{"id":319798,"date":"2025-04-05T05:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/cooper-flagg-should-turn-down-nba-draft-stay-at-duke-larry-johnson-says"},"modified":"2025-04-05T05:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:08:03","slug":"cooper-flagg-should-turn-down-nba-draft-stay-at-duke-larry-johnson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/cooper-flagg-should-turn-down-nba-draft-stay-at-duke-larry-johnson-says","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg Ought to Flip Down NBA Draft &amp; Keep At Duke, Larry Johnson Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Larry Johnson<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Cooper Flagg Should Stay At Duke!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-05T00:50:05-07:00\">April 5, 2025 12:50 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.7366946779\">\n<section id=\"cb-ded9f35ec95c0c301cdb08771fcaccdc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2026f7ee-a277-4d12-928a-d61aced06530-212222652-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2026f7ee-a277-4d12-928a-d61aced06530-212222652-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cooper Flagg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b8\/16by9\/2025\/03\/28\/b828ef4de6c840e89cfe05f6a17f3f7d_md.jpg\" alt=\"032825_larry_johnson_cooper_flagg-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ded9f35ec95c0c301cdb08771fcaccdc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dc0832c03ada6f458da62e39d351fbb4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.5033112583\">\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/larry-johnson-nba\/\"><strong>Larry Johnson<\/strong><\/a> were in <strong>Cooper Flagg<\/strong>&#8216;s giant Blue Devil sneakers, he tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he&#8217;d forgo the NBA for one more year &#8230; and stay put in Durham.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dc0832c03ada6f458da62e39d351fbb4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-55557bee785a6573d00901cb4c2edc92\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Flagg, of course, is the prohibitive favorite to go at the top of this year&#8217;s draft &#8230; but Johnson made it clear to us he&#8217;d like to see the 18-year-old hang around Duke a bit longer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55557bee785a6573d00901cb4c2edc92--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d56d3ac865cc39ba8fe926ecd8a9b594\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d56d3ac865cc39ba8fe926ecd8a9b594--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8365615e3c8835bff0de15fdadc80aa2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The College Basketball Hall of Famer said the extra year of ACC ball would help Flagg tremendously in the long run &#8230; even though he knows it&#8217;d be difficult for the teenager to postpone his pro career another 12 or so months.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8365615e3c8835bff0de15fdadc80aa2--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a8fe8e85009970e1033724a8871916fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s tough to turn down that money when you know you&#8217;re going to be No. 1,&#8221; he said, but &#8220;to go back to Duke and spend one more year, just get them skills together a little bit more &#8212; I think that would be a pretty good idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a8fe8e85009970e1033724a8871916fe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6a622f9194963138146b1373bb7ee9b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-video-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1076777957-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1076777957-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/39\/16by9\/2025\/04\/04\/395d7471d9a542d8bfe050a7205e8747_md.jpg\" alt=\"menendez brothers-Key-Art-HORIZONTAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6a622f9194963138146b1373bb7ee9b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ef0eef9de8d5755ecbb718027b5dc689\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Flagg&#8217;s had a heck of a season so far with the Blue Devils &#8212; he and his teammates are playing for a spot in the national championship later Saturday &#8212; and almost every NBA draft pundit believes he&#8217;s on the precipice of a huge rookie season. But Johnson knows a thing or two about staying a while longer in college &#8212; he opted for one more season at UNLV before becoming the 1991 No. 1 overall pick, and he says he doesn&#8217;t regret it at all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ef0eef9de8d5755ecbb718027b5dc689--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5bf9bfc60f3749a7f5a82e7de2944210\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250404_914458b9be9e42628a62e0578ee69c98\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bbac0b15-3981-417f-a49c-02d0bd180681\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/4by3\/2025\/04\/04\/914458b9be9e42628a62e0578ee69c98_md.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Johnson UNLV getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5bf9bfc60f3749a7f5a82e7de2944210--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-790acf86f6af7b75b5c03cc614520f2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Heck no,&#8221; he told us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-790acf86f6af7b75b5c03cc614520f2b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1ae6b3e0aa60d11a3fe4c00a62a2c28\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Flagg won&#8217;t have long to make a decision &#8230; the draft kicks off in late June!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b1ae6b3e0aa60d11a3fe4c00a62a2c28--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/05\/larry-johnson-cooper-flagg-stay-at-duke\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Johnson Cooper Flagg Should Stay At Duke!!! Published April 5, 2025 12:50 AM PDT Play video content TMZSports.com If Larry Johnson were in Cooper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319800,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319798\/revisions\/319800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}