Top high school basketball recruit Cooper Flagg, who is ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2025, is expected to be a name to watch once he progresses throughout his basketball career. And it now turns out college basketball fans will likely get to see him at the collegiate level earlier than expected.
Flagg took to social media to Friday to reveal that he will be reclassifying to the class of 2024, meaning that he will only have one more year of high school basketball to go before he can play in college.
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello posted a screenshot of the official announcement from Flagg on Twitter, which came from Flagg’s Instagram account.
Cooper Flagg, arguably the best prospect in high school basketball, announces he’s reclassifying from 2025 to 2024. pic.twitter.com/0AEIOhiHhq
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) August 11, 2023
Flagg has still yet to make his official decision on where he will play in college, but this also means that this looming decision will likely now come much sooner from him.
Fans took notice of this news and are certainly happy that he will be in the public spotlight far sooner now.
Cooper Flagg dominated the EYBL U16. He also impacted other major camps and events.
What does this do with the player rankings? Our updated board for all classes will be published later this month.
Cooper Flagg has recently visited Duke and is in discussions to visit UConn.… https://t.co/OzxJplVpwT
— Paul Biancardi (@PaulBiancardi) August 11, 2023
Cooper Flagg will now graduate a year ahead of time. Have to assume the risk of getting injured played a role in this decision https://t.co/LajsC35gJN
— Connor Clement (@connorclementtv) August 11, 2023
Let me be the first to say Cooper Flagg will have a better all around NBA career compared to Wemby https://t.co/AGUsmT8Pt8
— Kyle Broughton (@KyleBroughton4) August 11, 2023
Cooper Flagg just announced he's reclassified from 2025 to 2024, making him NBA draft eligible in 2025. He just narrowly made the cut age-wise with his late December birthday, and looks like a strong candidate to be the No. 1 pick in that class. https://t.co/4XWGuYQoeP
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) August 11, 2023
The 2025 NBA Draft just got REAL INTERESTING 👀 @Cooper_Flagg pic.twitter.com/kMMR3SDXxt
— Overtime (@overtime) August 11, 2023
This decision from Flagg seems to be a good one in terms of where this puts him in the 2024 recruiting class compared to the 2025 class he was previously in.
Eric Bossi of 247 Sports revealed that Flagg is now ranked No. 1 in the class of 2024 in the 247 Sports recruiting rankings.
Wherever he does end up committing to, it seems pretty clear that he will be a big difference-maker right away and potentially have a claim to potentially end up going No. 1 in the 2025 NBA Draft if all goes well in college.
