No. 1 High School recruit Cooper Flagg commits to Duke

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 high school basketball prospect in the Class of 2024, has ended his recruitment the way pretty much everyone expected it would: by committing to Duke.

He made the announcement Monday morning on Slam.

The 6-foot-8 Flagg, a native of Newport, Maine, was supposed to announce last Thursday as we reported here but delayed his decision due to the mass shooting in Maine that killed 18 people.

“He’s just getting better and better, he’s very versatile,” Montverde (FL) Academy coach Kevin Boyle, who has coached three former No. 1 picks in Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons and Cade Cunningham, said by phone.

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.