Cooper Flagg is who we thought he was. Last night, the Mavs' magnificent rookie scored a career-high 42 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 40-plus, breaking a record previously held by LeBron James. It's hard to imagine anyone breaking Flagg's mark for a long, long time.
Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Utah Jazz in overtime. It feels like the Mavs simultaneously exist in two different worlds right now; the first is Cooper Flagg world, in which the Mavs have an 18 year-old star who could feasibly be a multiple-time MVP in this league.