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.

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.

"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.

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.

Cooper Flagg hasn't played a minute of NBA basketball yet, but with his Summer League debut set for Thursday night, Hall of Famer Grant Hill already sees him in an ideal situation. Flagg, the former Duke star and No.

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

Virginia's Gretchen Walsh, and Duke’s Cooper Flagg were named Atlantic Coast Conference 2024/2025 female and male ACC Athletes of the Year, the league announced on Wednesday.