The NBA wasted no time in pitting two future rivals against each other. In the first week of the regular season and the Spurs' first game of the year, they will head to Dallas to take on the Mavericks. While a matchup between Victor Wembanyama and Mavs' center Anthony Davis will bring fireworks, all eyes will be on the pair of rooks.
Battling each other for the best player in the 2025 NBA Draft, San Antonio's Dylan Harper and the Mavericks' Cooper Flagg will get their first opportunity to duel. Outside of Summer League, the duo will hit the court against each other for the first time ever and begin to write the first chapter of their potentially decade-long rivalry.