say,

01:52psh, run it back.

01:54Yeah, you're not going to win without me.

01:56Now you're looking at Duke as what?

01:58Two to one?

01:59Probably.

02:00Three to one?

02:01Max, Tom, to win the national championship.

02:03I'm of the belief that he has unfinished business,

02:06and I would be less shocked than most people

02:10if he decides to stay.

02:11That's what it comes down to.

02:12And there's a lot of ramifications

02:14because there are betting odds on which team will get him.

02:16It will impact win totals for next year in the NBA.

02:20It will impact draft position moving forward.

02:23It will impact free agency decisions

02:25because some teams just may not put together

02:27good, strong free agent classes.

02:29Can you imagine a tank next year if he comes back?

02:31I'm saying teams will not go out and sign people this year

02:35knowing that he's actually coming out next year.

02:37He's going to play for the Utah Jazz next year.

02:38We could get a 10-day contract.

02:42That's what it comes to.

02:42So it's not just will he, which, as you alluded to,

02:45they'd be two to one, two and a half to one at best,

02:48but it impacts win totals for next year,

02:50impacts all of those things across the NBA.

02:52Yeah, the rookie of the year race obviously would be,

02:54you know, completely different than what the expectations

02:56of it all would be.

02:59And, yes, it's a hypothetical, but Cooper Flagg is so good

03:03that they've been hanging team-to-draft Cooper Flagg odds

03:05the whole season.

03:07They're like, well, he's just going to go first

03:09and he's going to leave,

03:09and that's what the situation has been.

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