The Duke Blue Devils have the best player in all of college basketball. Cooper Flagg has been a nationwide sensation throughout the course of the entire season.
Notably, that’s only going to get bigger once he turns pro. He’s most likely going to be out of campus after his lone season at Durham, and he’s projected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.
With that in mind, NBA analyst Bill Simmons shared his thoughts on any potential destination for him. When thinking about a potential duo with Victor Wembanyama, he claimed that it would be ‘the dream.’
San Antonio would be ‘the dream’ for Cooper Flagg
“San Antonio would be the dream of all the teams. It’s putting him next to Wemby,” Simmons said. “I can’t think of a better sidekick for Wemby.”
Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs
With Wembanyama’s season-ending injury, there’s a small, albeit existent, chance that he will end up teaming up with Flagg if the Spurs manage to win the NBA Draft lottery.
Bill Simmons wants Cooper Flagg to land on a good team
“Well, I don’t want him to go to a bad team where we had this NBA infection that we’ve had for 50, 60 years where we take these great, talented players and just stick them in bad situations. Like what happened with LeBron in Cleveland the first couple years. He was on the worst possible team. And he turned out great for him, but you just lose a couple years,” Simmons said. “The best case scenario is what happened with (Larry) Bird.”
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Of course, landing on a good team is unlikely for the first-overall pick. Perhaps only the Philadelphia 76ers or the aforementioned Spurs might fit the bill. Otherwise, he’s likely going to a struggling and rebuilding franchise.
