{"id":693666,"date":"2026-04-02T10:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693666\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:35:17","slug":"youtube-gold-cooper-flagg-on-adjusting-to-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693666\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Gold: Cooper Flagg On Adjusting To The NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

C<\/a>ooper Flagg, along with his Duke roommate Kon Knueppel, is generally seen as the leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year. It\u2019s been a tremendous year for both former Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

In this interview with Pat McAfee, Flagg discusses his rookie season to date. He touches on something that Kevin Garnett discovered in his rookie season that was a bit of a surprise for him and for a lot of underage rookies: the NBA is a lonely place.<\/p>\n

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Garnett talked about sitting alone in his hotel room; Flagg talks about his teammates being grown men with wives and children.<\/p>\n

What he doesn\u2019t mention is the hard-living nature of many NBA players: bars, strip clubs, predatory women who zoom in on more naive players.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not an easy life for a mature player, so it can\u2019t be easy for a 19-year-old either.<\/p>\n

In the description, one of the interviewers on McAfee\u2019s show asks Flagg what his Welcome-To-The-NBA moment was. Flagg says it came in practice when he tried to dunk on teammate PJ Washington, who, at 27, is a good bit older and more physically mature. That, Flagg says, \u201c\u2026just did not go very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

One wonders what it will be like in a few years when Flagg is bigger and stronger.<\/p>\n

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