The NBA had a premonition Cooper Flagg was bound for future superstardom long before he put on a Duke jersey. It was the NBA’s interest that convinced Flagg to reclassify, essentially skipping his senior year of high school to enroll in college at just 17 years old.

Expectations are high for Cooper Flagg, mainly because of his exceptional combination of skills at such a young age, his history of success in youth competition and the projections