Flagg was the No. 1 player in the class of 2024, per 247Sports' composite rankings, and he was widely projected to be the first pick in the 2025 draft even before he stepped foot on campus last year. His play in his lone season at Duke all but confirmed that he was the best player in this year's draft class.

Los Mavericks de Dallas firmaron con Cooper Flagg, el primer seleccionado del draft, su contrato de novato por cuatro años, y una persona con conocimiento del acuerdo dijo

P.J. Washington gives his thoughts on the Mavericks drafting Cooper Flagg and why he thinks the team can emerge as a Finals team next season in this one-on-one interview.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported Wednesday that Dallas is "finalizing" a contract with Frank Vogel to become head coach Jason Kidd's lead assistant. While Vogel is now officially a member of the coaching staff, he was already familiar with the Mavericks seeing how they hired him as a consultant ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.

The Dallas Mavericks are poised to add Frank Vogel to coach Jason Kidd's staff in a reunion for a tandem that won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday night.

Kidd and Vogel will now swap positions from that Lakers staff with the latter working under the former. The Mavericks brought Vogel in last October as a consultant. He last held a coaching title during the 2023-24 season when he led the Phoenix Suns.