No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg has officially signed his first NBA contract, the Mavericks announced on Wednesday (via Twitter).
The rookie scale deal will pay Flagg a $13.8MM salary in his rookie year and a total of $62.7MM across his first four NBA seasons.
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The top prize of the 2025 NBA draft class, Flagg is coming off a wildly successful freshman season at Duke, where he was earned ACC Player of the Year and AP Player of the Year honors, among several others awards. The 6’9″ forward was the driving force behind the Blue Devils’ 35-4 record and helped the team reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.
Flagg stuffed the stat sheet in his first and only college season, leading a stacked Duke team in points (19.2), rebounds (7.5), assists (4.2), steals (1.4) and blocks (1.4) per game, with a strong shooting line of .481/.385/.840. He made 37 appearances in 2024/25, averaging 30.7 minutes per contest.
Dallas had just a 1.8% chance of claiming this year’s top pick, jumping up from No. 11 to No. 1 when the team won the draft lottery in May.
In addition to endorsements, so much money already for 18 yr old kid. Hope he stays grounded…
Well he is 18 now so I don’t think he can still get grounded lol. Guess I don’t know his family but he probably has his own place by now…
His family is amazing and he’s a good young man. He’s gonna succeed.
Ha, he’s from Newport Maine.
He’ll stay grounded.
I think he’s going to be a BIG FLOP!
Seriously?!?!?
SMH!!!
. Ok buddy.
You’ll see, and you will remember the “cookie man” said so. He’s only played one year! Too small of a sample size to become a no.1 pick! He will be a stiff
All no 1 picks play only one year of college, so what is your point?