Cooper Flagg

Cooper Flagg is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, earning both consensus first-team All-American and consensus national player of the year honors in 2025. He was selected with the first overall pick by the Mavericks in the 2025 NBA draft. He attended Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, as a freshman before transferring to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. Flagg won multiple national high school player of the year honors as a senior and was ranked the top recruit in the 2024 class.