Cooper Flagg Highlights Thread

[SleepingHero]

Figured we should have a dedicated place to watch all of Flagg's highlights. 

Starting off with a banger here:

[KillerLeft]

Well done. I thought about starting a Cooper Flagg thread earlier today, but didn't want to jinx anything, since they haven't picked him yet, officially. But a highlights thread seems safe.

[SleepingHero]

Well done. I thought about starting a Cooper Flagg thread earlier today, but didn't want to jinx anything, since they haven't picked him yet, officially. But a highlights thread seems safe.

Yeah I am not writing anything in stone as long as “The Basketball Terrorist” is in charge.


But highlights are benign enough and something we’d do with any prospect! So hopefully no jinxes going on here.

[Chicagojk]

Anyone have any Flagg passing highlights. When I was watching videos of Malauch, you see all the nice passes from Flagg and Kon to him for rim shots. It was one of the main reasons o really liked Kon (great feel). Kon averaged 2.7 assists. cooper averaged over 4. I think his passing is being undervalued. With everything else he does averaging over 4 assists is pretty impressive

[SleepingHero]

Anyone have any Flagg passing highlights.  When I was watching videos of Malauch, you see all the nice passes from Flagg and Kon to him for rim shots.  It was one of the main reasons o really liked Kon (great feel).  Kon averaged 2.7 assists.  cooper averaged over 4.  I think his passing is being undervalued.  With everything else he does averaging over 4 assists is pretty impressive

Aside from his full game highlights, there isn't any dedicated passing vids on him yet. But in the full game highlights you can see Cooper set up Maluach for lobs over and over.

[SleepingHero]

Back with another



Flagg was 16 here and was invited to Steph's camp. You can see all the top prospects from this years draft. Ace Bailey, Jeremiah Fears to name a few. 

But I want to draw attention to the first drill they run which is a stacking fast break. Point is to practice transition decision making with an advantage. The first 3 attempts you see with Bailey and others that they cannot even create an open shot with an advantage. Cooper comes in when it was a 4 vs. 3 and he instantly makes a simple pass to find an open 3. Then on defense, he is the ONLY dude who is talking and calling out where to go in transition. 

Subtle, but those are the things that sets him apart!!

[SleepingHero]

Back with honestly the most hype video of Flagg online. 

Some background: Flagg reclassified his senior year, meaning he graduated highschool a year early, and entered college as a freshman 1 year earlier than planned. In this video, Flagg recently turned 17, and was starting his freshman year at Duke 2 months later. 

He was the ONLY non-NBA player invited to the Olympics Select practice squad. The squad featured Brandin Podziemski, Brandon Miller, Keegan Murray, Amen Thompson, Jalen Duren, Trey Murphy III, Jabari Smith Jr, Payton Pritchard, and Jamie Jaquez to name the notable NBA players. Everyone else either was in the NBA or was a free agent at the time. 

Cooper checks in at 4:35 in the video, but I strongly encourage you to watch the entire 16 minutes. But from 4:35 to 16 minutes, you truly see how good Cooper Flagg is. Not only does he dominate, but you just hear the laughs from the crowd as Flagg is breaking Jrue Holiday's ankles, boxing out Bam, and hitting 3s over AD. My favorite part? The fact at the end how mad he is that he didn't get the last shot.

[DanSchwartzgan]

Back with honestly the most hype video of Flagg online. 

 

He will be just fine playing the three a good deal of minutes if that's how the roster shakes out.  We will run plenty of offense through him even as a rookie.  Thanks for that.

[Chicagojk]

This is really unfair to him because of what these two guys have done as pros, but I see some AD and Duncan comparisons. Both fit in really well into a team despite being the best players in college. AD and Duncan could have put up ridiculous stats but they sacrificed for the greater good. I feel the same about Flagg.

College basketball is different than when Duncan was in college. It lacked the high tier upper classman. Not every freshman ran to the draft. College basketball today is much older though. You either leave after your freshman year or you stick around 4,5 or 6 years. A lot of guys 22 or older. For Cooper being 17 and clearly be the best player in college is pretty impressive. Most of the other freshman who had big roles with their teams either had trouble winning or had major up and downs. Maybe both. Not so with Flagg.

I may rate Zion above him but the age needs to be factored. Zion was so damn good at Duke. Just hasn’t worked out in the pros.

[Winter]

The "Team Scrimmage" video is interesting for a lot of reasons.

Flagg is watching everything, and his non-ball participation is what you'd expect from any good NBA player. He boxes out, knows where he should be on the court, communicates, gives his teammates encouragement, plays a little PG, and generally runs the floor well.

The guy is in frigging high school in the video. He is playing against NBA all-stars. I don't know what his ceiling is, but what you're watching is probably his "floor" as an NBA player.... a good starter on any NBA team.

[Jmaciscool]

That's what impresses me too. Luka was obviously ready for the NBA as a rookie since he played pro overseas for so long...but to be hanging with NBA all stars as a 16 year old high schooler who's had no experience playing against pros of any kind? Very impressive.

[Chicagojk]

I really like this guys videos. I watched a few of them before the Mavs got lucky. Here is his one on Flagg.

Maybe not quite as good as the guy who did them two years ago who then joine the Sixers scouting staff, but still good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSamnrfIst4

[Winter]

Tankathon - includes videos, stats, advanced stats, comparisons, combine results, individual game stats.

https://www.tankathon.com/players/cooper-flagg

[SleepingHero]

Just a quick video. Solid performance against Arizona. One thing I've noticed watching a ton of Flagg videos is that he is very willing to throw the lob as the PnR roller.

[Winter]

Watching the above video, you almost have to think CF is going to be throwing lobs to Lively and AD at least 2-3 times a game

[Knutsen]

On offense he resembles Franz Wagner quite a bit, doesn’t he?
I think he‘s better on defense already, and if he follows a similar offensive trajectory to Franz and keeps on adding skills each and every summer he‘ll become a whale of an player in a couple of years.

[Winter]

Some "generational" talk. Nice video and commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zouT2bzsaiQ

[Winter]

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[Knutsen]

Back with honestly the most hype video of Flagg online. 

Some background: Flagg reclassified his senior year, meaning he graduated highschool a year early, and entered college as a freshman 1 year earlier than planned. In this video, Flagg recently turned 17, and was starting his freshman year at Duke 2 months later. 

He was the ONLY non-NBA player invited to the Olympics Select practice squad. The squad featured Brandin Podziemski, Brandon Miller, Keegan Murray, Amen Thompson, Jalen Duren, Trey Murphy III, Jabari Smith Jr, Payton Pritchard, and Jamie Jaquez to name the notable NBA players. Everyone else either was in the NBA or was a free agent at the time. 

Cooper checks in at 4:35 in the video, but I strongly encourage you to watch the entire 16 minutes. But from 4:35 to 16 minutes, you truly see how good Cooper Flagg is. Not only does he dominate, but you just hear the laughs from the crowd as Flagg is breaking Jrue Holiday's ankles, boxing out Bam, and hitting 3s over AD. My favorite part? The fact at the end how mad he is that he didn't get the last shot.

Here‘s a great long article going back to Flagg growing up that shows very well who he is as a player and as a person - very good read in my opinion, looking forward to him becoming a Mav: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4227...oper-flagg

[Jmaciscool]

Here‘s a great long article going back to Flagg growing up that shows very well who he is as a player and as a person - very good read in my opinion, looking forward to him becoming a Mav: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4227...oper-flagg

This was a great read, thanks for sharing