The tiny town and legendary 1980s NBA team that built Cooper Flagg

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IN THE FOURTH row of bleachers inside a gymnasium on the UNLV campus, Duke men's basketball officials -- including coach Jon Scheyer -- are struggling to contain their excitement.

In the row just ahead of them, Kelly and Ralph Flagg look on in awe as their 17-year-old son Cooper is dominating a scrimmage against the best basketball players in the world.

It's July 8, and the 6-foot-9 Flagg is playing for the USA Select Team, a squad of mostly NBA players who, in the spirit of tradition, serve as a training camp appetizer for Team USA before the Olympics. But Flagg is not an NBA player. He is the first collegiate player in a decade to join the Select Team, but he…