Capture The Flagg is officially on.
Duke Superstar Cooper Flagg announced via Instagram his intention to grasp the draft of the NBA 2025.
“Duke has always been a dream for me, but I am delighted to announce that I will enter my name in the 2025 draft,” said Flagg in the video,
Duke’s social media account added a message on their social media, “League following. Duke Forever. Thank you, Cooper Flagg !!”
Flagg collected on average 19.2 points per match with 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists during his first year.
The 18 -year -old also proved to be a versatile player with 1.4 blocks and 1.4 interceptions per game.
His team lost in the Final Four against a solid team from Houston Cougars, who finally lost against the Florida Gators, winner of a national title.
Flagg, in all likelihood, will be the n ° 1 choice of the draft, joining Paolo Banchero, Zion Williamson, Kyrie Irving, Elton Brand and Art Heyman as the sixth player in Duke’s history to be selected first.
Any team with Espoirs de series Terne was Tanking for Flagg at the end of the NBA regular season, Utah Jazz finishing a silhouette of the League 17-65.
They have 14% chance of winning the lottery and the right to write the prized prospect.
Utah is twinned with Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets with 14% chance of winning the lottery, while Pélicans arrive at 12.5%.
The Brooklyn Nets arrive at n ° 6 with a chance of nine percent to catch the choice n ° 1.
We expected that Flagg declares for the draft of the NBA, although there were speculations according to which if a winning team of the lottery was not a favorite destination for Flagg, he would stay in school for another season and would collect another day of pay.
The deadline to withdraw from the NBA project and keep the admissibility in college is May 28, but it does not seem to be a thought in the spirit of Flagg at this stage.
The NBA Recovery Lottery Floors will be decided on May 12, where the front office of each team will be on the edge of its headquarters.