After declaring for the 2025 NBA draft earlier this week, Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg is expected to be the league's next big thing. ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo released their updated draft big board, and Flagg maintained his position in the No. 1 spot.

Duke star Cooper Flagg is declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft after producing one of the best one-and-done seasons in college basketball history, he announced Monday on social media. The 6-foot-9 forward is the projected No.

Flagg is currently projected just ahead of Dylan Harper, who also played only one season of college basketball. Harper averaged 19.4 points over 29 games at Rutgers. His season ended in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, where the Scarlet Knights fell to USC 97–89 in double overtime.