Cooper Flagg Discussion Thread

[QUOTE=GOBB;14988265]Ultimate glue guy.[/QUOTE]


Yeah. I'd really like to see him go to a team thats already got a few pieces. Like Portland, or one of the East play-in teams that might end up in the lotto like Miami or Atlanta. Altho lottery probability doesnt favor that clearly.

I dont know that hes a guy you stick on the Wizards or the Jazz and say "ok, now lift this thing up." Actually I think itd be really cool to see him get paired with Zion, but I dunno how much longer New Orleans stays committed to Zion and vice versa.

Tbh I wanna see Portland land him, and then see Maxey force a trade to Portland to join him. Those guys can match each other's energy, and theres some other solid pieces there.



Leave The Big Sob and Podcast P in Philly :crazysam:

Adam Morrison was not as physical as Flagg, but a much more potent scorer in his last year in college

[QUOTE=Carbine;14988248]I don't see superstar. He's not good enough with the ball in his hands and he's never going to be an off ball 3 pt assassin like Curry.

I also think his defense as it relates to the NBA level is way overrated. He's not a generational perimeter/interior defender combo at all.

#2 guy on a title team most likely. Still great to have.[/QUOTE]

Not how it works. He could bust asses on offense right now.

He’d get a decently efficient 20/5 on an NBA offense immediately.

A lot of getting better at basketball is just learning the tricks and and timing your body gives you an edge to do. There is no way he’s even learned half of his total ability to generate shots at 19.

That’s really where age shows up as valuable in the NBA. There are athletic 30 years who are as as fast or faster than 20 year olds. But it’s the learning curve of your own instincts and game. To be as good as he is at 19, means he will figure out how to utterly dominate by 23.

Look at how Wiggins improved at like 26 or some shit with Golden State. He learned how to rebound in one summer. Idiot could've learned that at 21. But didn’t have the drive to.

As long as Cooper is hard working, he will be a superstar at this rate.


Edit: The dude is actually still 18. God damn. Insane to write his ceiling off.

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Leave The Big Sob and Podcast P in Philly :crazysam:[/QUOTE]

:lol

[QUOTE=999Guy;14988290]Not how it works. He could bust asses on offense right now.

He’d get a decently efficient 20/5 on an NBA offense immediately.

A lot of getting better at basketball is just learning the tricks and and timing your body gives you an edge to do. There is no way he’s even learned half of his total ability to generate shots at 19.

That’s really where age shows up as valuable in the NBA. There are athletic 30 years who are as as fast or faster than 20 year olds. But it’s the learning curve of your own instincts and game. To be as good as he is at 19, means he will figure out how to utterly dominate by 23.

Look at how Wiggins improved at like 26 or some shit with Golden State. He learned how to rebound in one summer. Idiot could've learned that at 21. But didn’t have the drive to.

As long as Cooper is hard working, he will be a superstar at this rate.


Edit: [B]The dude is actually still 18[/B]. God damn. Insane to write his ceiling off.[/QUOTE]

He actually turned 18 halfway through the season. People were judging him too heavily on his first couple performances against good teams as a 17-year-old :lol

I’d rather have Harper or Bailey — you know the two guys who couldn’t play .500 basketball despite being on the same team.

I’d rather have Harper or Bailey — you know the two guys who couldn’t play .500 basketball despite being on the same team.

Great performance.

Flagg is a generational talent being saying it for the past year or so

The drop off after number one is crazy,

Harper, Bailey and Edgecombe are looking decent and certainly have star potential but their ceilings aren't close to Flaggs

Nets have a 10% chance of getting number 1 and a 40% of landing in the top 4

all Bama has to do is run the 3-2 zone, and occasional 2-1-2 and they'll be fine. Duke runs a 1-3-1, yet they let Flagg be the main scorer and playmaker meaning their PnR isn't nearly as fluent as they should be. You'd think they can count on the box-one to help save them, but their playmaking off the bench is quite horrendous.

and to keep things real, how much longer should Brandon Ingram be put on suicide alert for being more black and skilled

[QUOTE=GimmeThat;14988662]all Bama has to do is run the 3-2 zone, and occasional 2-1-2 and they'll be fine. Duke runs a 1-3-1, yet they let Flagg be the main scorer and playmaker meaning their PnR isn't nearly as fluent as they should be. You'd think they can count on the box-one to help save them, but their playmaking off the bench is quite horrendous.

and to keep things real, how much longer should Brandon Ingram be put on suicide alert for being [B]more black and skilled[/B][/QUOTE]

wtf does this even mean?

[QUOTE=ralph_i_el;14988666]wtf does this even mean?[/QUOTE]

It means somewhere behind a computer screen someone is in the midst of a psychotic break.

In terms of Flagg, you can see how much he's grown in terms of his decision making and his feel for what to do when. I still dont think he's the most natural player with the ball in his hands. He reminds me of Tatum in that he can technically do anything on the court, but theres something a bit mechanical about it. Not that it's ineffective, it just isnt the smoothest.

[QUOTE=ralph_i_el;14988666]wtf does this even mean?[/QUOTE]

Nash's 2 MVP is probably under a heavy microscope unless I missed out on the memo NBA literally calling the regular season Harlem Globetrotting