I'm older......He's not better than Larry, Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan.....by a country mile. But he's the new best.
You need to throw in Alcindor, Walton, Hayes, Maravich, Thompson, and probably many more.
What’s impressive is he just turned 18!
I remember what Jesus could do at 18. His fadeaway jumper was divine
Yes.....I left out the Pistol . Pistol Pete's college scoring record was just broken last year by Caitlyn Clark. A record without a three point shot. A guy why practiced every day. Not to digress.....but today's fans are missing out if they don't look back at film on some of these guys.....
I don't think Jordan was even in the top tier of college players, if you're only looking at his college career, stats and accomplishments. Avg 17.7 for his career at UNC and the one NC as a freshman. Len Bias (and a host of others) > MJ as a collegian.
Difficult to compare as players back in the 80’s were more mature. The last 25 years, the best players don’t make it past their freshman year.
His no-look passes were miraculous, all while playing in buffalo sandals and no socks!
Bird and Magic came to mind... their legends were cemented by what they did in the NBA. We'll see what Flagg ends up doing in the NBA. Quite a lot more size and talent, overall, than when those guys played. But list off the "best"...whatever aspect of the game you want to talk about... and he's in the conversation for it in college, right now. Ball handling, passing, shooting, scoring, on the ball defense, help side shot blocking, rebounding... From what I'VE seen, no one has had all the tools, and the motor to go with it, that Flagg does.
Alabama probably shot themselves out last night. They probably will not be able to hit the broad side of a barn tomorrow night.
Plus Jesus could play basketball on Jupiter or at the bottom of the ocean.
Moved to the bullpen though. Jesus saves.
I thought it was questioned whether or not he could hit a curve ball?
He cannot help when it comes to hitting a curve ball. Only Jobu can do that.
Yeah, the more I've watched, the more impressed I've become. I didn't think they would get far in the tournament running the offense through Flagg, but he was so impressive to me last night handling the ball and passing. I thought a team with quick physical guards could cause him trouble, but he had no trouble with Zona and I thought that was their gameplan. I've just never seen an NCAA champion who didn't have a great PG and dominant guards, but I may this year.
As the old joke goes, the only guy who could shut down Michael Jordan was Dean Smith.
Even more so than MJ, the guy who really seemed stunted by Dean Smith's coaching was Vince Carter. He came to UNC with a huge rep. First high schooler I'd ever heard of that had a highlight videotape! Good in college, but to me never broke through, then took off (again) in the pros. Half Man-half amazing was mostly just half man as a Heel.As the old joke goes, the only guy who could shut down Michael Jordan was Dean Smith.
But that neglects Dakich.
There's no need to seriously debate this, as opinions vary. He's very good and I've seen him play several times during the year. He may be comparable to the aforementioned collegians if he elects to stick around another year or two. Bird, Magic, Alcindor, etc. were more mature. You could also add Christian Laettner to the list.
I've said it all year, back in December he was 17 years old and dominating. Some kids in college are 24 due to Covid and transfer rules and he was always the best player on the court.
Really, really good, but not sure he makes the top 5 DUKE players (in college) over teh last however many years. Laetner was a GREAT college player--incredibly unlikeable for non Duke people, but arguable since the Alcinder and Walton days he had the best college career of anyone, Hurley is in the discussion as the best college PG in a long time, Grant Hill was special, then you get the to Banchero's, Flagg's, Dunleavey's, Brand's, Williams's etc.
But if basketball wasnt invented until Naismith did, how's that possible? More Bs VPN? vbg
Shareed Abdur Rahim as a college freshman for an Ncaa Tournament team: 21.1ppg, 8.4rpg, 1.0apg, 1.9steals, 1.3blks.. He should be thrown into the comparisons of college freshman.
He won't be at Duke long enough to accomplish as much as many of the Duke greats... but using Laettner as an example... Flagg is better than him in every single aspect of the game.
This. Don't think I'd put him in top as right now, but as a freshman? Good lord, he's one of the best I've seen. One that doesn't get mentioned much is Chris Jackson at LSU. That dude was other worldly in college.
I saw him in the Denver airport one time after he changed his name and playing for the Nuggets and no sign of Tourette’s and actually seemed like a nice guy.
