The legendary university basketball coach Jim Boeheim praised and a high comparison, for the star of Duke Cooper Flagg.
Boeheim, 80, was asked how good flagg is compared to some of the greats of the NBA.
“I think it is almost – for me, it is [Larry] Bird, a little. Except that it is faster, faster, more athletic, does not pull it as well, but its shot arrives, “said Boeheim during a recent appearance on” Do’t’t @ me with Dan Dakich d’Outkick ” .
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Duke Blue Devils Guard Cooper Flagg (Images rich in Barnes-Imagn)
In 27 games played, Flagg is on average 19.5 points per game while doing an average of almost eight rebounds and four assists per game.
The 18-year-old Maine native is the catalyst for a Duke 24-3 team which is currently ranked second in the country behind Auburn.
For Boeheim, it is clear that Flagg is the best player in the university game.
“People who say that others are better than he know nothing about basketball. I mean it’s just crazy. I mean they have to be – I don’t know what they are looking at. -Itre they are just trying to be countered or something, I don’t know, “said Boeheim.
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Kylan Boswell (4) from Illinois passes in front of Cooper Flagg from Duke. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn images)
“Cooper Flagg, he is the best versatile player in terms of things in the university basketball that I have seen. I mean there are better shooters, better rebounders, better passers-by, but it is A defender. “
There is something other than Boeheim says that Flagg brings to the table in addition to being one of the best versatile players.
“I spoke to [former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski] On this subject. He has an advantage for him. He doesn’t stop from anyone, and in the right direction, “he said.
Boeheim saw many large basketball players throughout his long coach career, including Carmelo Anthony, who helped Syracuse in a national championship in 2003.
Boeheim was Syracuse chief coach from 1976 to 2023 and raised a career record of 1,015-441.
Jim Boeheim (Mark Konezny-USA today Sports)
Boeheim led Syracuse in the Final Four five times and was the regular champion of Big East 10 times while winning the Big East five times.
If Boeheim is right, and Flagg turns out to have a career like Larry Bird’s, whatever the team that writes it will be delighted.
Bird is at the temple of basketball renown. He was triple MVP and triple NBA champion while making 12 star games.
