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Sam Vecenie

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Yeah. I have Cooper out of all of them except Wendy. Wow. The level to which Cooper has been able to problem solve basketball this season at Duke as an 18 year old. It's almost like when you watch his first five minutes, six minutes of a game or whatever, you can see all of the information flowing into the supercomputer that is his brain.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then right around that point in the game is where you start to see him just go, okay, like to quote the lethal shooter guy, I understand it now. You know what I mean? Like he just gets it from that point forward and he understands, okay, this is how I have to attack this guy. This is now the matchup that I'm looking for.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then right around that point in the game is where you start to see him just go, okay, like to quote the lethal shooter guy, I understand it now. You know what I mean? Like he just gets it from that point forward and he understands, okay, this is how I have to attack this guy. This is now the matchup that I'm looking for.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then right around that point in the game is where you start to see him just go, okay, like to quote the lethal shooter guy, I understand it now. You know what I mean? Like he just gets it from that point forward and he understands, okay, this is how I have to attack this guy. This is now the matchup that I'm looking for.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

This is what they're doing in terms of help defense and how I can attack it. The processing ability that he showcases is incredibly, incredibly high level. He's improved a ton as a shooter this year. That was the biggest concern coming into this season was what he would look like as a shooter from distance, from mid-range.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

This is what they're doing in terms of help defense and how I can attack it. The processing ability that he showcases is incredibly, incredibly high level. He's improved a ton as a shooter this year. That was the biggest concern coming into this season was what he would look like as a shooter from distance, from mid-range.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

This is what they're doing in terms of help defense and how I can attack it. The processing ability that he showcases is incredibly, incredibly high level. He's improved a ton as a shooter this year. That was the biggest concern coming into this season was what he would look like as a shooter from distance, from mid-range.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He started to show flashes of that during his last year at Montford, but we weren't quite sure how exactly that would translate from day one within college basketball as the game speeds up and you're dealing with better athletes on a night-to-night basis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He started to show flashes of that during his last year at Montford, but we weren't quite sure how exactly that would translate from day one within college basketball as the game speeds up and you're dealing with better athletes on a night-to-night basis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He started to show flashes of that during his last year at Montford, but we weren't quite sure how exactly that would translate from day one within college basketball as the game speeds up and you're dealing with better athletes on a night-to-night basis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

whether or not he's dealing with better athletes on a night to night basis, you know, as he was in the NIBC playing at Montverde versus playing in the ACC up for debate. The ACC is not very good this year, but they're certainly better players at the very least. Uh, people I think will point to like some of his performances in high level games.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

whether or not he's dealing with better athletes on a night to night basis, you know, as he was in the NIBC playing at Montverde versus playing in the ACC up for debate. The ACC is not very good this year, but they're certainly better players at the very least. Uh, people I think will point to like some of his performances in high level games.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

whether or not he's dealing with better athletes on a night to night basis, you know, as he was in the NIBC playing at Montverde versus playing in the ACC up for debate. The ACC is not very good this year, but they're certainly better players at the very least. Uh, people I think will point to like some of his performances in high level games.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And I mean, I can pull up his numbers in these high level games and high leverage moments. And it's just like, yeah, he's still a stud. He did have a poor moment at the end of the Kentucky game. And at the end of the Kansas game, But if you look at the Kentucky game, he had 26, 11, 2, 3, and 2 against Arizona, who's a top 20 team.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He had 24, 7, 3, 4, and 3 against Auburn, who is a top three team in the country. 22, 11, 4, and 2 blocks. You can go up and down the board, and it's just like this dude is a total joke. Every single thing that he does, is going to translate to the next level at an incredibly high level.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But more than that, and this is really what I want to end on, when you select Cooper Flagg, you are drafting a culture and a competitive character unto itself within your organization. He doesn't take days off in practice. He doesn't take plays off during games. He is as competitive as you will find in a truly elite level prospect. Uh, he is, is that he's everything that you're looking for.