Cooper Flagg Declares for 2025 NBA Draft

Cooper Flagg has officially entered his name into the NBA Draft.

In a video released Monday morning on Instagram, the Duke star announced his time with the Blue Devils is over after one season:

“Duke fans, my teammates, the brotherhood, everybody that was along for the journey. It was an incredible year, probably the best year of my life and I have so much gratitude and I feel so blessed for all the opportunities that I was given. Duke has always been a dream for me, but I’m excited to announce that I’ll be entering my name into the 2025 NBA draft. Today is just the beginning, but I have the Brotherhood with me for life.”

Flagg joined Duke as the No. 1 prospect out of high school and immediately lived up to the hype. En route to leading Duke to the Final Four, Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. In addition to being the consensus National Player of the Year, Flagg became the fourth freshman to win the Wooden Award.

Flagg, 6-foot-9, is the clear favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer spoke highly of Flagg, as well.

“Really proud of Cooper for the special season that he had this year,” Scheyer said. “I think the accolades speak for itself, with what he did, winning every National Player of the Year award. His highlights, his statistics, the ways he impacted the game on both ends of the floor, really in every category, was off the charts. As good of a freshman season that a guy has had here.

“But to me, the separator and the joy of coaching Cooper is the person he was every day, the teammate that he was. Never about statistics or anything other than creating an environment and helping his team to win. And we won a lot of games and had a lot of success and a lot of times that environment is created from your best player. And Cooper did an incredible job in every facet of our program, on and off the court, with what he’s done.”

The NBA Draft lottery will be held on May 12. The Utah Jazz, Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards each have a 14% chance of securing the No. 1 pick.