Dan Patrick Reacts To Cooper Flagg's Strong Performance Against Team USA | 7/9/24

Dan Patrick reacts to all the hype surrounding incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg after his standout performance yesterday in a scrimmage against the men's Olympic basketball team

[@Tragic_Magic23]

I lived right around the corner from Cooper Flagg in Newport, I am rooting for him. It’s crazy that I used to see him playing ball outside with his brother and them going running together.

[@jacksontobin6444]

6 feet 9 one week 6 feet 10 the next week Now he’s 6 feet 11…. Kids gonna be 8 feet tall by the time the draft starts

[@Jojoburns26]

He looks shorter than LeBron who's 6' 8".

[@billmorrison9068]

He's 6'8" or 6'9"

[@chrisdavis7165]

He’s 6’9”

[@Lippett]

Right? I've never seen this guy listed at 6'10" or 6'11" for the primary reason that he's not. Most times I see him at 6'8."

[@tommay5405]

Greatest olympic team we have ever had? Um 92 Dream Team Dan

[@Chat_GPT_4.0]

I know so silly

[@Username2521hh]

He said maybe. You dream team fanboys get sooo sensitive.

[@jsouniss]

Dan, do your homework Cooper Flagg is 6 foot eight

[@gilm6646]

LeBron wished Flagg was his kid!😂😂😂

[@Wyndamn]

YEAH, TAKE THAT LEBRON 🤣🤣🤣

[@kelvinwillis8892]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@Mayso45johns]

I bet you wish Flagg was your kid.. what kinda comment is that loser

[@manumalia]

Ok bud

[@burtwest2750]

at montverde- not img

[@Vic2joel]

Right…only thing right about it is they both in Florida

[@thomaskirk9341]

And he's 6'9", not 6'11". Really no weakness in this kid's game, generational talent.

[@TF-cm2pp]

It’s like saying he went to Gainesville and was a Florida Gator instead of him saying he was a Seminole at Fla State. HUGE difference.

[@EmanuelAmato-x4g]

The first dream team will forever be the best !

[@johnyoungs8479]

He did not play at IMG the last couple years… He played at Monteverde Academy which is the team that won the national championship

[@greyk610]

Being from Maine, im automatically a big fan of his. This is pretty cool, we hardly ever have anyone make it to the NBA from here, let alone be this good.

[@TyVick989]

The media is about to run wild with Cooper Flagg 😂

[@christianpaul-cp6746]

The kid is fearless!

[@ebok33643]

Cooper at 17 absolutely cooked Jrue Holiday in the Basketball USA. Jrue is one of the best defenders in the NBA. I hope the Brooklyn Nets gets to select Cooper as the first pick in the 2025 NBA draft

[@tomevers6670]

I hope he gets drafted to the WNBA. So he can average 50 a game.

[@solidsnake6405]

Screw Brooklyn The Bulls need help like a mofo..

[@louelastic954]

@@solidsnake6405Take a look at the Nets roster and they're not done trading away players yet. They'll easily lose 50+ games. After everything the Nets and their fans have been through, they deserve a top-2 pick. I say top-2 because word on the street is that Ace Bailey > Cooper Flagg, but I'd be happy with either one.

[@solidsnake6405]

@@louelastic954 y'all did that to yourself for Kg&PP and then again for KD/KI/JH I don't wanna hear bout how bad it's been for ya!! At least the fanbase has had a decent amount of hope the past 20 years. Since 1998 the Bulls have had two quick flare ups that were cut down quickly at the knees.

[@choward5430]

When you have game, there's nothing to fear. As a matter of fact, you believe you're as good or better than NBA players right now!

[@thomasherman2935]

Cooper Flagg didn’t go to IMG and he’s not 6’11”. He’s listed as 6’9” and he went to Monteverde. How hard is it to know that when you have a staff working for you?

[@danmcmillan451]

Whoa Dan, hardly the best O team in History.

[@seds94]

White, black, orange, purple. Who cares

[@Timewave-Zer0]

This is what the wnba needs to hear 🤣🤣

[@OtisMoto]

The media cares. It's the media

[@melroze]

The NBA has been waiting 40 years for the next Larry Bird. Here he is.

[@loodakris5928]

The new Larry is Luka

[@michaelf6205]

@@loodakris5928 Luka is European though

[@melroze]

@@loodakris5928 He's not American born though.

