The Newport, Maine, native grew up a Boston Celtics fan. With the NBA releasing its schedule for the 2025-26 campaign, it was revealed that Flagg and the Mavericks will face the Celtics twice in the final two-plus months of the regular season.

Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is expected to make waves during his first year as the heavy favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award.

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The NBA announced matchups Wednesday afternoon for the Group Play stage of the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, the league’s annual in-season tournament. The Mavericks are in West Group B, along with the Lakers, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans.

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The Los Angeles Lakers will take on the L.A. Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks as part of NBA Rivalry Week in January.

Cooper Flagg is set to play on a special day for the NBA, something no No.1 overall pick has done as a rookie since LeBron James in 2003.

If the Mavericks are going to find any kind of success in the first year of the Cooper Flagg era, they will need consistent production from D'Angelo Russell, who is entering his 11th season in the NBA after having played his poorest basketball since arguably his rookie season with the Lakers.