"NBA ready"; "Still losing to Elliot": College hoops fans react to Blue Devils' Cooper Flagg prepping for 2025 season
Duke Blue Devils commit Cooper Flagg is leaving no stone unturned ahead of the 2025 NCAA men's basketball season. While the new season is still months away, Flagg showed off his preparations ahead of his debut college basketball season.
Recently, clips of a recent Blue Devils practice session surfaced on Instagram, featuring Flagg playing a practice game against some of his teammates. He showed off some of his immense talent on the court, making lay-ups and dunks with relative ease.
Cooper Flagg's preparations for the 2025 season sparked reactions from fans, who took to the comments section to express their opinions. Some of them praised his efforts, admitting he is ready to make his mark in the NBA already:
"He’s been NBA ready since Jr. in high school. He coulda been a squad developing right now," said one fan.
"Playin against Team USA got that boy confidence through the roof," said another.
"He in practice going hard asf. That’s real love for the game," one fan added.
While some fans praised him, others took to mocking his choice to represent the Blue Devils instead of the reigning NCAA Tournament winners, the UConn Huskies. Some fans also said he could fall short of North Carolina Tar Heels' star guard Elliot Cadeau in 2025:
"Still losing to Elliot," one fan said.
"Every year we get the Duke hype videos of the next phenom and how the squad looks like they could beat prime Steph and the warriors and then the season comes and they get double scooped by unc and a sweet 16 L. A beautifully recurring trend," another fan said.
"UConn gonna beat them badly," one fan added.
Cooper Flagg enjoyed a successful 2023 high school season
Cooper Flagg was rated the top player in the 2024 class and has the potential to become one of the best players in Blue Devils' history. This year, he averaged 16.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 blocks per game.
Flagg was subsequently named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and led Montverde Academy to a national championship title with an unbeaten 33-0 record. His fame grew exponentially when he took part in a showcase game against this year's Team USA men's Olympics team, which featured NBA superstars and future Hall of Famers like LeBron James.
Flagg looks set to make a major difference for the Blue Devils in 2025. He will be keen to impress on the collegiate stage and hope to lead them to their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2015.