As the teen sensation’s career takes a new turn, a celebration Wednesday is a sign that his story in Maine is only getting started, staff writer Mike Mandell writes.
Boys Basketball
ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla says Cooper Flagg is ‘possibly on the verge of stardom’
College basketball and draft analyst watched Flagg try out for the U17 national team — which he made — this week and said the 15-year-old from Newport has the potential to be a first-round NBA draft pick.
Cooper Flagg earns spot on U17 national basketball team
The former Nokomis standout was selected out of a field of 18 finalists to compete in Spain next month.
Let’s wait to anoint Cooper Flagg as the best basketball player ever from Maine
COMMENTARY: Such a label is unfair to the 15-year-old phenom, and short-sighted given the professional basketball success of others before him.
ESPN ranks Cooper Flagg the nation’s No. 3 high school basketball freshman
The 6-foot-7 forward from Nokomis helped lead Warriors to first-ever boys basketball state title this season.
Boys basketball: Nokomis freshman Cooper Flagg named state’s Gatorade Player of the Year
Flagg enjoyed dominant season that culminated with the Class A title.
Nokomis freshmen Ace and Cooper Flagg to compete in nationally renowned basketball league
After leading Nokomis to state title, twins to play for Maine United in the Nike-sponsored Elite Youth Basketball League.
Basketball: Christopher, Shea net Miss and Mr. Maine Basketball awards
Skowhegan, Edward Little seniors dominated in final seasons while guiding teams to deep playoff runs.
2021-22 boys basketball wrapup: Cooper Flagg, return of tournament among season’s top stories
Nokomis’s championship, Forest Hills’s return to final, Maranacook’s upset among winter’s top headlines.
Boys basketball: Return to court was a return to glory for Nokomis coach Earl Anderson
Two decades after winning a championship with the girls team, Anderson leads Nokomis boys to first state title.