By ADAM ZAGORIA
Cooper Flagg, the Class of 2025 star who has called Duke his “dream school,” took an unofficial visit to campus on Wednesday and posted a photo of himself alongside Sean Stewart, the Duke freshman who was Flagg’s teammate last season at Montverde (FL) Academy.
UConn and Michigan are among the other schools recruiting the 6-foot-10 star from Maine, but his mother Kelly said no other visits are currently scheduled. The family is in in the process of moving to Florida from Maine.
Montverde (FL) Academy coach Kevin Boyle, who has coached three No. 1 picks, seven top-3 picks, nine lottery picks, 16 first-round picks and 19 current NBA players, said Flagg was “unique” among players he’s coached.
“He’s right up there with anyone [I’ve coached],” Boyle said. “His talent and his versatility makes him very unique. His size, his ability to fill up a stat sheet are incredibly special. He can have 10 points and be very instrumental with a handful of assists and deflections and blocked shots and defending the key player on the other team.
“He can be such an incredibly valuable player in today’s NBA world because of his versatility that is really unique.”
With the Class of 2024 being generally considered week compared to 2023 and 2025, one NBA executive said it was possible Flagg would be the No. 1 overall pick were he eligible to be drafted in 2024 — which he is not. Flagg could reclassify and enroll in college in 2024 and would be eligible for the 2025 Draft. “He could be since there is no consensus No. 1 right now,” the executive said, adding that he’d like to see Flagg improve his 3-point shooting percentage and his ability to defend in space. “Let’s be honest,” the executive said, “he doesn’t have many weaknesses for a young player, but if he has areas to improve those would be the two.” Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram And Like ZAGS on Facebook2 minutes of Cooper Flagg being absolutely unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/2qm1zN9l1X
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