{"id":357643,"date":"2025-12-19T05:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357643\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T05:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:35:14","slug":"mavericks-cooper-flagg-joins-lebron-kobe-in-3-player-nba-history-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357643\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg joins LeBron, Kobe in 3-player NBA history books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg joins LeBron, Kobe in 3-player NBA history books<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cooper Flagg is elevating himself among all-time greats.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks<\/a>‘ No. 1 overall pick, the rookie out of Duke, is exceptional so far in his NBA career.<\/p>\n

Flagg will turn 19 in a few days. But first, he had to join one more historic group.<\/p>\n

Before this season, two 18-year olds in NBA history had scored 500 or more points before turning 19.<\/p>\n

Those two? LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n

Flagg has made it three.<\/p>\n

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Flagg had recently passed Tracy McGrady on this very list after T-Mac had ranked near the top of this list for a couple of decades.<\/p>\n

Not a lot of players enter the NBA still at 18, so that’s what is helping Flagg here. He was the second-youngest No. 1 overall pick ever, behind just LeBron James.<\/p>\n

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Flagg has had a lot more good than bad as a rookie. His stardom is already here, and he’s only going to be getting better.<\/p>\n

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