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DHJ Quick Take: Cooper Flagg's Growth & Khris Middleton Effect The Veteran Blueprint: While Cooper Flagg's 51-point night made history, the foundation was laid during pregame warmups with Khris Middleton. Since the trade deadline, Middleton has transitioned from teammate to technical consultant, working hands-on with Flagg on post technique and...

DHJ Quick Take The Hall of Fame Verdict: Dirk Nowitzki believes the Rookie of the Year race between Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel is "neck and neck," suggesting the league consider a Co-Rookie of the Year award. Rare History: Flagg is on pace to join Michael Jordan (1984-85) as the...

Cooper Flagg has done something Kevin Durant and Luka Dončić never did as teenagers. Flagg scored 32 points Monday night against the Golden State Warriors, recording his eighth career 30-point game and breaking a three-way tie with Durant and Dončić for the third-most such games by a teenager in NBA...

Cooper Flagg needed just one basket Thursday night in Orlando to make history. With a putback early in the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic, the Dallas Mavericks rookie eclipsed 1,000 career points at 19 years and 74 days old — becoming the second-youngest player in NBA history to reach...

Across two games separated by less than 48 hours, Cooper Flagg delivered performances that placed him alone in NBA history, even as the Dallas Mavericks continued to search for traction in the standings at 19–30 through 49 games. With 49 points and 10 rebounds Thursday against Charlotte, followed by 34...

Kevin Durant’s climb up the NBA’s all-time scoring list reached a milestone Sunday night that carries special significance in Dallas, as one of the game’s modern greats moved past one of the Mavericks’ most iconic figures. Late in the Houston Rockets’ 119-110 win, Durant calmly converted two free throws to...