Cooper Flagg makes history with Mavericks
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Flagg stamped his name at the top of the league’s history books with a career-high 42 points, the most ever scored by an 18-year-old.
Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle injury during the Mavericks' competitive overtime loss to the Jazz on Monday night.
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Flagg is already a really good NBA player, but how does he stack up compared to his peers? ESPN ranked the top 25 players under 25 years old based on long-term potential, and had Cooper Flagg 8th, only behind Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Williams, Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson, and Evan Mobley.
Lately, Cooper Flagg has gone above and beyond the call of duty. The rookie sensation for the Dallas Mavericks has been entrusted with the of starting point guard role. With that will come a certain amount of criticism as to whether the No.1 pick coming off one year at Duke has what it takes.