{"id":490300,"date":"2026-02-19T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490300\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:29:08","slug":"cooper-flaggs-jersey-from-nba-debut-sells-for-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490300\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg’s jersey from NBA debut sells for $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dan HajduckyFeb 19, 2026, 11:18 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.<\/p>\n

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The jersey worn by Dallas Mavericks<\/a> rookie Cooper Flagg<\/a> in the first half of his NBA debut was sold privately by Sotheby’s for $1 million, a record for a Flagg collectible and a record for a jersey sold through NBA Auctions.<\/p>\n

Flagg had 10 points and 10 rebounds in his first regular-season game, a 125-92 loss to the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on Oct. 22. This season, Flagg has become the NBA’s youngest player to score 40 points in a game and owns the single-game record for points scored by a teenager (49).<\/p>\n

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“The $1 million result for Cooper Flagg’s rookie debut jersey is a powerful testament to the significance collectors place on true ‘first moments’ in sport,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of modern collectibles, said in a statement. “This jersey captures the very beginning of a special career, one carrying huge expectations and excitement.”<\/p>\n

The previous record for a jersey sold through NBA Auctions was the one Victor Wembanyama<\/a> wore in the second half of his NBA debut, which sold for $762,000 in November 2023.<\/p>\n

Sotheby’s NBA Rookie Debut Auction runs from March 17-23 and will feature debut jerseys from VJ Edgecombe<\/a>, Kon Knueppel<\/a>, Dylan Harper<\/a>, Derik Queen<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan HajduckyFeb 19, 2026, 11:18 PM CloseDan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-490300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}