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• Cooper Flagg’s Kentucky matchup will show just how good he is right now

Zachary Taft-Imagn Images Duke is projected to make a run this coming March and the talent of Flagg is a huge reason why. The 2024-25 college basketball season has officially kicked off, as the first week of games provided insight into what should be an eventful season headlined by one of the stronger freshmen classes in recent memory. At the spotlight of it all is Duke Blue Devils five-st...2024
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images We ranked eight NBA teams that need to make a move, and took our best shot at coming up with one trade each of them could pull off. It’s fake trade season in the NBA. It’s not actual trade season for a while. Teams don’t buy or sell when they either theoretically liked their roster going into the season or hated it but need teams to get more desperate b...2024
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The NBA Eastern Conference was supposed to be better this season. It’s not. This was supposed to be the season the NBA’s Eastern Conference grew up and joined the big leagues. The East has essentially operated like basketball’s junior varsity from the moment Michael Jordan finished pushing off Bryon Russell, but the moves made this summer indicated ...2024
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• And-Ones: Knueppel, Bailey, Jordan Jersey, Cap Projections, G League Deal
While Duke’s Cooper Flagg is expected to be the top pick in next year’s draft, another Duke freshman has scouts excited, according to Sam Vecenie of The Athletic. Kon Knueppel is being compared to Rockets lottery pick Reed Sheppard — a highly skilled player with elite shooting ability who was relatively underrated entering the year. […]...2024
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• Cooper Flagg makes Duke debut and shows off his versatile skill set

Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor reacts to Cooper Flagg's Duke debut and if the hype surrounding the projected #1 NBA draft pick is warranted....2024

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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season

David Butler II-Imagn Images The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2024-2025 season, previewed by our experts Another chapter in college basketball begins on Monday as the 2024-25 season kicks off. Last April, UConn, led by head coach Dan Hurley, cut down the nets in at the national championship in Arizona, beating Purdue 75-60. With the transfer portal, new incoming freshmen...2024
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The NBA season just opened, but these three teams should already be worried. The NBA’s 82-game regular season is so long and tedious that few teams are ever really out of it until after the All-Star break. Take the 2021-2022 Boston Celtics as the chief example: Boston was just 25-25 through its first 50 games, then finished the year 26-6 before running all ...2024
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• 6 NBA overreactions after 1 game of the 2024-2025 season

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Here are our biggest NBA overreactions after every team has played at least one game this season. Overreacting after the first game of a new season is a right of passage for sports fans. Patience is a virtue, but it’s hard to come by after a long summer without the NBA. Most of the time, fans’ earliest overreactions only serve to confirm their own agend...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The season hasn’t even started, and Kawhi Leonard is already out indefinitely with a knee injury. When the Los Angeles Clippers open the 2024-2025 regular season on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns, they won’t have their best player on the floor. At the moment, no one knows when Kawhi Leonard will return. Leonard is sidelined ‘indefinitely’ with inflammatio...2024
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images How Cooper Flagg is growing into the next generation’s version of an NBA superstar. Cooper Flagg walked into USA Basketball practice with nothing to lose and everything to prove. He was just about the youngest person in the building, competing against more mature and more accomplished players with far greater pedigrees. He entered the scrimmages ...2024
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award

Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year award. The 2024 NBA Draft class was always a bit underwhelming, but that should make this year’s Rookie of the Year race even more wide open. The lack of a consensus top prospect a la Victor Wembanyama last year means that almost anyone can make a run to ROY this season, draft position be da...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Here’s how we think the 2024 NBA Draft will actually play out. The 2024 NBA Finals are over with the Boston Celtics emerging as champions. The league is now ready to turn the page to next season, starting with the 2024 NBA Draft. The first round of the draft is happening on Wednesday, June 26 on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. ET, and for the first time, th...2024
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• The 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball right now, ranked

Let’s rank the 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball today. With the NBA and college hoops calendars in their August doldrums, there’s no better time to catch up on grassroots and high school basketball and start looking ahead at the best talent coming down the pipeline. This is the third time I’ve ranked the best NBA prospects in high school basketball at this site. When I did this exe...2023
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"Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar."

• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom
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• And-Ones: Knueppel, Bailey, Jordan Jersey, Cap Projections, G League Deal
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• Cooper Flagg makes Duke debut and shows off his versatile skill set
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked

Peter Ackerman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images There are some new faces this season who could help their team make a tournament run come March. The 2024-25 college basketball season is approaching quickly and there will be a decent handful of new-look teams, as this offseason was one of the most hectic ones in recent memory with the transfer portal. While there was a lot of movement ...2024
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season
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• 6 NBA overreactions after 1 game of the 2024-2025 season
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Cooper Flagg’s Kentucky matchup will show just how good he is right now
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• 6 NBA overreactions after 1 game of the 2024-2025 season
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• How Duke basketball can attack 2025 recruiting after Boozer twins’ commitment

Photo by ALTAN GOCHER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images The twins were the first two commitments for Duke in their 2025 class, but it looks like the Blue Devils are just getting started. The Duke Blue Devils kicked off their 2025 recruiting class with a bang last week when they landed commitments from five-stars Cameron Boozer and Cayden Boozer, the sons of former NBA great Carlos Boozer. T...2024
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• Cameron Boozer, Duke’s latest blue chip commit, is an NBA superstar in the making

