The NBA had a premonition Cooper Flagg was bound for future superstardom long before he put on a Duke jersey. It was the NBA’s interest that convinced Flagg to reclassify, essentially skipping his senior year of high school to enroll in college at just 17 years old.

Different NBA front offices have different processes when it comes to the NBA Draft, but this is the time of year when more and more of them are starting to develop some type of order on their draft board.

The 18-year-old made Atlantic Coast Conference history with third-ranked Duke to win the AP's top weekly honor for the second time this season. The 6-foot-9 freshman forward scored 42 points in Saturday's victory over Notre Dame to set an ACC freshman single-game record.