Cooper Flagg Was Top Pick In 2025 NBA Draft Wednesday , Was Picked, Selected By Dallas Following Playing Freshman Season For Duke, Head Coach Jon Scheyer
Cooper Flagg was top pick in in 2025 NBA Draft Wednesday was picked, selected by Dallas following playing freshman season for Duke, Head Coach Jon Scheyer.
In Cooper Flagg’s only season playing for Duke, Head Coach Jon Scheyer he averaged 19.2 points 7.5 rebounds , 4.2 assists , 1.4 blocks, 1.4 steals per game while ESPN would refer to him as the Maine Event Cooper Flagg helped Duke to 35-4 record before falling to Houston 70-67 in Final Four on Saturday April 5, 2025.
According to ESPN
Following being top pick in 2025 NBA Draft Cooper Flagg had this to say about being picked, selected by Dallas!
I’m feeling amazing,” Flagg told ESPN, a white and blue Mavericks hat on his head. “It’s a dream come true, to be honest.”
There’s so much anticipation, so much build-up,”Being in this moment, seeing my mom cry, hugging my family, talking to my brother, it’s just a surreal moment. You see so many people go through it each year, but it’s crazy.”
According to Caroline Willis News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article308844755.html
With Cooper Flagg being top pick in 2025 being picked, selected by Dallas Wednesday following playing freshman season for Duke, Head Coach Jon Scheyer Cooper Flagg has the opportunity to play with pair of former Duke players Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively II.
Kyrie Irving who is a guard played for former Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski now retired Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski in 2010 -2011 where he Played in 11 games with eight starts.
Missed 26 games due to a toe injury on his right foot.
Scored in double figures in all of the 11 contests he played in with three games of 20 or more and one 30-point game.
Dished out five or more assists in four games with nine in two contests.
Returned from his injury in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, scoring a team-high 14 points to go with four rebounds, one assist, one blocked shot and two steals in 20 minutes off the bench against Hampton (3/18).
Finished with a team-high 28 points in the NCAA Sweet 16 against No. 17 Arizona (3/24).
Scored 31 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 2-of-3 from behind the three-point line and 13-of-16 from the free throw line against No. 6 Michigan State (12/1). His 31 points marks just the fourth time a Duke freshman has scored 30 or more in a game and is tied for the second most. The 13 free throws were a freshman record while his 16 attempts tied for the most by a freshman.
Also had season highs of six rebounds and two blocked shots against the Spartans.
Scored 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 3-of-6 from the three-point line and 6-of-6 from the foul line against Butler (12/4).
Named the CBE Classic MVP after averaging 14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the four games.
Posted 17 points, five rebounds, six assists and two steals in the championship game against No. 4 Kansas State (11/23). He made 7-of-7 free throws in the game.
Started in his first career game against Princeton (11/14) in the first game of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, becoming the fifth point guard to start under Mike Krzyzewski as a freshman and first since Jason Williams in 1999.
Set a freshman record for assists in a season opener with nine assists, which also tied for the fourth highest assist total by any Duke player in a season opener. He had eight more assists than turnovers, matching a school record in a season opener held by Phil Henderson (1989) and Bobby Hurley (1992).
Dished out nine assists with zero turnovers while also scoring 13 points against Colgate (11/19).
Scored 16 points and had a season-high three steals against Oregon (11/27).
Notched 11 points, seven assists and two steals against Marquette (11/22) in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.
According to https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/kyrie-irving/4338
Dereck Lively II played for Duke, Head Coach Jon Scheyer for one season his freshman season in 2022-2023 was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team, the ACC All-Defensive Team and second-team All-ACC Tournament
Averaged 5.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and shot .658 from the field – the team's second best field goal percentage and third best rebound average.
In the postseason, averaged 5.8 points on .765 shooting with 7.4 boards, 3.0 blocks and 1.6 assists
Finished the year with 82 total blocked shots, five shy of the NCAA lead, to rank second in the ACC, eighth nationally and lead all Division I freshmen.
His 82 rejections were second-most by a Duke freshman in a single season and tied for the 10th most by any Duke player in a season
Named the Preseason Rookie of the Year in the ACC and was a second-team Preseason All-ACC pick
On preseason watch lists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabaar Center of the Year Award, Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award
Sporting News Third Team Preseason All-America
All ACC-Defensive Team and All-Freshman Team
Named ACC Rookie of the Week for the first time in his career on Feb. 6
Made his Duke debut in the Blue Devils' 84-38 win over USC Upstate and went 2-for-2 from the field on two dunks
Tallied a career-high 11 points against Ohio State, his first game in double figures
Secured a then-career-high nine boards while blocking a carer-high five shots against UMES
Played 12 minutes vs. Pitt with a plus/minus of 17, including +15 in the second half in six minutes of action
Snagged double-digit rebounds for the first time in his career against Miami with 10 and blocked five shots against the Hurricanes, matching his career-high
Produced the same output on the boards against Georgia Tech while matching his career-high in minutes (23) and scoring nine points on 4-of-6 shooting
Swatted away eight shots against North Carolina, the most by any Duke player against UNC, while also grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds and playing a career-high 34 minutes
Led the team and matched a career-high with 11 points at Miami while blocking five more shots on the defensive end
Did not record a block for only the second time this season, playing limited minutes at No. 8 Virginia
Finished with six points, six rebounds and two blocks in 27 minutes of action against Notre Dame
Tallied a new career high in points (13) against Virginia Tech, on a perfect 6-of-6 from the field and 1-of-1 from the charity stripe
Grabbed 12 rebounds against NC State while scoring six points (3-of-4 from the field) and blocking two shots
Matched a career high with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting against Pittsburgh in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals
Helped Duke defeat Miami in the ACC semifinals with eight points on 4-of-5 shooting while grabbing six rebounds
Grabbed nine first-half rebounds en route to 12 boards in game vs. Oral Roberts. Blocked six shots against the Golden Eagles -- a freshman record for blocks in an NCAA Tournament game, and third-most by any Duke player
Then he was picked, selected in 2023 NBA Draft by Oklahoma City then was traded to Dallas sending 10th pick Davis Bertans to Oklahoma City.