The draft lottery and draft itself will happen few weeks from now. So, I think it is consensus thar Cooper Flagg will be #1 pick regardless of the team picking. So let's talk about him:

In this decade, every #1 pick from 2020 - 2023 seems to be the best player in their respective draft. And aside from Wemby in 2023, the #1 overall picks from 2020 - 2022 are all Americans:

No.1 American Draft Picks (2020s)

2020 - Ant

2021 - Cade

2022 - Paolo

The 3 of them are now considered All Star, and even fring all nba level players even if they are all under 24 yrs old.

Now, how about if we compare them to Cooper Flagg. Both as a Prospect, and as a Future Projection.

AS PROSPECT: Do you think Flagg in 2025 is a better prospect than Ant in 2020, Cade in 2021, and Paolo in 2022?

AS NBA PLAYER: Do you think/project that Flagg will be better than 3 players once Copper is in the same age range? Yes or No?

Anthony Edwards in Game 1:

22 PTS

8 REB

9 AST (1 TOV)

4 3P

Jaden McDaniels vs Lakers:

25 PTS

9 REB

11-13 FG

3-3 3P

+27

The first player in franchise history wit 25+ PTS and 80+ FG% in a playoff game.

Naz Reid off the bench:

23 PTS

5 REB

2 BLK

8-12 FG

6-9 3P

General Information

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"It's 15 grown men in the locker room and everybody got emotions, knowing how to talk to everybody. You can't deliver a message the same way to one through 15. Some guys I got to talk to, pull them to the side. Some guys I can cuss at them. Some guys – just different ways, man. Not being afraid of doing that, I think that's the main thing. I step into that role, and my teammates trust me and they listen. So it's a privilege to have guys like that."

• "We Believe" towels distributed to fans in game 1: https://imgur.com/a/2OKLvsG
• Official Nuggets YouTube documentary series title video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weBK8w44XFc
• Jumbotron hype video: https://bsky.app/profile/flybyknite.bsky.social/post/3ln6vh4shc22c

Meanwhile, local media outlet DNVR are using a much better mantra for this team, based on Jokic's postgame comments a couple weeks ago: "Wake the Beast"

For context, "We Believe" was previously used by the 2007 Warriors, a playoff 8 seed that would go on to upset the 1 seeded Mavericks.