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Duke's Cooper Flagg Fired Up Fans After Monster Poster Dunk vs. Kansas
Cooper Flagg has arrived on the college basketball scene.
The potential No. 1 pick in next year's NBA Draft is off to a hot start for the Duke Blue Devils, averaging close to 18 points and nine rebounds per game through the early season.
Flagg and Duke had their toughest test yet Tuesday night against No. 1 ranked Kansas, where they came up just short and fell 75-72. Flagg had 13 points, five rebounds and three assists, but his highlight of the night was a massive slam dunk over Kansas' Flory Bidunga.
COOPER FLAGG TOOK FLIGHT ✈️ @accnetwork pic.twitter.com/tNX4jH7Hot
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 27, 2024
The dunk brought fans out of their seats, showing some early excitement for all Flagg can do for Duke this year and what he can bring to the NBA in the future:
Here before he becomes a regular in the NBA
— Y-Quake (@YQuake) November 27, 2024
Your 1st overall pick ladies and gentlemen.
— nix.ron 🈺 (@nixeniego) November 27, 2024
COOPER FLAGG CAUGHT A BODY pic.twitter.com/sI3KfaYoB9
— Blue Devils (@BlueDevils) November 27, 2024
Cooper, please be my best man at my wedding
— 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅🖤💫 (@DaviddLovesSosa) November 27, 2024
17 years old poster dunking No. 1 Kansas. Not normal. https://t.co/Ev56opqZYR
— Chase Hughes (@chasedcsports) November 27, 2024
cooper flagg is one of one
— ben pfeifer (@bjpf_) November 27, 2024
COOPER FLAGG!!! NAHHHH pic.twitter.com/N514hiHRaO
— Zion O. (@DukeNBA) November 27, 2024
NBA fans are already crossing their fingers for Flagg to join their favorite team, too:
His first game against Paolo is gonna be cinema next yr
— jalen brunson fan (@pic_knicks) November 27, 2024
Cooper Flagg is going to be so great with Scottie Barnes. pic.twitter.com/kr8i6gaI7i
— Key (@PleaseMasai) November 27, 2024
Hes a washington wizard next year
— Jahoops 🐻 (@Jahoops_) November 27, 2024
Flagg did have four turnovers against Kansas, including a costly one in the last two minutes of the game. He still has plenty of time to develop though, as he's just six games into his college career and still only 17 years old.
Duke (4-2) travels back home for their next game against Seattle on Friday, Nov. 29.
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Blake Silverman is a breaking/trending news writer at Sports Illustrated. Blake has covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball since 2021 for numerous sites including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk. He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's degree in sports journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports. A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.