FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. DUKE SUPERSTAR COOPER FLAGG IS GOING PRO. THE 18 YEAR OLD ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO ENTER THE 2025 NBA DRAFT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. FLAGG WAS NAMED ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, BECOMING THE FOURTH PLAYER IN CONFERENCE HISTORY TO WIN BOTH AWARDS IN THE SAME SEASON. HE WAS DUKE’S LEADER IN POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS, STEALS AND BLOC
Duke’s Cooper Flagg declares for NBA Draft
Updated: 1:18 PM EDT Apr 21, 2025
Duke University’s Cooper Flagg is declaring for the NBA Draft. Flagg is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. He was ACC Player of the Year and the consensus national player of the year. Duke University Men’s Basketball posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, “League next. Duke forever. Thank you, Cooper Flagg.”In another post on X, Duke University Men’s Basketball Coach, Jon Scheyer said in a video tribute to Cooper:“I’m really proud of Cooper for the special season that he had this year. I think the accolades speak for itself with what he did winning every national player of the year award, his highlights, his statistics, the ways he impacted the game on both ends of the floor, really in every category off the charts, as good as a freshman season the guy has had here. But to me the separator is the joy of coaching Cooper is the person he was every day, the teammate that he was, never about statistics or anything other than creating an environment in helping his teammates to win.” WRAL contributed to this report, visit their site for more on this story.
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Duke University’s Cooper Flagg is declaring for the NBA Draft. Flagg is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. He was ACC Player of the Year and the consensus national player of the year.
Duke University Men’s Basketball posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, “League next. Duke forever. Thank you, Cooper Flagg.”
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In another post on X, Duke University Men’s Basketball Coach, Jon Scheyer said in a video tribute to Cooper:
“I’m really proud of Cooper for the special season that he had this year. I think the accolades speak for itself with what he did winning every national player of the year award, his highlights, his statistics, the ways he impacted the game on both ends of the floor, really in every category off the charts, as good as a freshman season the guy has had here. But to me the separator is the joy of coaching Cooper is the person he was every day, the teammate that he was, never about statistics or anything other than creating an environment in helping his teammates to win.”
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WRAL contributed to this report, visit their site for more on this story.