{"id":322959,"date":"2023-08-11T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=322959"},"modified":"2023-08-11T20:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:57:42","slug":"montverde-standout-cooper-flagg-reclassifies-to-2024-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=322959","title":{"rendered":"Montverde standout Cooper Flagg reclassifies to 2024 class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy week and a half for Cooper Flagg, the 6-foot-8 talent who has the basketball world watching his every move.<\/p>\n<p>He first hit the headlines in early August after a rumor swirled that he <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/cooper-flagg-has-addressed-the-bradley-beal-brian-scalabrine-rumor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beat NBA all-star Bradley Beal during a 1-on-1 game at Jayson Tatum&#8217;s camp.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the Brian Scalabrine-led buzz was laid to rest, it was back to business as usual for the arguably top prospect in the nation (regardless of class).<\/p>\n<p>Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg has announced that he is reclassifying to the Class of 2024 from the &#8217;25 group, which gives him a head start on the next chapter of his basketball career, including the professional ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Montverde Academy (Fla.) shared the news via social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senior Year incoming <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f440.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc40\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cooper_Flagg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cooper_Flagg<\/a> <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s put a <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f3c6.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> in the case <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oaVtz0G2xP\">pic.twitter.com\/oaVtz0G2xP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Montverde Academy Basketball (@MVABasketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MVABasketball\/status\/1690088154781335553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Ringer&#8217;s<\/em> Kevin O&#8217;Connor added exciting context to the news for NBA fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Massive news. Cooper Flagg in 2025, Cameron Boozer in 2026, AJ Dybantsa in 2027. Some major prospects coming to the NBA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3zOcIhUWgt\">https:\/\/t.co\/3zOcIhUWgt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin O&#039;Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinOConnorNBA\/status\/1690077224366669831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Flagg&#8217;s defensive abilities are what originally put him on the recruiting map, a mix of size and speed with the agility to cover a ton of space. Recently, though, his offensive output has turned heads nationally, culminating during his EYBL campaign, where he averaged 25.4 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 6.9 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>The heightened attention builds off the Victor Wembanyama Effect, the worldwide sensation who went No. 1 in the 2023 NBA draft and has been called a &#8220;generational talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The height mixed with guard-like skills off the dribble, the range of a seasoned scoring threat &#8230; plus top-level defense and rebounding? There&#8217;s room for that on an NBA roster.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the league might not have to wait as long to get it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Flagg also has a near-open pass to a few top colleges, from Duke, Kansas, and UCLA to UConn, Villanova, Kansas State, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live-stream or watch high school sports on-demand:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nfhspc.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/index.html??campaign=1205322&amp;source=NFHS_Impact&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfhsnetwork.com%2F%3Firclickid%3DUT%253A2XXXaMxyNR4rR9dTovRG2UkF1qGWxMTkQUc0%26irgwc%3D1%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_source%3Dimpact%26utm_campaign%3DUSA%2520TODAY%2520Sports%2520Media%2520Group%26utm_content%3D1205322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Big news for the 2025 NBA draft.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322961,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322959\/revisions\/322961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}