“It’s tough to turn down that money when you know you’re going to be No. 1,” he said, but “to go back to Duke and spend one more year, just get them skills together a little bit more — I think that would be a pretty good idea.”

Flagg’s had a heck of a season so far with the Blue Devils — he and his teammates are playing for a spot in the national championship later Saturday — and almost every NBA draft pundit believes he’s on the precipice of a huge rookie season. But Johnson knows a thing or two about staying a while longer in college — he opted for one more season at UNLV before becoming the 1991 No. 1 overall pick, and he says he doesn’t regret it at all.