Why Cooper Flagg Doesn’t Stand a Chance 

Facts like Mikey Williams is the best example from 7th grade to 9th grade his game developed so fast he was most definitely the best but once guys caught up he started to fall in the rankings

Anybody can look in highschool.

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​@@brooklynknitethen why doesn't everone look good

Ya but then they plateau and get set in their high school play style including bad habits. Then when they face tougher competition in college or pros, they can't break those bad habits, adapt, or evolve

Pays to be 6'9

no it’s because they are in highschool. wait until they play better competition to start saying these things. ben simmons was knocking down 3’s like zion throwing down dunks when ben was in highschool, but as soon as he hit college and the nba he couldn’t shoot anymore.

@@will-zj5gq Agreed. Plus you never hear fundamentals spoken about anymore with young prospects. I watched some clips of that big white kid and wow his footwork is not good. He's only 16 so it can obviously improve but people need to stop with the "high basketball IQ" crap. All through this comment section I see mentions of basketball IQ. The media came up with that nonsense and people regurgitate it over and over. IQ is a person's reasoning, basically common sense. Players are getting praised for understanding basketball and common sense? 😂

They are tall and skilled for there height usually is a big advantage for high school players sometimes it doesnt add up to college let alone the NBA.

​@@roboninja3194this is so true, it's annoying.

Agree

For sure he was beast at times, n he's mad alot money too fur short career, bet around 100m

Exactly because the game changed

​@@davidchandler6885Before taxes...so bout 45 million....ill take 10% of that

Peter Gavett was that prospect, right?

Duke provides nice runways:P

with Coop hype unless he's garbage he's getting 20 min easily

Gets tough at the higher levels when the unathletic folks are accustomed to dominating and suddenly they realize they have to damn near be Michael Jordan to compete with most of the league.

yeah its delusionnal to think otherwise

Neither A.M. Hoops nor that NBA scout actually believe these kids would SWEEP this year's draft class. Funny how A.M. talks about players listening to their own hype and then goes out and overhypes kids.

There is no way to speculate what someone is capable of. The media and the such. Push certain people. We shall see what happens.

YEA RIGHT any of them are beating scoot or wemby what lmaoo

@@ripito-eo6rh I did not say that they would beat the people that you mentioned. I said that you don't know what someone is capable of. Wemby is very impressive for sure.

Yes keep off social media. Who gives 2 poops what other people think. That never matters. If you believe in your self and work hard you will see results that are far more important than paying attention to that garbage.

There's no pressure in high school at all unless there's a war and you'll be drafted the next year to fight in it. That's the pressure some of us faced., not a fun-but-silly sport like basketball.

Simple Google search will tell you that euroleague is not a league, it’s a European competition consists of the best clubs in Europe. The best clubs in their nation’s domestic league. Like UEFA Champions League

@@alohatigers1199True but Real Madrid is in Liga ACB, which is still the second best league in the world if we don’t include Euroleague.

@@alohatigers1199 so what ? it's a competition between clubs. And I am French, I know what euroleague is. and basket champion's league. And eurocup. Changed nothing to what i said

Big ten teams were just in Europe playing these teams and they mopped them up.

@@UR_Right24which teams? Because not all European teams are built equally. The best European team would beat the NCAA champion. That’s not my opinion, that’s a fact.

Iq is lower then ever. Athleticism and potential are considered more important then I.Q. AND FUNDAMENTALS

@@DaRealBenRichardsaverage player today 10x better than few decades ago

@@DaRealBenRichards that's because athleticism can take you pretty far in sports like basketball. derrick jones jr. and kenneth faried come to mind. higher end skills could possibly be learned later through effort or just experience.

@mati-yh3vy you're not even a few decades old, how would you know?

@@iHasCaek that's why the game has devolved into iso or pick and roll.

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Well, just because someone is a grown man doesn't mean he's ever played basketball. LOL. LaMelo is much better than I thought he would be, however. If you have potential, there is always some NBA team that's going to be willing to take a chance on you for at least one regular season, if only because they're hoping that they fooled everyone by solving a player's personal problems and making him in to a decent NBA player.

Yeah desire probably counts 50% of how your career pans out.

Yo I was just thinking… I wonder how many of these kids who got wayyyy to much attention and all the shit with it, that just weren’t developed enough or even had intelligent enough people around them to help strengthen their mental fortitude and whatnot… kinda sad.

