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Incoming Duke forward and potential 2025 No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg has excelled for the USA Men’s Basketball Select Team against the USA Olympic Team at the latter squad’s Las Vegas training camp in the run-up to the Summer Games in Paris later this summer.
Understandably, Flagg has that self-confidence to excel, as noted to Ben Golliver of the Washington Post Monday.
He’s also received encouragement from NBA superstars and Olympians LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
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Duke’s Cooper Flagg on the messages he’s received from USA Basketball players like LeBron James and Kevin Durant during training camp: “They’ve all been pretty welcoming. … They’re just telling me to keep working and stay grounded.” <a href=”https://t.co/fef9h9IRiV”>pic.twitter.com/fef9h9IRiV</a>
Flagg also gave his insight on the 2024 squad after competing with them.
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Duke commit Cooper Flagg on what USA Basketball will bring to Paris Olympics: “They can be any team they want to be. They have no weaknesses, no holes. They can play any type of way and dominate. It’s going to be a dominant team that assets their will on everybody they see.” <a href=”https://t.co/IXov71oDv2″>pic.twitter.com/IXov71oDv2</a>
Team USA will take the court starting July 28 against Serbia in group play.
This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.