Larry Johnson
Cooper Flagg Ought to Keep At Duke!!!
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If Larry Johnson have been in Cooper Flagg‘s big Blue Satan sneakers, he tells TMZ Sports activities he’d forgo the NBA for another yr … and keep put in Durham.
Flagg, after all, is the prohibitive favourite to go on the high of this yr’s draft … however Johnson made it clear to us he’d prefer to see the 18-year-old dangle round Duke a bit longer.
The School Basketball Corridor of Famer mentioned the additional yr of ACC ball would assist Flagg tremendously in the long term … although he is aware of it would be troublesome for {the teenager} to postpone his professional profession one other 12 or so months.
“It’s tough to turn down that money when you know you’re going to be No. 1,” he mentioned, however “to go back to Duke and spend one more year, just get them skills together a little bit more — I think that would be a pretty good idea.”
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Flagg’s had a heck of a season thus far with the Blue Devils — he and his teammates are enjoying for a spot within the nationwide championship later Saturday — and nearly each NBA draft pundit believes he is on the precipice of an enormous rookie season. However Johnson is aware of a factor or two about staying some time longer in faculty — he opted for another season at UNLV earlier than changing into the 1991 No. 1 total choose, and he says he does not remorse it in any respect.
“Heck no,” he instructed us.
Flagg will not have lengthy to decide … the draft kicks off in late June!