[@chopin1975-tq3gx]

@@melroze people dont really care about that anymore, its not the 80s. It's the color of your skin thats most relevant.

[@silewis9396]

@@melroze What makes him the next Larry Bird, just the fact he's a white american star?

[@waltersalas1791]

The DREAM TEAM was the greatest Olympic Team ever assembled. This team is a distant 2nd

[@zachkemp6535]

Nah that redeem team with prime Lebron would cook this current USA team

[@stevenshaw6256]

Prime Kobe ​@@zachkemp6535

[@Jayhawk92]

I was going to say, I don't think this team is 2nd. Especially considering how many of the players are past their prime years

[@GBU61]

The 1994 team was very close to the 1992 team. 1996 had a handful of the same players in 1992. Those guys still understood how to play an all around game. Today is a positionless game where big men are not as skilled inside. Teams back then would destroy these teams just by pounding it inside. Defense is not played nearly to the level it was back then and the physical play of the 80s and 90s is not matched by today’s players. Different era with different philosophy.

[@tarheelk1969]

Dan Patrick KNOWS in his Heart this current Olympic team is the best team ever. He knows that the 1992 Dream Team is the Best Ever.

[@morality2020]

No one is talking about this kid is really class of 2025 he skipped his senior year by reclassifying

[@silewis9396]

I remember when Marvin Bagley and Andre Drummond did that

[@joshuaaguirre1]

imagine he was called the king. The chosen one. on the cover of every magazine and then became the most prodigious scorer in nba history

[@Wyndamn]

@@joshuaaguirre1 that's practically impossible, could never happen........???

[@scottdodenhof6153]

Whats crazy about LeBron is the hype was actually real and he didn't screw it up ever

[@maldad9073]

​@@scottdodenhof6153 Jason Terry would like a word with you sir...

[@truthtelleranon]

@@scottdodenhof6153 That's why he's automatically in top 3 ever convo

[@dburgette7577]

“The greatest Olympic team we’ve ever had.” Whoa, slow down just a little Dan.

[@ba47501]

1984

[@waynetables6414]

The best, not the greatest. They would beat any team of the past but they are not as great as the 92 team relative to their era. The game has evolved

[@wesyoung9150]

Somehow lebron will try to steal the spotlight from this kid too.

[@donsolos]

If you dont like lebron blame ESPN not lebron.

[@wesyoung9150]

@@donsolos they have some blame but dude craves the attention

[@donsolos]

@@wesyoung9150 you tell me which nba star doesnt bud. Let's have just a pinch of self awareness. Sounds like you got bigger issues here

[@wesyoung9150]

@@donsolos self aware and I got issues? You sound like a joke defending one. You probably like dopey Joe too right?

[@Wyndamn]

@@donsolos exactly 💯💯💯

[@bobgarling2281]

Watch atlanta win lottery and spurs get him rofl.

[@jamesmay9955]

He reclassified too, He's supposed to be going into his senior year of HS. No one mentions that.

[@Daphne-oy7dg]

Cooper can do it all

[@keithquick911]

LOL

[@wazzup233]

The Pistons needs him seriously! 😁😁😁😁

[@TheGroundzero313]

Thinking the same, following this kid for years. He looks ready now

[@AL-ei2gc]

Adam Silver will make sure Chicago Bulls get the No 1 draft in 2025.

[@TheFilmSpace1]

Bulls or Nets

[@theesotaricitalian6338]

I hope so

[@RipCity808]

Blazers

[@solidsnake6405]

I hope so,but the NBA freaking hates the Bulls. Bulls and Knicks should have gotten Ja and Zion,yet that didn't happen..

[@luxboss2388]

😂

[@DonLewis9274]

Philadelphia checking in. I seen the highlights n i was like who is this 31? He has that IT factor!!

[@johnniejones4109]

This is not the greatest NBA Olympic Team of all time. By far

[@georgemalone3318]

Dan Patrick has been a sports media institution now for decades that being said there’s other things that come with that and it can make you kind of big time. He didn’t seem to be especially interested in Cooper Flagg in college which all of us big college basketball fans are super excited about next year and a big part of it is this guy Dances to big time he’s out of touch it’s cool the guy still probably radio goat❤

[@isaacoliva8889]

He’s 6-9 not 6-11

[@Egdodgers]

Bro looked the same height as AD in the scrimmage

[@christophersimmons7784]

The next great white hope lol

[@stevehardwick7285]

We've had some great players in Maine, but they usually get lost in the shuffle when they go to college. TJ Cowette comes to mind, he went to Villanova and they pretty much iced him out, wouldn't pass him the ball. He was a great talent, like Cooper.