Photo by ALTAN GOCHER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Cameron Boozer is growing into a future NBA star. Next stop: Duke. Here’s why he’s so good. Cameron Boozer has been so good for so long that there can be a tendency to take his steady dominance for granted. As the class of 2025 has come of age, players with more explosive athleticism and more impressive tough shot-making have gotten the...2024
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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• Cameron Boozer, Duke’s latest blue chip commit, is an NBA superstar in the making
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• Boozer twins recruiting prediction for Duke vs. Miami over college basketball’s next stars

Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Should Cameron and Cayden Boozer pick Duke or Miami in recruiting? Let’s break it down. The next set of elite basketball twins are about announce their college decision. Cameron and Cayden Boozer are five-star prospects out of Columbus High School in Miami who have won at the highest level everywhere they’ve played. Now they’re cho...2024
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• Tanking is the Nets’ quickest path to the future, if they can navigate past their competition to the bottom

The moment the Nets moved Mikal Bridges, they picked a lane. They just hope they’ll find Cooper Flagg down the road....2024
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom
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• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• NBA Rumors: Prospect Sparked Tensions At Jayson Tatum’s Camp

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum held his annual basketball camp, and word on the street is that one upcoming NBA prospect triggered a multi-time All-Star during a not-so-friendly game of 1-on-1. As the story goes, Cooper Flagg, a 16-year-old prospect from Maine, was in attendance during Tatum’s camp and called out nonother than Bradley Beal. […]...2023
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• Flagg reclassifies, could be top '25 NBA draft pick

Cooper Flagg, arguably the best prospect in high school basketball, announced Friday he is reclassifying from 2025 into the 2024 class - leaving him as the new favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft....2023
• Cooper Flagg and the small New England town that raised basketball’s brightest young star
The NBA hasn’t drafted a Maine native in 40 years. This high schooler from Newport could be the 2025 No. 1 pick....2024
• Dylan Harper commits to Rutgers over Duke in stunning college hoops recruiting decision

Michael Karas/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Rutgers (!) has now landed two top-3 overall men’s basketball recruits in the class of 2024. Dylan Harper is spurning the Duke Blue Devils to stay home and try to build a college basketball winner at the most unlikely of schools. Harper has committed to Rutgers, where his father Ron Harper and brother Ron Harper Jr. also starred during thei...2023
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• Peach Jam: NBA scouts pack the gym for A.J. Dybantsa, Cooper Flagg and other top players
Yahoo Sports runs down players NBA scouts were making a priority and getting early eyes on at Peach Jam....2023
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• No. 1 HS Recruit Cooper Flagg Announces He’s Headed to Duke on the Cover of SLAM 247

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• Cooper Flagg’s Kentucky matchup will show just how good he is right now
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season
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• 6 NBA overreactions after 1 game of the 2024-2025 season
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• How Duke basketball can attack 2025 recruiting after Boozer twins’ commitment
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 6 Returns on August 21 at Rucker Park
After a summer filled with traveling across the country–and in some instances overseas–for AAU tournaments and showcases, the pinnacle of the high school season returns this Wednesday when the SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 6 touches down at the famed Rucker Park on August 21st. After last year’s buzzer-beating thriller courtesy of Cooper Flagg, Vol. 6 […] The post The SLAM Summer Classic Vo...2024
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• And-Ones: Flagg, In-Season Tourney, Escrow Payments, Broadcasting Deals
Cooper Flagg goes No. 1 overall to the Nets. Dylan Harper is selected No. 2 by the Wizards. Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman has released his latest 2025 mock draft in the aftermath of major AAU tournaments, NBA camps, FIBA competition and the Paris Olympics. It will be difficult for any prospect to recreate the buzz […]...2024
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• Ron Holland’s NBA Draft stock shouldn’t be defined by G League losing

Photo by Alex Nahorniak-Svenski/NBAE via Getty Images Don’t let Ron Holland’s one season in the G League fool you. The 2024 NBA Draft prospect has always been a winner. Duncanville High School head coach David Peavy stood outside the locker room after the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game ready to congratulate his star player on the symbolic close to an incredible high school career. When...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated 1st round projection after March Madness

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our latest projection of the 2024 NBA Draft now that March Madness is over. The 2024 NBA Draft cycle opened this summer with massive uncertainty over would who emerge as the No. 1 player in the class. With college basketball season now over, and UConn again reigning supreme, it feels like we’re no closer to a consensus answer. The lack of an obvio...2024
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• 5 NBA trade deadline teams who desperately need to make a deal

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images These the teams who need to make a bold move at the NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline represents the last chance for teams to reload their rosters ahead of the playoffs, or get an early head start on a rebuild before the offseason. With the deadline quickly approaching on Thursday, Feb. 8, there are a number of teams who should be feeling ...2024
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• Cooper Flagg Loves New England Support In Basketball Journey

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — While Cooper Flagg may have taken his roots to Montverde Academy in Florida, the highly-regarded high school basketball prospect’s foundation still remains in New England. The Newport, Maine native returned to the region to play in the HoopHall Classic. With an extra buzz in the building at Blake Arena, Flagg entertained fans […]...2024
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