麦克马洪：我被告知，基德在弗拉格身上看到了另一位前杜克球员的影子——曾与基德共享年度最佳新秀奖的格兰特·希尔。在凯里·欧文赛季初缺阵期间，弗拉格将获得重要机会承担组织型前锋的角色，他会拥有大量球权，基德认为他具备组织进攻的能力。
“I’m told Jason Kidd sees shades of another Duke guy in Cooper Flagg, a guy who J-Kidd shared the Rookie of the Year Award with, Grant Hill… Cooper Flagg is really gonna have a chance, especially early in the season when Kyrie Irving's out, to play a point forward type of game. He's gonna have the ball in his hands a lot, and J-Kidd thinks he can facilitate.”
