The mere point out of his title makes the hearts of basketball junkies and old-timers and NBA basic managers flutter.
Legendary Celtics GM Pink Auerbach had the foresight to draft Larry Chook in 1978 despite the fact that he knew he must wait a 12 months to signal him, and there isn’t any doubt that he would have waited a 12 months for Cooper Flagg.
On no account is that this saying that Cooper Flagg is The Subsequent Larry Chook.
There is no such thing as a Subsequent Larry Chook, even when Jim Boeheim has informed us: “To me he’s almost Bird-like.”