Cooper Flagg reflects on Olympic training camp, winning Gatorade National Player of the Year

Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Krysten Peek talks with Cooper Flagg and Kevin Love about Flagg’s recent USA Basketball scrimmage where the incoming Duke freshman stole the show. Cooper & Kevin join Yahoo Sports on behalf of the Gatorade National Player of the Year award.

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I’m Kristen Pe joined by Cooper flag and Kevin Love in partnership with the Gatorade player of the year award.

Cooper.

You’ve had a huge week.

How are you feeling after the USA basketball scrimmage and playing against some of the top players in the world?

Yeah, I feel great.

It was a, it was a huge opportunity, a great experience to be able to share the court with players at that level.

Um the highest of the high.

So I think just being able to, to share the court and just learn a lot of things from them and um kind of be able to soak it all in was a great experience.

Were you nervous at all?

For sure, for sure, Kevin, I’m sure you saw the highlights.

What did you think of him?

And how do you see his game translating to the NBA?

Yeah, I just keep saying that, that he belongs.

I mean, you see uh there’s a number of players uh games that I, you know, see with within Cooper’s game just in, in watching the highlights and watching some of the extended film just uh you know, saw a little bit of everything taking advantage of smaller players, uh, assuming everything is amiss falling, uh, for putbacks, uh, just taking advantage of a guy backing off of him and, and, and shooting the three regardless of the size.

Um, you know, using his height and length to be able to switch one through five.

I know, especially for USA basketball.

They love to do that.

So I think his size and length and athleticism, uh, is also what impresses me as well.

I think all of our expectations are in June of next year.

You know, he’d be the that first guy, uh you know, up there on the stage, first guy to the podium and, you know, we welcome him to the NBA Cooper.

You said you were nervous, what was the moment during the scrimmage where…

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Publish date : 2024-07-12 02:24:29

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