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Cooper Flagg has over 700,000 Instagram followers, but for a couple young lads who wanted to be among the select 678 accounts Flagg follows himself, they had to earn it. The aspiring ballers hit the hardwood for a game of 2-on-1 against Flagg — and got more than they bargained for.
Flagg showed no mercy in defeating them. They hoped to emerge from taking that "L" with a mutual follow, which Flagg obliged under the condition that they run sprints up and down the court.
https://twitter.com/DukeMBB/status/1796721427065819341
Good look here by Flagg to engage the youths who look up to him. Not to mention, his prescribed running session is good for the boys in the long run if they want to get in peak physical condition and someday perhaps earn a scholarship to Duke or another top-flight college hoops program.
These youthful ballers picked a great guy to pick up a thing or two from. Some version of "winning doesn't teach you anything" is a cliché for a reason. It actually applies to the kids who got schooled in 2-on-1, and what Flagg most recently did on the court by
capping his high school career with a national title. Mere further confirmation that Flagg is all that and the proverbial bag of chips. Seemingly destined to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. From what little we see of Flagg in this footage released by Duke, he seems to have a good head on his shoulders to handle the hype.
DraftKings lists the Blue Devils at +1200 to win the national championship next season, behind only reigning
back-to-back champs UConn (+900) and Kansas (+1000). The Huskies seem like an unstoppable force at this point. If anyone can stop them, though, Duke has as good a chance as anyone thanks to Flagg's arrival. Although he's the runaway
consensus No. 1 recruit in the country, Flagg isn't the only reason to be bullish on the Blue Devils. They're welcoming three
additional 5-star players in their potentially legendary class of 2024 in center Khaman Maluach, and wings Isaiah Evans and Kon Knueppel.
It'll be a while before the youngins Flagg shared the court with are ready to commit to colleges — hopefully as blue-chip recruits in their own right. In the meantime, at least they can say they're followed back by Flagg on the social medias — well before such a thing reaches its apex of coolness. How's that for bragging rights at school?
And to be fair to these brave souls who dared to square off with Flagg, very few humans on the planet can do much to stop him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO25sg3iuy0&pp=ygUXY29vcGVyIGZsYWdnIGhpZ2hsaWdodHM%3D
