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Sam Vecenie

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

Like there's a real possibility of that. Do I also think there's a chance he becomes like a real all-star who's like a borderline all NBA player? I can see that pathway. If he becomes a serious pull-up shooter from the mid range area and particularly from behind the three point line in, you know, Kid's a great worker, you know, comes from a great family.

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

You know, his mother, you know, his father's obviously Ron Harper, but his mother is like a longtime basketball coach who, you know, has done an amazing job, you know, raising him and all of the intel there is incredibly positive. So, yeah, I'm definitely a big Dylan Harper fan as well.

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

You know, his mother, you know, his father's obviously Ron Harper, but his mother is like a longtime basketball coach who, you know, has done an amazing job, you know, raising him and all of the intel there is incredibly positive. So, yeah, I'm definitely a big Dylan Harper fan as well.

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

You know, his mother, you know, his father's obviously Ron Harper, but his mother is like a longtime basketball coach who, you know, has done an amazing job, you know, raising him and all of the intel there is incredibly positive. So, yeah, I'm definitely a big Dylan Harper fan as well.

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

Hmm. I tend to be quite hard on some of these things. So this is a hard one. Weakness that I don't think is as bad as what it is perceived to be. That's a difficult one. I'm sorry. I'm like ruining the lightning. It's okay.

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

Hmm. I tend to be quite hard on some of these things. So this is a hard one. Weakness that I don't think is as bad as what it is perceived to be. That's a difficult one. I'm sorry. I'm like ruining the lightning. It's okay.

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

Hmm. I tend to be quite hard on some of these things. So this is a hard one. Weakness that I don't think is as bad as what it is perceived to be. That's a difficult one. I'm sorry. I'm like ruining the lightning. It's okay.

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

Yeah, I would say that I think Con Canepo's defense is actually quite good, actually, at the college level. Now, I have questions as to whether or not it will translate to the next level at a particularly high level. But in terms of staying in front of his man, competing... rotating with anticipation, understanding what's happening around him, being a good team defender.

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

Yeah, I would say that I think Con Canepo's defense is actually quite good, actually, at the college level. Now, I have questions as to whether or not it will translate to the next level at a particularly high level. But in terms of staying in front of his man, competing... rotating with anticipation, understanding what's happening around him, being a good team defender.

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

Yeah, I would say that I think Con Canepo's defense is actually quite good, actually, at the college level. Now, I have questions as to whether or not it will translate to the next level at a particularly high level. But in terms of staying in front of his man, competing... rotating with anticipation, understanding what's happening around him, being a good team defender.

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

I think Khan's actually quite good on defense at Duke. Now, in the NBA, there are longer areas to traverse, longer closeouts. You're in more oceans of space. So shiftier guards are going to be able to potentially beat him off the bounce in straighter lines and then cause more help and teams are going to have to rotate around Khan and try and help him out that way. But

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

I think Khan's actually quite good on defense at Duke. Now, in the NBA, there are longer areas to traverse, longer closeouts. You're in more oceans of space. So shiftier guards are going to be able to potentially beat him off the bounce in straighter lines and then cause more help and teams are going to have to rotate around Khan and try and help him out that way. But

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

I think Khan's actually quite good on defense at Duke. Now, in the NBA, there are longer areas to traverse, longer closeouts. You're in more oceans of space. So shiftier guards are going to be able to potentially beat him off the bounce in straighter lines and then cause more help and teams are going to have to rotate around Khan and try and help him out that way. But

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

I actually think like Khan has a better chance to be a neutral defender than what other people I think contend at the very least. Like what, what I'm most worried about him with is not actually the bigger, you know, the Lucas, the Jason Tatum's, the, the bigger wings, right. It's actually like the smaller guards, right. in my opinion, that could actually like give him more problems.

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

I actually think like Khan has a better chance to be a neutral defender than what other people I think contend at the very least. Like what, what I'm most worried about him with is not actually the bigger, you know, the Lucas, the Jason Tatum's, the, the bigger wings, right. It's actually like the smaller guards, right. in my opinion, that could actually like give him more problems.

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

I actually think like Khan has a better chance to be a neutral defender than what other people I think contend at the very least. Like what, what I'm most worried about him with is not actually the bigger, you know, the Lucas, the Jason Tatum's, the, the bigger wings, right. It's actually like the smaller guards, right. in my opinion, that could actually like give him more problems.

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

Like a Donovan Mitchell, I think could give him more problems maybe than even like Luca, because Luca is just trying to like lean on you the whole time and like, you know, use his frame to his advantage. Khan's big, he's strong. He's like 215 pounds already. He's like six, six, he's physical, he's competitive.

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

Like a Donovan Mitchell, I think could give him more problems maybe than even like Luca, because Luca is just trying to like lean on you the whole time and like, you know, use his frame to his advantage. Khan's big, he's strong. He's like 215 pounds already. He's like six, six, he's physical, he's competitive.

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

Like a Donovan Mitchell, I think could give him more problems maybe than even like Luca, because Luca is just trying to like lean on you the whole time and like, you know, use his frame to his advantage. Khan's big, he's strong. He's like 215 pounds already. He's like six, six, he's physical, he's competitive.

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

Like, I think he'll be able to like really stand those guys up when they try to attack him. it's more the like shiftier guards that I think could catch him. And absolutely those guys will try to catch him early in his career. So I would say that is probably my, that's probably a good answer for that one.