How a Duke Freshman Star Has All but Secured the No. 1 N.B.A. Draft Pick

Throughout the season, Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg has been considered the 2025 NBA Draft’s likely No. 1 pick. Beginning the season at 17 years old after reclassifying into the 2024 recruiting class, Flagg is among college basketball’s youngest players, and his season started with some growing pains. He averaged 15.2 points while shooting 44 percent from the field and 27 percent from 3 during his first seven games in November, turning the ball over three times per game. It wasn’t a bad start, as he also averaged eight rebounds, four assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks. But publicly — if not necessarily in NBA front offices — questions

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