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Dallas Mavericks' Cooper Flagg Named NBA Rookie of the Year
Flagg averaged 21 points and became the youngest player to score 50 in a game as he edged Kon Knueppel in a tight race.
- On Monday, Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg was named the 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year, securing the award with 56 of the 100 first-place votes.
- Former Duke teammates Flagg and Kon Knueppel were the primary contenders for the honor throughout the season, with Flagg finishing 26 points ahead of the Charlotte Hornets guard.
- Flagg averaged 21 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game across 70 appearances, joining Michael Jordan as the only rookies in NBA history to lead their teams in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals.
- While the Mavericks finished 26-56, Flagg served as the primary focal point; Knueppel's Hornets achieved a midseason turnaround to finish 44-38 and reach the Eastern Conference play-in.
- The 19-year-old became the youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points in a game, dropping 51 against the Orlando Magic in April, as Dallas prepares for the 2026 lottery.
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Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Flagg was named the NBA's best rookie of the season, narrowly beating out his college teammate Kon Knueppel (Charlotte Hornets).
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The thing remained between roommates at the university. Duke’s two great talents who emerged this course in the NBA, Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, were held until the last vote the rookie of the year award of the American league. Finally, the distinction was for the Dallas player Mavericks and Luka Doncic’s heir in the heart of the Texan hobby. Only 26 points separated him from the scorer of the Charlotte Hornets, for his part the rookie that h…
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