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By Joël Pütz | Sports journalist
In a few months, it is an ultra-left player who will rally the NBA in the person of Cooper Flagg. While waiting to know what heights he can reach, an expert from ESPN offered an intriguing track to assess the Big Man floor.
His NCAA journey will therefore be stopped in the semi-finals. Surprised by Houston, Cooper Flagg and Duke shortly missed qualification in the final of the university championship after a completely failed end of the match by the Blue Devils. And as mentioned above, this big disappointment should be followed by the departure of the nugget.
It must be said that for months, it is indeed the young American who has been considered the favorite at the first choice of Draft and he himself dismissed the idea of staying on his campus. Many people to see in him the future great rival of Victor Wembanyama and the renewal of basketball across the Atlantic, while foreign stars have dominated the NBA for a few years. But in the end, what would it be in the big league?
Lamar Odom, the Cooper Flagg's potential floor?
This is the question that tapped media like scouts at present, even if the first comparisons are sluggish. Some consider it a Kawhi Leonard 2.0 by its ability to influence the game on both sides of the field, which would be an excellent ceiling. As for the floor, the track of Lamar Odom was suggested by anonymous leaders and Jeremy WooESPN :
The use of ODOM, twice NBA champion and winner of the sixth man of the year, as a comparison in the worst case makes it possible to enter the intrinsic value of the versatility of Flagg. If Flagg caps as a marker, his ability to operate as a Forward point, play his teammates and bring flexibility to the teams playing around him will always be an asset.
Odom has often played the role of oversized balloon handler in the NBA and played a playmaker at Rhode Island in 1998-99. His career took off after leaving the clippers for the Heat, then after being transferred to the Lakers as part of the transaction with Shaquille O'Neal in 2004. With Lakers, Odom's ability to play on all the field in attack and to cover several defense positions made him an essential element of the 2009 and 2010 champion teams.
If the expectations with regard to Flagg are higher than with Odom, the idea that it is a Forward point which also changes the game in defense suggests an exceptional ceiling. (…) The Flagg season has placed it in front of Odom in all categories, stressing that this comparison is perhaps too conservative, but the global production of Odom helps to supervise the origin of the comparison.
Even if Cooper Flagg should not exploit his full potential, he should nevertheless become an impacting player on both sides of the field as was Lamar Odom to Lakers, in particular. Enough to make him a clear favorite at the first choice of Draft.
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