2025 NBA design: Ex-Celtics NBA Champion Chides Cooper Flag, says that the Duke product will be all-star once

One of the biggest on-ball defenders of the NBA is curious Projected No. 1 overall selection Cooper Flagg and his future fame in the NBA. The former outstanding Boston Celtics -Tony Allen, who helped the franchise for a title in 2008, questioned flags ceiling this week and sees no generation talent.

“I don't think Cooper Flag will turn their franchise around,” said Allen in a recent podcast by Grindcitymedia. “I mean it seriously. I don't see that I don't see it all. I see (former striker of Utah Jazz) Andrei Kirilenko. I see that Bro.”

All was a three-time member of the NBA all-defensive team and his number 9 was retired by the Memphis Grizzlies after his game days. Now he gives hot takes that surrounds the top prospective customer of this design cycle.

“He will be a unique all-star,” said Allen. “I don't see it, brother. (I am) I just didn't act.

Ironic, Allen's former team was one of the franchise companies To interview Flagg this month at the NBA design. The Celtics have the 28th selection of the first round, but the Dallas Mavericks have no plans to give the top selection after winning the lottery.

Alles also said that he did not expect Flagg the Rookie of the Year of the NBA next season.

During an interview with CBS Sports last summer, Flagg revealed that the Celtics were his favorite team as a die -hard basketball fan.

“We would have a few hours for Aau tournaments and our little Chrysler van had a film projector that would fall in the middle, and we would watch the entire championship run and the game for game in 85-86 Celtics and play it all the time again and again,” said Flagg before his only season at Duke. “I think the way you played how you quickly brought out the ball have led him on the pitch, the selflessness and selflessness in this team, just to accept a role in doing the right things, putting your body into play, it somehow embodies what a good team has to have. Everyone has to sacrifice something.”

Flagg will be a kind of consolation price for the Mavericks when Dallas ceded the franchise player Luka Doncic against the Los Angeles Lakers at the beginning of this season.

Flagg, the overall player of the 2024 recruitment cycle, explained the draft after helping the Blue Devils to reach the final four this season. He received the international of the year for his efforts after he had an average of 19.2 points under coach Jon Scheyer and 7.2 rebounds per game.