{"id":581707,"date":"2026-04-04T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581707\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:39:09","slug":"cooper-flagg-nears-michael-jordan-feat-not-seen-in-nba-for-over-four-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581707\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg nears Michael Jordan feat not seen in NBA for over four decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Flagg is rapidly building a rookie season that is forcing comparisons with the very best in NBA history. His latest performance only strengthened that growing narrative.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Mavericks forward delivered a standout display despite a 138-127 loss to the Orlando Magic. Flagg recorded 51 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals during the game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That performance added to an already elite campaign. His consistency across multiple statistical categories has placed him in rare territory for a first-year player.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Flagg closing in on Michael Jordan rookie feat not seen in 40 years<img alt=\"Photo by Alex Goodlett\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/63904394cf0c72effbd7e0259bfa3ed6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Alex Goodlett\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Flagg is now on track to achieve something not seen since Michael Jordan\u2019s rookie season in 1984-85. According to Real App, he could become the first rookie in over four decades to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals.<\/p>\n<p>His season totals underline that dominance across the board. Data from StatMuse shows Flagg has recorded 1349 points, 428 rebounds, 293 assists and 80 steals in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He has already matched some of Jordan\u2019s early career markers this season. The 19-year-old became the first rookie since Jordan to post four consecutive games with at least 30 points and five rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>He is also one of only two rookies since the NBA-ABA merger, alongside Jordan, to register multiple 45-point games.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Flagg becomes youngest rookie to reach 50-point NBA game<\/p>\n<p>Flagg\u2019s 51-point performance against Orlando also secured another historic achievement, as he became the youngest rookie ever to score 50 points in an NBA game.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record was held by Brandon Jennings. He scored 55 points for the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2009-10 season when he was 20 years and 52 days old.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Flagg\u2019s latest display not only broke that mark but also highlighted his scoring ceiling, cementing a rookie campaign that continues to draw comparisons with basketball\u2019s greatest icons.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooper Flagg is rapidly building a rookie season that is forcing comparisons with the very best in NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[153254,49,48,2597,2695,3004,8216,459,15716,40344,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-581707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-brandon-jennings","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cooper-flagg","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-michael-jordan","14":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-orlando-magic","17":"tag-rookie-season","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}