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lol, weird autocorrect. Apparently my phone thinks Adam Schefter is more relevant than Scheyer.
I agree that Flagg seems most likely a college PF, but I don’t agree that he’s more suited to C than to SF. So, unlike CDu, I think I’ll be happy seeing him as both PF and SF, as the situation (lineup on the floor) warrants. On O, he is fluid with the ball, rangy on the dribble, with multiple strong moves to the basket, excellent vision passing to open 3-bomber mates. I’d expect him to play a variety of roles on O, mostly (though not exclusively) from the perimeter, as both initiator of O and secondary-initiator. On D, he will surely provide some rim protection, often against attacking players guarded by someone else, i.e., sort of weak-side surprise help.
I agree here, wrt to D especially. I think Battier settled into PF by his Jr-Sr years, yes? Battier seemed everywhere, especially on D. K’s famous advice: “Just watch Shane. Ignore everything else, and just watch Shane.” Flagg is likely to be a big-impact player on D. Alas, for but a single season, so not “full Shane.”
On O, it seems highly unlikely in his single season that Flagg could come anywhere near Battier’s Jr-Sr 3-pt % (.428). Still, I don’t see him as primarily a 3-bomber anyway; more initiator, secondary-initiator, driver-attacker, draw-and-passer.
Edouble
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He played PF all four years. Next to C McLeod his freshman year, next to C Brand his sophomore year and next to C Boozer his last two years.
I agree with this. The discussion doesn't seem too important to me. Cooper Flagg is a player! Can't wait to see him... And boy do we need someone with his fire in the rotation now!
Good points. One small tweak: I think Brand was the starting center his 1st 2 years (with Burgess and Domzalski) and then Boozer (with Sanders) his last 2 years.
Moral of that story: it's good to have a national defensive player of the year at PF playing alongside 2 future NBA All Star centers and very solid back-up centers. With equivalently good wings and guards. I'm not a basketball expert, but that seems like a recipe for success.
brevity
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The DBR front page has an article titled Some Things That Kyle Filipowski And Cooper Flagg Have In Common:
A couple of corrections, and an open question.
Cooper Flagg's mother (then Kelly Bowman) was teammates with Donovan Clingan's late mother (then Stacey Porrini) at Maine, where they were both coached by Joanne P. McCallie.
Matt Filipowski played 2 games for Tommy Amaker and Harvard this season but is no longer on the roster. What happened?
A couple of corrections, and an open question.
Cooper Flagg's mother (then Kelly Bowman) was teammates with Donovan Clingan's late mother (then Stacey Porrini) at Maine, where they were both coached by Joanne P. McCallie.
Matt Filipowski played 2 games for Tommy Amaker and Harvard this season but is no longer on the roster. What happened?
Bay Area Duke Fan
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I think he played minimal minutes during his freshman season. Maybe he's not good enough to play Ivy League basketball.
CrazyNotCrazie
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I think there was an injury last year though I’m not sure.
This is the classic case of someone whose future is not playing basketball, so even if he could get more minutes going elsewhere, unless there is something else we don’t know about, he would be crazy to leave Harvard. Get the degree.
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Matt Filipowski is not very active on social media so it is hard to tell what is going on. There was an instagram post from Matt in late September with several pictures of him in various Harvard basketball publicity photos where he was talking about #Year2 and saying "the sequel will be better than the original."
Since then, nothing and he has not played in any games and does not appear in team photos or anything.
I am not sure if he dropped off the team or if he is maybe hurt or something else. Perhaps he is preserving a year of eligibility in case he wants to do a grad transfer year somewhere else (Harvard and other Ivies do not allow players to play after graduation).
brevity
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Well, if you continue the DBR Podcast series in which the you interview the parents of players, now you have a hard-hitting question to ask the Filipowskis.
He only played 3 early-season games last year and missed the rest with injury, so I doubt the reason this year is preserving a year of eligibility. Presumably he would get an injury redshirt from last year already.
Cooper Flagg Jan. 5 game
Cooper Flagg played an "average" game for him last night- 23 points, 10 rebounds, 9 blocks, and 5 assists-as Montverde beat #16 Gonzaga (D.C.) 93-51 in Portland, Maine. The game was played before a raucous crowd of more than 6700, many of them young kids sporting Duke gear. On offense Cooper played as a roving wing, the announcers said almost as a two guard, and on defense underneath as a rim protector and rebounder. Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHRN1wvMlE
Monteverde will play another game tonight in Portland vs. CATS Academy of Boston. I was fortunate to score tickets for the game; it was harder to do than getting tickets for a men's game in Cameron in mid-January. "Super Cooper" mania has overtaken Maine.
