Projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg was 'hesitant' in Duke debut, coach says
was “hesitant” in his Duke debut Friday night, but head coach Jon Scheyer “liked seeing him in a Duke uniform.”
“I thought Cooper tonight was being a little hesitant, and just getting a feel for things,” Scheyer said. “And that’s the beauty of Cooper, is he’s such a team player and he has such a great feel for the game, I don’t want him to defer, though.” Cooper Flagg arriving at Countdown to Craziness, where he’ll take the court inside Cameron Indoor for the first time:“I’m going into this year with an open mind about who the No. 1 pick might be,” one NBA executive recently. “This is how mistakes are made: getting anchored to an opinion and then closing yourself off to new, much more important information that we’ll be receiving in the coming months seeing how the season plays out.
Naismith Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett has chimed in on Flagg, calling him a “bad--s, cold a-- white boy” in an episode last month of the “Ticket & The Truth” podcast hosted by Garnett and Paul Pierce.Flagg and Duke take on Lincoln in the first of two exhibitions inside Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 19.On Oct. 27, Duke hosts New Jersey native Bobby Hurley and his Arizona State squad in the ‘Brotherhood Run’ charity exhibition game.
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