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Cooper Flagg made his debut at NBA Summer League, and came with a little turn.
The future face of the association faced face to face with the son of the current face, Bronny James, and Flagg has the advantage after his first fight.
The son of the leader of the points of all NBA’s time lost a possible triple winner of the game in the last seconds he gave Flagg and his MAVs an 87-85 victory.
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Cooper Flagg, #32 of the Dallas Mavericks, is guarded by Bronny James, #9 of Los Angeles Lakers, in the first half of a 2025 NBA summer league game at Thomas & Mack Center on July 10, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty images)
Ryan Nembhard gave Dallas the advantage with 1:03 to go to a triple assisted by Flagg, seconds after Flagg away a shot of the DJ administrator of the. The angels called for a waiting time and brought James.
The angels received a foul but both free throws were lost. FlagG then tried to increase the advantage with 15 remaining 15 seconds, but lost its shot.
James then tried for the winner of the game, but lost, and the MAVs could go out with the victory.
Flagg fought from the floor, scoring only 10 points in 5 of 21 shots, with six of those points in a period of 90 seconds in the first quarter. He grabbed six rebounds, delivered four assists and had three robberies and a block in 32 minutes played. However, his first cube was a rumble Slam in a coast at coast.
“I really couldn’t enter a rhythm, it is a different environment, obviously very different from the university, it is probably very different from what the true NBA will be like,” Flagg said after the game. “The coaches had a lot of confidence in me. They have been telling me that they want me to experience, try some new things, and I was trying to be aggressive, and that is also new to me.
“I would say that this could be one of the worst games of my life, but we got the victory, that’s what really matters to me.”
Bronny James, #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Cooper Flagg, #32 of the Dallas Mavericks, go after a loose ball in the first half of a 2025 summer league game in the NBA in the Thomas & Mack Center on July 10, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ian Maule/Getty images)
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Flagg admitted that he was “a little nervous.”
“It’s a new environment, many new fans and other things,” Flagg said. “So I was a little nervous, a little excited, but happy to be here. It’s a dream come true, so I’m trying to enjoy the moment.”
James buried his first attempt on Flagg, and then hit a triple after the 6-foot 8-inch product lost his second attempt to give the Lakers a 5-0 advantage.
The two had several difficult moves from each other, and shared many laughs on the court.
James scored eight points to go with two boards and two assists.
Bronny James, #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers, is guarded by Cooper Flagg, #32 of the Dallas Mavericks, in the first half of a 2025 NBA summer league game in Thomas & Amp; Mack Center on July 10, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty images)
James was selection 55 in the NBA draft last year outside the USC. Flagg was number 1 in general at the end of last month to the Dallas Mavericks.
