Cooper FlaggDallas Mavericks · #32
Cooper Flagg is the No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, a 6-foot-9 two-way forward from Newport, Maine who won 2024 national high-school honors at Montverde, was ACC Player of the Year in his lone Duke season, and captured NBA Rookie of the Year in 2025-26 as the Dallas Mavericks' franchise cornerstone.
Cooper Flagg — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Cooper Flagg stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Cooper Flagg — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Cooper Flagg
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Cooper Flagg career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70 | 33.5 | 21.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 | .468 | .295 |
| Career | 70 | 33.5 | 21.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Dallas Mavericks built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Cooper Flagg
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
The most decorated American prospect in a generation, Cooper Flagg carried a small-town Maine legend from Nokomis Regional to Montverde to Duke and, at 18, into the No.
Turning pro
Drafted 2025 Round 1, Pick 1 (Dallas Mavericks) as a Forward.
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Cooper Flagg is what happens when generational talent grows up in a gym in Newport, Maine and never stops guarding.
Chapter
He won a state title at Nokomis as a freshman, then went 34-0 and won a national championship at Montverde, sweeping every major 2024 prep award along the way.
Chapter
A reclassification sent him to Duke a year early, where a 19.2-point, ACC-Player-of-the-Year freshman season and a Final Four run made him the obvious No. 1.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 9"
- Weight
- 205 lbs
- College
- Duke
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 2025 Round 1, Pick 1 (Dallas Mavericks)
- Born
- Newport, Maine
- Age
- 20
- Jersey
- #32
Flagg grew up a Boston Celtics fan in New England, shaped by a household where basketball was the family language — his mother's college career and his father's coaching influence are woven through his origin story.
Before he ever played a college game he signed with New Balance, a deal tied in part to the brand's Maine roots, and he was the first men's college basketball player sponsored by Gatorade. He remains close with his twin brother Ace, also a Division I player.
Competitive, low-ego and defense-obsessed, Flagg carries a maturity and two-way seriousness rare for his age.
Cooper Flagg — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Cooper Flagg, answered.
