Genuinely not sure how this thread keeps going 
Might be the longest running thread on the board that Iāve struggled to read.
At least now we are closer to college hoopsā¦
I thought the new draft twitter trend is that AJD isnāt actually the best '25, not that AJD is better than Flagg.
National team basketball never dies
The Dybantsa stuff really varies. He has the measureables and the āauraā. He looks like heās going to be an elite basketball player and has the style of an elite basketball player. So people who care about that put him 1
He also played up an age group while Boozer and Flagg didnāt
Dybantsa is older than Boozer right?
Iām not saying Dybantsa isnāt good, just that the narrative I see with the contrarian draft people on Twitter is that some others in the class are being overlooked.
Yes, heās older. By a bit, but younger a bit than Flagg. He was playing at the oldest EYBL level while Flagg and Boozer were playing the lower level, IIRC
Yeah, Flagg never played 17s because he played his age group then reclassed.
Boozer played his age group at 16s and then played his age group at 17s this yearā¦ I think he lost like 1 or 2 games in two summers.
Flagg never played 17s is going to be something that people talk about for another 90 days, then heāll play playing college hoops I donāt see it mattering. The fact that heās going to turn 18 during December of his freshman year is relevant to what happens this year in some regards though.
I donāt think whether someone played up or not in 2023 is going to really shape them either way. Boozer is also 6 months younger than Dybansta so āplaying upā would have been even more extreme.
(Also both Flagg and Boozer obviously played with siblings which is another pretty obvious reason to play at your age group)
Overall though, I was just saying Iāve heard more Boozer is better than Dybansta talk (and holy shit Nate Ament) than AJD is better than Flagg. (Obviously, different archetypes, so the whole convo is a bit silly.)
Hmm you definitely mostly wade in the contrarian world then. The āmainstreamsā have all pretty much crowned Dybantsa. I personally like Boozer more and the guys I trust like Boozer but a majority of people have landed on Dybantsa
Yeah, very much a contrarian draft twitter whatever take. I know that Dybansta is the āNo. 1 guy in the classā etc., I just have seen more what about Boozer than AJ > Cooper talk.
Most exciting thing about Cooper, IMO, is that the sport is better when Duke has a star and is relevant.
That sort of big name star intrigue has been lacking the last few years. A reason for national media to talk about the sport.
Pooper Flagg
There was an ESPN piece a few weeks ago coming out of Peach Jam that completely left Boozer out of the convo when discussing The Next Big Thing bc Tyran Stokes is it now?
Itās weird.
Have only seen Flagg play so I donāt have an opinion on the other guys. Just glad weāre getting into hype cycles again after everyone being very down on the last few. Hype is fun!
oh heās finished
Emoni Bates was probably the latest generation prospect 
Letās hope Flagg and Dybantsa donāt turn out like that