Yeah, a lot get lost in the fame. These kids are 16 and superstars, probably everyone wants a piece of them which could go to their head and keep them from training more. @@APinTheAK

Coop played at montverde as a role player/starter, still affected the game by rebounding and playing d and cutting to the ball/basket

I’ve seen cooper do that. The only thing hurting him and it will get better as he ages is his maturity

@@Amor1990how does he lack maturity?

i watch the world cup and he did not dominate as you say

@@pantethine66defensively he did

Yes sir. He dominated.

Yeah, like Jordan and Scottie’s kids. Oh, never mind

So how about mj's kids and all the other players kids? While so many other players, and some don't even don't know their dads come out as stars

@@nassiglutt6587talent gotta be there I could be wrong was jordan son ever a top recruit or talent

@@nassiglutt6587 I'm not saying it's an immutable law of nature or anything. Just that 2nd generation could have an edge. I also think that, similar to players becoming coaches, there tends to be an inverse relationship to the father's ability. The better the father was, the worse the son will be relative to the father. Think of it like regression to the mean.

I’ve been watching Dybansta for a long time now glad to see him take off on the scene. He’s also only going into his sophomore year, the youngest in this video.

No, the reason he "failed" is that he can't run, can't jump has the arms of a 6-5 guys and a 14-year old's personality..But he' hasn't failed yet.

boozer clears

@@samuellolango9720 naah

easily Boozer #1

Nah, watch more film. Cooper is very limited offensively. Dude is massively talented but he needs to work on his game a ton to be a successful NBA pro

@@Eastunder While I agree with you on all counts, I still believe he will be the number 1 pick due to the massive talent and potential.

Name another European player! The US will always be the path to the NBA. Giannis > Davis (close) Jokic > Embiid (played HS and College in America) (close) Luka > Tatum (close) Wembanyama = Chet Lauri played at Arizona University and Sabonis was born in Portland Oregon. ?? < Trae Young ?? < Anthony Edwards ?? < Ja Morant ?? < Zion ?? < Haliburton ?? < Ball ?? < Jaylen Brown ?? < Paolo ?? < Mobley ?? < KD ?? < Curry ?? < Lebron ?? < Kawhi ?? < Dame ?? < PG ?? < Kyrie ?? < Butler ?? < Bam Europe is dry for talent. Wembanyama is Bol Bol and Porzingis mix together.

@@maxhypolite5388It depends, it seems like more talent comes from the US, but there’s more “best in the league” level talent coming internationally.

@@corvidconsumer Trae Young, Ja Morant and Luka are all closer than we want to believe. Davis and Giannis are closer, but Davis is always injured. Jokic and Embiid are closer. Embiid got a better coach and things will be different in Philadelphia. The differences between European and US players are; US players are divas, they think they’re as smart as GMs and they know how to evaluate talent, they rather play with their friends and pals, 1 championship is enough for their legacy, meaning they don’t need to compete anymore, because they got theirs. If we go strictly on US vs European Jokic > Karl Anthony Town Giannis > Davis Embiid > Zion Luka = Ja, Trae, Haliburton, Mitchell and Tatum This won’t look the same by 2026. Giannis plays a lot, less than 300 games away from 1000 games played. Embiid is always hurt, Jokic plays a lot and he’s no athletic god by any standard. In a max of 4 years these guys will be not be the talent pool. Luka will be going against Tatum, Ja, Shai, Mitchell, Trae, Scoot and many others. This is not even close. The top young talents now are US especially at the grassroots level U19 and younger.

Giannis and AD is not fucking close tf. AD has accomplished far less@@maxhypolite5388

You realize they don’t call that in the NBA UNLESS u piss off the refs. Just ask AI

bro summer league means nothing

Lol….hahahhahahahahahahah….hahaha….HAHA

@@YYKpikadodo for me summer league means more then regular season. better defense and emoni still hitting those shots and finding those passes.

​@@johnmarkson1998bruh what you smoking man

Remember when Kevin Knox was popping off in Summer league. Yeah just you wait until you face proper men as to rookies, sophmores and G-league players.

I don't think these kids have any idea how cool of a last name Flagg is. Remember Randall Flagg from The Stand by Steven King?

Wembanyama played against men. Those 3 are playing againt the boys.

@@sikecar534 yes, if the US don't change their basketball system, they will be ruining the potential of these young hoopers.

That's not the generally accepted definition. The likes of Sam Bowie, Greg Oden, Michael Olowokandi are considered all time busts due to injury.

Bust is a bust if you can’t take care of yourself it’s your problem.

Kwame brown is a bust

That’s a bust

Is not that deep dude, he is the chosen one tho

@@nknewknowledge2678right 😂😂😂😂

not only that athleticism can only go so far perkins was a beast in highschool casue he was 6 10 240ish

….dybantsa & boozer are 2026. Flagg is ‘25