Remember at the beginning of this NBA season when people compared Cooper Flagg to Andrei Kirilenko, aka AK-47?
Kirilenko was a defensive athletic star and many people thought that’s where Flagg would end up.
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Well, not so much.
He is an excellent defender, as promised, but he has also become an offensive star. In the last two games, he scored 96 points and shot a collective 33-57, or 57.8%. He also shot 8-15 on his three-pointers for 53.3%.
On Sunday night, Flagg followed up his 51-point game against Orlando with a near triple-double against the Los Angeles Lakers: Flagg had 45 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.
He is the first rookie to have consecutive 40-point games since Allen Iverson did it in 1997.
This comes near the end of the season as the league witnesses an incredible Rookie of the Year race between Flagg and his former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel, and is a great way for Flagg to cap off his season as it winds down.
Do you know what would make this story even better?
Co-rookies of the year.
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