The pair have been competing against each other for years, including in high school when Edgecombe played for Long Island Lutheran and Flagg played for Montverde Academy. An old clip of Flagg ruthlessly trash-talking Edgecombe in a 2024 high school matchup has resurfaced after the start of what might be an exciting ROTY race. "You not like that."

Only a week has passed in the 2025-26 NBA season, but that doesn’t mean there has been a shortage of surprises. Many people believed the top overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg, would come out guns blazing.

Then, making matters worse, Chet Holmgren posterized Flagg on a transition dunk, which could go down as Cooper’s “Welcome to the NBA” moment. After the win, Daigneault addressed Flagg and the hype surrounding the association’s newest phenom.

Cooper Flagg experienced the most challenging matchup of his young NBA career on Monday night. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft scored just two points in the Dallas Mavericks' loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, one night after a 22-point output.

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is set to make his NBA debut and will wear a player-exclusive New Balance Hesi Low v2 colorway.

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison surprised the sports world when he traded Luka Dončić last season. Then he shockingly ended up with the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, which landed him Cooper Flagg, the youngest draftee to go first overall since LeBron James in 2003.

NBA debutants will have their first games commemorated with a patch -- one that will be removed and placed on one-of-a-kind autographed trading cards following use.