ESPN hilariously fails to identify Cooper Flagg twice, shows Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper instead

Prior to Wednesday night’s NBA Draft, a hilarious sequence of events took place on the pre-draft edition of SportsCenter.

The broadcast crew must not have communicated with anchor Elle Duncan, as she mistakenly identified Rutgers guards’ Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey as Duke‘s Cooper Flagg in a hilarious snippet of television.

That is most certainly not Cooper Flagg. pic.twitter.com/zGUP0WChko

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 25, 2025

Harper and Bailey are both projected to be top-five picks, while Flagg has been tabbed as the unanimous No. 1 overall pick since the beginning of the college basketball season.

On3‘s James Fletcher III has Flagg going at No. 1, Harper going at No. 2 and Bailey going at No. 6 in his Final Mock Draft. His entire Mock is below:

1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg, Duke
2. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper, Rutgers
3. Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
4. Charlotte Hornets: Kon Knueppel, Duke
5. Utah Jazz: Tre Johnson, Texas
6. Washington Wizards: Ace Bailey, Rutgers 
7.. New Orleans Pelicans: Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
8. Brooklyn Nets: Khaman Maluach, Duke
9. Toronto Raptors: Noa Essengue, France
10. Phoenix Suns*: Carter Bryant, Arizona
11. Portland Trail Blazers: Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
12. Chicago Bulls: Derik Queen, Maryland
13. Atlanta Hawks*: Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
14. San Antonio Spurs*: Joan Beringer, France 
15. Oklahoma City Thunder*: Thomas Sorber, Georgetown 
16. Memphis Grizzlies*: Cedric Coward, Washington State (read more)
17. Minnesota Timberwolves*: Egor Demin, BYU
18. Washington Wizards*: Liam McNeeley, UConn 
19. Brooklyn Nets*: Asa Newell, Georgia (read more)
20. Miami Heat*: Walter Clayton, Florida (read more)
21. Utah Jazz*: Will Riley, Illinois
22. Brooklyn Nets*: Nique Clifford, Colorado State 
23. New Orleans Pelicans*: Danny Wolf, Michigan (read more) 
24. Oklahoma City Thunder*: Hugo Gonzalez, Spain (read more)
25. Orlando Magic*: Jase Richardson, Michigan State
26. Brooklyn Nets*: Nolan Traore, France (read more)
27. Brooklyn Nets*: Drake Powell, North Carolina (read more)
28. Boston Celtics: Maxime Raynaud, Stanford
29. Phoenix Suns*: Rasheer Fleming, St. Joseph’s 
30. Los Angeles Clippers*: Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton

Second Round

31. Minnesota Timberwolves*: Tyrese Proctor, Duke 
32. Boston Celtics*: Noah Penda, France (read more)
33. Charlotte Hornets: Alex Toohey, Australia (read more)
34. Charlotte Hornets*: Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State
35. Philadelphia 76ers: Adou Thiero, Arkansas 
36. Brooklyn Nets: Ben Saraf, Israel (read more)
37. Detroit Pistons*: John Tonje, Wisconsin
38. Indiana Pacers*: Jamir Watkins, Florida State
39. Toronto Raptors*: Rocco Zikarsky, Australia (read more)
40. New Orleans Pelicans*: Chaz Lanier, Tennessee (read more)
41. Golden State Warriors*: Johni Broome, Auburn (read more)
42. Sacramento Kings*: Hansen Yang, China
43. Utah Jazz*: Dink Pate, G-League
44. Oklahoma City Thunder*: Bogoljub Markovic, Serbia (read more)
45. Chicago Bulls:*: Kam Jones, Marquette 
46. Orlando Magic: Alijah Martin, Florida (read more)
47. Milwaukee Bucks*: Javon Small, West Virginia
48. Memphis Grizzlies*: Sion James, Duke 
49. Cleveland Cavaliers*: Max Shulga, VCU
50. New York Knicks*: Brice Williams, Nebraska
51. Los Angeles Clippers*: Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
52. Phoenix Suns*: Lachlan Olbrich, Australia
53. Utah Jazz*: Eric Dixon, Villanova 
54. Indiana Pacers: Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
55. Los Angeles Lakers: Tamar Bates, Missouri 
56. New York Knicks: FORFEITED
57. Memphis Grizzlies*: Vlad Goldin, Michigan
58. Orlando Magic*: Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
59. Cleveland Cavaliers*: Amari Williams, Kentucky
60. Phoenix Suns*: Micah Peavy, Georgetown