Recently, the U17 men's basketball national youth team in the United States announced the list of training camp entries.
Cooper Flagg, a talented forward named the no. 1 U.S. in the Class of 2025 last month, became the youngest player in history to be selected for the U.S. U17 men's basketball team at the age of 15 years and four months.
In addition, he received a full scholarship from Duke University and verbally promised to join after graduation.
It is worth mentioning that Cooper Flagg is only one year old this year.
If Doncic is Europe's proudest son, Cooper Flagg is the future star in the eyes of Americans.
There are many things in common between the two, first of all are skipping games, followed by handsome, and finally maturity explosions.
Cooper Flagg, born in 2007, has been described by scouts as a basketball genius rarely seen in a century.
He is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, and is an all-round forward who controls, transports, passes and throws samples.
This season, Cooper Flagg averaged 20.5 points, 10 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game.
In the championship battle, he single-handedly scored 22 points and 16 rebounds to lead the team to win, and was the first player of the year in Maine's history.
There is no doubt that Cooper Flagg's basketball future is bright.
Scouting reports describe him as a player standing at the intersection of talent and time.
American fans gave him a more direct assessment, calling him "LeBron of Maine."
The wording may be exaggerated, but the exaggeration can also taste people's recognition of Cooper Flagg.
These recognitions are not blown up by public opinion, but by Cooper Flagg through actual combat.
Before Cooper Flagg, Maine had not produced any national number one, and no player could quickly get the recognition of major sports websites in such a short period of time, in the eyes of most people, Cooper Flagg is the embodiment of potential, if he continues to work hard, he will become the best basketball player in Maine's history.
In an interview last month, Cooper Flagg's high school head coach argued that the former's future belongs to the NBA.
Whether or not he enters as a champion as predicted, it is certain that as long as he is not injured, he definitely has the strength to make a name for himself.
In this era, players who play with IQ tend to be particularly popular.
Cooper Flagg, on the other hand, happens to be an all-around striker who excels in ball quotient and is good at reading defense.
There are more than four words to describe him, which is really the most appropriate.
At the age of 15, he was able to develop a back-to-body jumper based on the combination of sudden shots, which is a great learning ability.
If it can stay healthy, there's reason to believe that the NBA will have a place for Cooper Flagg in the future.