The Dallas Mavericks made the inevitable a actuality on Wednesday by choosing Duke star Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 decide within the 2025 NBA draft.
Flagg is eighteen years and 186 days outdated, making him the second-youngest No. 1 decide in NBA draft historical past, behind LeBron James (18 years, 178 days outdated) in 2003, in response to ESPN Analysis. He averaged 19.2 factors, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks in a single season with the Blue Devils.
The Mavericks are the fourth group within the fashionable draft period (since 1966) to pick the No. 1 decide within the NBA draft inside a yr of reaching the NBA Finals — that they had a 1.8% chance of winning the lottery and jumped 10 spots to safe the highest decide.
Flagg joins a Dallas group that features NBA champions Kyrie Irving, who suffered a torn ACL in March, and Anthony Davis alongside Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Dereck Lively II.
He obtained a heat welcome to the Lone Star state as native groups praised the Mavericks’ youngest star.
Actual acknowledge actual 🤝#FlaggCaptured // #MFFL pic.twitter.com/5NzRrMRgeZ
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) June 26, 2025
FLAGG CAPTURED!
WELCOME TO DALLAS, COOPER! @Academy // #FlaggCaptured #MFFL pic.twitter.com/NJ4RnsR6Lt
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) June 26, 2025
Welcome to Dallas, @Cooper_Flagg! #DallasCowboys x @dallasmavs pic.twitter.com/COhqFEhZAl
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) June 26, 2025
New period of Dallas basketball ⭐️
Welcome to Dallas, Cooper! pic.twitter.com/r9tOiWDRPB
— Dallas Wings (@DallasWings) June 26, 2025
COOP can HOOP 🏀⚽️
Welcome to Dallas, Cooper 🫡 pic.twitter.com/uhRlIQ4n3j
— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) June 26, 2025
Cooper Flagg is coming to Dallas!🔥 pic.twitter.com/Rsfo4XyJf7
— Dallas Trinity FC (@dallastrinityfc) June 26, 2025
FLAGG DAY 👿🐴@Cooper_Flagg ➡️ @dallasmavs pic.twitter.com/mFGg7jwLjK
— Duke Males’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) June 26, 2025