Cooper Flagg played an "average" game for him last night- 23 points, 10 rebounds, 9 blocks, and 5 assists-as Montverde beat #16 Gonzaga (D.C.) 93-51 in Portland, Maine. The game was played before a raucous crowd of more than 6700, many of them young kids sporting Duke gear. On offense Cooper played as a roving wing, the announcers said almost as a two guard, and on defense underneath as a rim protector and rebounder. Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHRN1wvMlE
Monteverde will play another game tonight in Portland vs. CATS Academy of Boston. I was fortunate to score tickets for the game; it was harder to do than getting tickets for a men's game in Cameron in mid-January. "Super Cooper" mania has overtaken Maine.
DC kids can't expect to compete up in Northern New England. Kids are much tougher here, People beginning to realize this, of course.
tropical storm
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Cooper Flag actual stats
For those interested Cooper Flagg for the season is currently averaging 16 pts, 8 rbg, 4.5 ast, 2.3 blks and 1.5 stl for Montverde which is the number 1 team in the nation. Those stats place him second on the team in scoring, rebounds and assists and lead the team in blocks and steals. He is shooting 56% from the field 33% from 3 and 80% from the free throw line. Montverde uses him on the perimeter offensively where he plays kind of a point small forward and primarily on the inside defensively.
Montverde has currently beaten 1/2 the top 10 high schools in the nation and their ave margin of victory is 30 points, so there is absolutely a ton of talent there. Still his stats are not as gaudy as they were in the EBYL 16 and under where he was clearly the best player by a mile over everyone else and he isnt blocking 10 shots a game against higher competition. (still being the best player on the best team aint nothing)
For those interested Cooper Flagg for the season is currently averaging 16 pts, 8 rbg, 4.5 ast, 2.3 blks and 1.5 stl for Montverde which is the number 1 team in the nation. Those stats place him second on the team in scoring, rebounds and assists and lead the team in blocks and steals. He is shooting 56% from the field 33% from 3 and 80% from the free throw line. Montverde uses him on the perimeter offensively where he plays kind of a point small forward and primarily on the inside defensively.
Montverde has currently beaten 1/2 the top 10 high schools in the nation and their ave margin of victory is 30 points, so there is absolutely a ton of talent there. Still his stats are not as gaudy as they were in the EBYL 16 and under where he was clearly the best player by a mile over everyone else and he isnt blocking 10 shots a game against higher competition. (still being the best player on the best team aint nothing)
Yeah, Montverde is absolutely loaded this year. It's putting five ESPN 5-stars on the court, and 5 members of the class of 2024 have signed letters on intent with major Div. 1 programs- Duke, Baylor, Georgia, Indiana, and LSU. Montverde is undefeated and is ESPN's #1 ranked high school team in the country.
Here's some longer video from SLAM of last night's game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-BRdyGcXk. It highlights the incredible talent of Montverde as well as some excellent play by Gonzaga. Although Gonzaga got thrashed last night, it's a very good team featuring some of the best high school players in the D.C. area. Gonzaga didn't play well last night, but it's one of the top high school teams in the U.S.
Flagg is playing on an exceptional team with a lot of high level players, but he seems by far to be the most complete player on the team, so I believe at this point he's the best player on the team. He also apparently is the consensus #1 high school player in the country. Duke is very fortunate to have him on board.
Here's some longer video from SLAM of last night's game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-BRdyGcXk. It highlights the incredible talent of Montverde as well as some excellent play by Gonzaga. Although Gonzaga got thrashed last night, it's a very good team featuring some of the best high school players in the D.C. area. Gonzaga didn't play well last night, but it's one of the top high school teams in the U.S.
Flagg is playing on an exceptional team with a lot of high level players, but he seems by far to be the most complete player on the team, so I believe at this point he's the best player on the team. He also apparently is the consensus #1 high school player in the country. Duke is very fortunate to have him on board.
But he’ll have a year to play as a graduate transfer, if he wants and can find a landing spot.
There is still redshirting. They just have to use the redshirt fifth year away from the Ivies.
Daddylawman
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Duke strikes again in capturing another state. Reminiscent of our conquest of Alaska when Trajan Langdon and Carlos Boozer came aboard.