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My Take
Cooper Flagg fascinates me because he comes from nowhere, basketball-wise. Newport, Maine is not a pipeline town, yet he walked into Duke, dominated as the ACC Rookie of the Year, went first overall in the 2025 draft, and then won NBA Rookie of the Year in Dallas. That trajectory is almost unfairly clean. What I value most is the temperament behind it: he plays with an old-school, unhurried seriousness that feels shaped by a small northern town rather than the highlight-reel economy. Born in 2006, he has a decade of growth ahead, and I genuinely believe we are watching the start of a defining career.
Overview
Cooper Flagg (born December 21, 2006) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA draft, selected by the Mavericks, and became that season's Rookie of the Year.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cooper Flagg
- Name (Japanese)
- クーパー・フラッグ
- Reading
- くーぱー・ふらっぐ
- Born
- December 21, 2006 (age 19)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Newport, Maine, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Nokomis Regional High School
- University
- Duke University
Awards & achievements
- Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Basketball player — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.