[@racebannon8569]

Flagg is 6-9 not 6-11

[@greyk610]

He might be 6'10-11 by the time he's drafted, still only 17.

[@traviscrown9189]

Was not at img

[@TheFilmSpace1]

He went to Montverde not IMG

[@johnniejones4109]

Cooper clearly was the best player on the floor.

[@Lippett]

He turns 18 a few days before Christmas for crying out loud. Kid has a helluva ceiling.

[@GFD618]

I don’t really get why people are saying this is the best Olympic team we’ve had when our stars are at the end of their careers. The 2008 and 12 team are still my top 2

[@gregrizzo8054]

Perhaps wait until after these games are complete? Then rank them.

[@Hibbs4Prez]

He's 6'9.

[@toddbearden7251]

So he would be on the Atlanta Hawks? Dang, that would actually be a nice fit for a pf

[@Ledgic-TM]

You really gotta get your info together before reporting

[@DamnMixes]

Great player but the media loves overrating everyone before the actual professional basketball career starts. Let's wait and see.

[@t-2123]

He plays strong similar to Scottie Pippen...

[@racebannon8569]

Been saying for 2 years CF has the best motor and skills Ive seen for a kid that age since James.

[@hanaf1231]

Saw him play twice as a 15 year old sophomore against two of the top teams in the country. He was the best player and he was a 15 year old 10th grader. Crazy.

[@Fawnswine]

Uh like Wemby dont exist. Teams have been scouting Wemby since he was 16 years old and if Wemby could declare for the NBA draft at 16 no doubt in my mind he would of went number 1.

[@MrHCify]

So the Bulls are going down the pooper for Cooper

[@John-iq7ry]

It's not so much that he's white, because we've got Luka, Jokic, etc. It's that he's white AND American. We haven't seen a white American prospect like this since Christian Laettner. And the fact that Flagg also is on the Olympic team like Laettner was with the Dream Team in '92, is the cherry on top. Teams will be tanking next year to try to get this guy...

[@taylor6466]

Texted my buddies the video of the 4th quarter yesterday. He's legit. I was kind of surprised

[@wrenning4ever]

DUKE

[@MrRukiddin]

6'11? IMG? 6'8-9" Montverde Academy. C'mon Dan. Got the "white guy" thing right.

[@werb24]

The draft take is all wrong. What the NbA is missing out on is the brand building that used to happen in college. What’s happening now is just ending up with lots of nameless faceless players.

[@INoahGuy914]

Hope the Nets get the number one pick.

[@margincharge3657]

Let’s not overreact to cooper Flagg having a good day in these scrimmages. This may be less of how great he is and more of an indictment on the NBA players and their effort levels in these games. They won this game by 1 point. We all know no one on that USA team was trying to stop him.

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

I'd still tell my kid to get a degree before NBA, im not saying he lacks, I'd want my son to have that education.

[@Boss3Nate]

Bobby Hurley and Chris Webber went crazy against the Dream Team in one game..... same result will happen with Flagg when they play again

[@stopclockapp]

We have the technology: Just go to French Lick, scrape some DNA from Larry Bird's big right toe, and clone an army of Larry Legends to fill the NBA.

[@INoahGuy914]

He’s listed as 6ft 8

[@ernestclayboniii656]

IKR Dan obviously doesn’t know what he’s talking about!

[@james45478]

Yeah. 6'9" at the most. Roughly the same height as Bam

[@douglasgray1648]

@@james45478 He is said to be a "growing 6'9" with a wingspan over 7'." I was impressed with his elevation coupled with impeccable shot blocking timing. I think Larry Bird was the greatest, but he did not have the athleticism to block shots like this kid. At 17, he is already as good a shot blocker as Wembanyama and Holmgren.

[@jonathanoury3836]

Monteverde Academy Floridas basketball powerhouse not IMG

[@hiltoncarroll336]

He played at Monteverde not IMG

[@Chat_GPT_4.0]

Where is the actual video of him playing?

