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Let's say you're a GM and you're starting a team, who is your first pick? I ask this only because I'm wondering if we're here already, in Cooper's second year.

Obviously Wemby goes first. But considering Cooper's offense AND defense, is he already in a place where you might take him over Ant Edwards, Cunningham, SGA (because of age), etc? 

Dominoes fall, ripples in time happen. Nico will always be an arrogant dumbass (who still is awarded no points and may God have mercy on his soul), but is there anyone here who wouldn't take Cooper over Luka?

I think the scariest thing for the NBA is what if Cooper hasn't hit his growth spurt yet? You know how Rodman and Pippen suddenly had growth spurts in college? Flagg went from 6'8" to 6'9" since last season. Can you imagine if he grew to 6'11"?

I probably take Flagg over every name on that list, including Wembenyama. I think Wembenyama is more special and likely to stay ahead of him for the foreseeable future as long as he stays healthy, but that's a scary proposition for me, no matter how many times it's shot down through hard data. I just can't shake the feeling that guys THAT long don't have super long, healthy careers. Who knows, he might age like Kevin Durant (he might BE this generation's version of the Kevin Durant evolution, honestly), but it scares me.