The Cooper Flagg’s university basketball phenomenon declared for the NBA draft in June, while it expects to be selected with choice n ° 1.
The 18 -year -old had until April 26 to announce his decision and, with the deadline of Saturday, he officially confirmed his next steps.
Flagg should become a student-athlete to one and made after reaching the Final Four of the NCAA championship in his first year with Duke.
On Monday, the teenager published a video declaration on social networks, confirming that he becomes a professional and that it marks “just the start”.
“ Duke fans, my teammates, the brotherhood and all those who were online for this trip, it was an incredible year – probably the best year of my life – and I have so much gratitude, I feel so blessed for all the opportunities that had been given to me, ” said Flagg.
“Duke has always been a dream for me. But I am delighted to announce that I will enter my name in the draft of the NBA 2025. Today is only the beginning but I have the brotherhood with me for life.
Flagg is the most exciting perspective in basketball and Duke paid tribute to the first year after his announcement. ‘Next league. Duke Forever ” wrote Blue Devils on social networks.
“I’m really proud of Cooper for the special season he had this year. I think the distinctions speak for themselves-winning all the prizes of the national player of the year, “said Duke’s head coach Jon Scheyer.
“This highlights his statistics, the way he had an impact on the game – at both ends of the soil, really in all categories – was outside the charts.”
“As good as a first year season as a guy had here. But for me, the separator and the joy of coaching Cooper is the person he was every day. The teammate he was.
“Never on statistics or something other than creating an environment and helping your team win.
“We have won a lot of games and have had a lot of success and many times this environment is created from your best player and Cooper has done an incredible job in each facet of our program – on and off the field.”
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