Duke men's basketball head coach Jon Scheyer called Cooper Flagg "a joy to coach" while comparing him to Zion Williamson and Paolo Banchero ahead of his first college season.
Like Williamson, the No. 1 pick of the 2019 NBA draft, and Banchero, the No. 1 selection in 2022, Flagg is projected to top draft boards in 2025.
According to Scheyer, the incoming freshman isn't letting that expectation faze him.
"He's got an amazing balance of being confident with humility," Scheyer told ESPN's Jeff Borzello about Flagg. "Humility allows us to coach him really hard and for him not to get down himself or take it the wrong way.