There’s been loads written concerning the expertise of now-class-of-20024 star Cooper Flagg. He can get to the rim. He can shoot. He can dribble. He defends properly and talks his trash.
A video made the rounds on Saturday evening displaying yet one more attribute of the five-star highschool ahead. He has a step-back and he has ice in his veins.
Flagg hit a step-back, buzzer-beater 3-pointer on the SLAM Summer season Basic to tie the rating at 142 (!) and ship the sport to additional time. He was mobbed by teammates and followers because the announcers went wild within the clips circulating Twitter posted by the NBA.
COOPER FLAGG AT THE BUZZER 🚨
HE SENDS IT TO OT 🤯
Watch NOW within the NBA App: https://t.co/rrdQfp9U4z pic.twitter.com/VV5lVo3LvU
— NBA (@NBA) August 20, 2023
The announcers misplaced their minds on Cooper Flagg’s buzzer beater 🔥
The SLAM Summer season Basic did NOT disappoint! pic.twitter.com/euxxJUM5MF
— NBA (@NBA) August 20, 2023
You possibly can see extra highlights on the NBA YouTube web page, together with a enjoyable alley-oop within the first clip (don’t expect plenty of hard-nose protection in these clips, if the 142 factors didn’t tip you off already).
Flagg helped his crew win in additional time.
Recruiting continues to be ongoing for the No. 1 participant within the class of 2024, as a dozen colleges have supplied the 6-foot-8 energy ahead. It’s unclear who’s within the lead for the participant, who solely reclassified from the category of 2025 this month, however if you happen to’re on the lookout for any indicators you will get, Duke did tweet a video of Flagg. Which very a lot won’t imply a factor, however we respect the dearth of subtlety instead of the cryptic messages recruiters and gamers usually take pleasure in utilizing.
COOPER FLAGG 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QCVfov4Q4R
— Blue Devils (@BlueDevils) August 20, 2023