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“How good is Cooper Flagg when you compare him to someone like a (Kevin) Durant or a Carmelo?” Dakich asked.
Well, Boeheim had quite the compliment ready to go for the 6′ 9″ Maine native.
“I think he’s almost — to me he’s Bird-like a little bit,” Boeheim said, comparing Flagg to Celtics legend Larry Bird. “Except, he’s, y’know, quicker, faster, more athletic; he doesn’t shoot (the ball) as well, but his shot is coming. His shot is there; it may not be there this year, but it’s there. He’s got a good release.
“People that say other people are better than him just don’t know anything about basketball, I mean, it’s just crazy,” he said. “I don’t know what they’re watching, maybe they’re just trying to be contrarian or something, I don’t know, but Cooper Flagg, he’s the best all-around player — in terms of doing all the things in college basketball — that I’ve seen.”
While Boeheim conceded that there are players who may be better than Flagg in one facet of their game, none can do it all — including defend — the way Flagg has shown he can.
But there’s one more thing about Flagg’s game that stands out to Boeheim.
“The thing that he has — and I’ve talked to Coach K (former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski) about this — he has an edge to him,” Boeheim said. “He’s not backing down from nobody.
