How good is Cooper Flagg?

[knoxvol52]

C'mon, Larry Bird took a bunch of plumbers at Indiana State to an undefeated season and the Championship game vs Magic and MI State which they lost by less than 10 points. Bird had a coach who was barely over .500 wins in his career. He had nothing.

Flagg is playing at Duke with a more than decent set of teammates.

An honorable mention: Steph Curry at Davidson had little support and some teams would run a triangle and 2, double teaming Curry the whole game. In 2008, they knocked off Georgetown and Wisconsin before running into Kansas and losing by 2 points.

Flagg is good, very good, but he's no Larry Bird as a college player.

Danny Manning at Kansas says hold my beer... 1988 Danny and the Miracles..

 

[LivinginthePast]

I think Duke stomps Houston. They won’t miss as many shots as we did in the first half. We should have won. But that’s basketball and life as they say.

 

[n_huffhines]

I think Duke stomps Houston. They won’t miss as many shots as we did in the first half. We should have won. But that’s basketball and life as they say.

They are very, very good and beat us by 19. It should have been a better game, but "we should have won" is crazy talk. They can beat Duke, but Duke's size will probably be too much for them, an advantage we didn't have.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

They are very, very good and beat us by 19. It should have been a better game, but "we should have won" is crazy talk. They can beat Duke, but Duke's size will probably be too much for them, an advantage we didn't have.

Whoever rebounds well will have an advantage and if Duke can be strong with the ball they should win. This will be the most physical game Duke will play all season no matter the outcome.

 

[n_huffhines]

Whoever rebounds well will have an advantage and if Duke can be strong with the ball they should win. This will be the most physical game Duke will play all season no matter the outcome.

It just doesn't seem like they're going to get better shots than you guys, or beat you on the glass. They'll beat you if you're sloppy with the ball and/or the shooting results are weird.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

It just doesn't seem like they're going to get better shots than you guys, or beat you on the glass. They'll beat you if you're sloppy with the ball and/or the shooting results are weird.

I think if Duke comes out in the first 10 minutes and handles the pressure that will be thrown at them they will be ok. I’m not worried about Duke’s defense and I’m not too concerned about rebounding, but just handling the early on ball traps off the pick and roll and things that get them off schedule. I’m confident Scheyer will be as well prepared as anyone can be in college basketball, bc he’s an excellent offensive coach and play caller. It will be interesting to see how this game is officiated. Hopefully the referees don’t call it like the Arizona game, where their influence completely ruined the flow of the game.

 

[wmcovol]

He’s good. Very good. Has all the skills necessary. Unfortunately instead of spending 3 or 4 years in college to develop, he’ll play 1. Still think he’ll be a great pro

 

[DirtyDawg]

Yeah, the kid is really good