Patrick Beverley Calls Cooper Flagg the Next Great White Hope in the NBA

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Patrick Beverley Calls Cooper Flagg the Next Great White Hope in the NBA

"I'm not gonna lie, that motherf**ker Cooper Flagg ain't no Christian Laettner. He's not no Detlef Schrempf. That motherf**ker ain't no Gordon Hayward," Beverley said, separating Flagg from every white star who came before him. "He is the next Great White Hope... That mf is from Maine. I don't know a black soul who came out of Maine."

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