[@truthtelleranon]

you probably found it by now it's on YT

[@griffandmull7069]

He’s 6’8 not 6’11

[@andydabilis5157]

Dan, Dan, what are you smoking? This is the greatest Olympic team ever? They have guys who finished FOURTH in the World Cup and were pushed around by European players but you are looking at an athletic Larry Bird and good thing for the future because this Olympic team is in danger of flopping might win one game in a best-of-seven against the Dream Team. Who on the Dream Team would you replace with anyone from this team?

[@Thehorsepesterer]

This US Olympic Team has a very good chance of getting run off the court and not even getting a medal.

[@jamesmay9955]

Lakers Should make history....Be the first Father Son duo to be traded for the number one pick by the Lakers...... Lakers want Flagg over the James'. Fans dont care if we have Lebron or Bronny. We dont owe them,

[@KevinKlampe-zu7pi]

The Kid is Unreal!!!

[@keithquick911]

He scored 8 points in the McDonalds All Star game. Yall need to slow down .

[@theesotaricitalian6338]

Hes 6'9 not 6'11

[@JamesSobczak-ys9jh]

He went to Montverde academy and he is 6’9”

[@NedBenjamin]

Isn’t Cooper too young to have qualified for the 2024 NBA draft. He is only 17 and graduated from high school a year early. So he, and all of the members of his ‘original’ high school class, can’t be drafted until 2025. He essentially graduated early to spend a year at Duke.

[@donsolos]

Why would leaving high school early have any impact on any of this? The pros dont care about high school

[@FallingShade]

How did he pronounce Wemby's name

[@gregb.6799]

Flagg is good, but I'm pretty sure Team USA was playing at 3/4 speed. Let's not get overly excited.

[@KevinNolanRealEstate]

Let’s pump the brakes! Yes, the kid is a great talent but the pro Olympic team was sleep walking through that scrimmage. Get real!

[@DJCal_Z]

Lakers need to just Tank this season 2024-2025, we aint winning the finals, tanking for Cooper Flag first draft pick for 2025 draft lol Let the tank games begin!

[@danrandall794]

No team with LeCry Baby will ever be the best ever.

[@PhilippineCurt]

6’9 and not 6’11. Monteverde in Florida and not IMG.

[@DreamTeemRecords]

Hope he doesn't get hurt in college

[@KevinKlampe-zu7pi]

No violation for IG watching!

[@JTrain1118]

He’s 6’9

[@joshswacina991]

He isn't Wemby , or even Chet . He does have a chance to be good though.

[@hlinville6034]

I thought he was 6'9"

[@ba47501]

A long 6'9" at Montverde.

[@TP-ne6ez]

I think Flagg should come out and say he is a girl, join the WNBA and play against the other dude, Bobby Griner😊

[@MsBuckey]

Stop the hype. College players always get this treatment from National team.

[@ronniebx4664]

White guy, let that sink in, 3x😂😂

[@torchmark66]

"This helps college basketball."... except it is not college basketball that needs help.

[@ColbyONE]

Wow

[@facomori3110]

Bronny >>>>>>>>>>>>

[@morality2020]

Lol 😂 should be working at Walmart he stinks

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

STOP ANOINTING THIS KID !!!!!!!!!!!! LETS WAIT HOW HE DOES WHEN HE GETS INTO THE LEAGUE !!!!!!!!!!

[@keyboard_g]

Maybe let the kids be kids and not rush a 17 year old into the pros.

[@blurrproductions_224]

ain’t he like 6,8’

[@bobwhite2]

Bronny is a DEI rep.

[@rashuabey955]

He is not ,6",11

[@christopherbryant7521]

Yeah

[@rainmaker3700]

He should have gone to Uconn and won a title, he won't win anything at Duke.

[@xNilGeez]

"6'11..white guy." That didn't have to be stated 😄

[@Johnonayacht]

Broney who?

[@joecloke3813]

This is the Dumpster fire awards ,they honored prince Harry 🤡🤡🤡

[@LecutusBorg1]

Starting early Dan patrick? Hyping it up….6ft 11 no more like 6ft 7 but can hoop though.

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

you guys quiet down about the social media at least wait until the WNBA season is over.

[@luxboss2388]

Lebron be at coop games