Since the Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery back in May, the hype around the city returned after the heartbreaking Luka Doncic trade that sent him to Los Angeles less than a year after he led the Mavs to the NBA Finals. The Mavericks selected Duke sensation Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, pleasing every Mavericks fan by not trading the pick, and he already looks like the real deal.
So far in preseason, Flagg has lived up to the hype of being the No. 1 overall pick, and there's a perfect way for Flagg to begin his NBA career to put an end to the sorrow from the Doncic trade.