The swirling Cooper Flagg-Luka Doncic comparisons are not especially surprising, but that does not mean they are right.

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Projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg is highly touted entering the 2025 NBA draft, and the All-American recently earned a comparison to LeBron James.

Cooper Flagg’s NBA Comparison. Cooper Flagg is going to be Cooper Flagg. He’s not the second coming of anyone. That said, player comparisons get made around the draft. Flagg is such a complete player that coming up with a good NBA comparison proves challenging — guys don’t enter the league this well-rounded.

If LeBron James and Kevin Garnett had a baby, you’d get Cooper Flagg. When you think about LeBron James, you think of a complete basketball player. He led the team in everything.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg strolled into UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center at 4:17 p.m. on Thursday, wearing Dallas Mavericks gear, bright white New Balance shoes, and an emotionless look on his face as he passed through security.

There hasn't been an American player with so much hype in more than a decade, at least since Flagg's new teammate Anthony Davis.