The identify of Cooper Flagg is being talked about an increasing number of as each month goes by, whereas the highschool star is predicted to grow to be a No. 1 prospect for a future NBA Draft. Fact is, the rising star has saved busy this summer time and has been dominating each competitors he’s been one. 

The newest was on Jayson Tatum’s Elite Camp simply a few weeks in the past, the place he allegedly confronted new Phoenix star Bradley Beal and didn’t again down.

Rumor has it that the Maine native took the NBA participant on a 1-on-1 and apparently received mad on the 16-year-old who went full throttle.

Cooper Flagg was allegedly cooking Bradley Beal in a 1v1, per @Scalabrine

“I heard a rumor that my boy Cooper Flagg was at Jayson Tatum’s camp and he was busting Brad Beal 1-on-1, and Brad Beal received mad at him. Began cussing him out…This dude is a serious trash-talker. … So I… pic.twitter.com/OSp3QorUTS

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 2, 2023

“I heard a rumor that my boy Cooper Flagg was at Jayson Tatum’s camp and he was busting Brad Beal 1-on-1, and Brad Beal received mad at him. Began cussing him out,” stated former participant Brian Scalabrine stated on NBA Radio this Tuesday.

“This dude is a serious trash-talker. So I suppose the rumor is that Brad Beal and him had been squaring off 1-on-1 and Brad Beal was taking it flippantly. It’s a highschool child. Then Cooper began giving it to him. And I suppose the rumor is, Cooper began speaking trash and Bradley Beal received mad. Actually mad,” he added.

Flagg has shortly earned a popularity of taking part in with no concern, on the point of dunk over anybody who stands in entrance of him.

The rumor is sensible, particularly contemplating that Tatum posted an Instagram story after the camp got here to an finish, commenting on how a lot he loved the way in which younger campers competed and talked a number of trash. The story disappeared 24 hours later, as they generally do on social media.

The most recent stories introduced this week that the 16-year-old was seen visiting a College in North Carolina. “Cooper Flagg, one of many nation’s greatest, is on campus for a go to to Duke as we speak,” wrote 247Sports’ basketball analyst Travis Branham.

“Flagg is essentially the most full participant,” one school coach stated. “He does it on each ends of the ground. Wonderful passer. Principally can play 1 by means of 4 on each ends of the ground. He performs exhausting, by no means takes any performs off. His greatest weak spot proper now could be his perimeter taking pictures — which remains to be fairly good.”

Scouts and school coaches have discovered frequent floor on explaining Flagg’s many skills

This summer time has been particular for the rising star, as Cooper has participated in as many summer time competitors’s as potential. This manner, each scouts and coaches have been in a position to see him carry out carefully, expressing their immense admiration for the highschool athlete.

“Flagg is simply completely different,” an NBA scout expressed final month. “He has the psychological make-up. Silent killer, murderer. He’s constant together with his mindset, motor and manufacturing. If he doesn’t develop an oz. of his offensive bundle from today ahead, he’s nonetheless doubtlessly within the working for a defensive participant of the yr on the NBA stage. Simply the progressions that he’s proven with the reside ball playmaking, shot-creating off the bounce, instinctive reads and performs on each ends after which how he carries himself.”

The teen ended his Peach Jam exhibitions with averages of 25.4 factors. 13.0 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 6.9 blocks per match.

“Flagg is the extra dynamic defender and passer of the three,” one other school coach added. “He impacts successful in additional methods than these different two proper now.”