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Good morning! Start your tank engines.
Apologies to Zaccharie Risacher and Alexandre Sarr, the Nos. 1 and 2 picks in last month’s NBA Draft. Your time in the spotlight is gone for the moment. The year of Cooper Flagg is officially upon us.
You may remember Flagg from our story back in February on the 6-foot-9 forward — an incoming freshman at Duke who will likely be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft, which would make him the first native...