Cooper Flagg
NBAShooting Guard|Dallas Mavericks
United StatesDecember 21, 2006
Biography
Cooper Flagg (born December 21, 2006) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began his high school career at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, before transferring to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida, where he won multiple national high school player of the year honors as a senior. Ranked as the top recruit in the 2024 class, Flagg played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, earning both consensus first-team All-American and consensus national player of the year honors as a freshman. He was selected with the first overall pick by the Mavericks in the 2025 NBA draft.
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Cooper Flaggβs A+ rookie year: how the 2025 No. 1 pick reshaped Dallas
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Masai Ujiri's Mavs Mantra: 'Calm, Winning, And A King For Cooper Flagg'
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Cooper Flagg Hoists The Wilt Trophy: 'It Shows It's All Worth It'
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Cooper Flagg Breaks LeBron James' Teenage Scoring Record
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'Never Reach That Level' β Cooper Flagg Left in Awe of Jokic's 23-21-19 Masterclass
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Cooper Flagg's Meteoric Rise: How the Maine Native is Reshaping the Mavericks' Championship Ambitions
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