The anticipation is palpable as former Duke Blue Devils star and No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg prepares to make his Summer League debut on Thursday night for the Dallas Mavericks in a highly anticipated matchup against Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Cooper Flagg had an incredible season at Duke before being selected with the first pick in the 2025 NBA Draft last month. The Dallas Mavericks recently release

Jon Scheyer‘s third season at Duke would go down as the best so far in his young coaching career, as he and Naismith Player of the Year Cooper Flagg led the Blue Devils to the Final Four with a 35-4 record.

ORONO, Maine (WMTW) - Basketball standouts and twin brothers Cooper Flagg, the top pick in the 2025 NBA draft, and Ace Flagg, a high school champion in three different states, will be holding an instructional camp in their home state of Maine next month.

"It took a couple months to really understand, process, feel it, live it — and feel the pain," the coach said of Duke's Final Four loss.

Grant Hill loves the direction Cooper Flagg's career with the Dallas Mavericks could be playing alongside Kyrie Irving and under Jason Kidd.