{"id":472966,"date":"2025-06-25T22:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dallas-selects-cooper-flagg-as-the-first-pick-of-the-2025-nba-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T22:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:27:47","slug":"dallas-selects-cooper-flagg-as-the-first-pick-of-the-2025-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/dallas-selects-cooper-flagg-as-the-first-pick-of-the-2025-nba-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas selects Cooper Flagg as the first pick of the 2025 NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<em>New York, June 25, 2025 (AP)<\/em> \u2014 The <strong>Dallas Mavericks<\/strong> made official what many expected: they selected this Wednesday the phenomenon from <strong>Duke<\/strong>, <strong>Cooper Flagg<\/strong>, with the first overall pick of the <strong>2025 NBA Draft<\/strong>, in a move that could mark a new era for the Texan franchise.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/futbol\/confirmada-la-condena-de-rubiales-a-una-multa-de-10-800-euros-por-agresion-sexual-a-hermoso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubiales&#8217;s conviction confirmed: a fine of 10,800 euros for sexual assault on Hermoso<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith just <strong>18 years old<\/strong>, Flagg became the hope of Dallas fans, who are still digesting the shocking departure of Luka Doncic, traded in February to the Los Angeles Lakers. The choice of Flagg seems to be a direct bet on finding the team&#8217;s next superstar.\n\nFlagg, originally from <strong>Maine<\/strong>, was named <strong>College Player of the Year<\/strong> after averaging <strong>19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds<\/strong> in his only season in college basketball, leading Duke to the <strong>Final Four<\/strong>. Immediately, it was announced that he will use the number <strong>32<\/strong> in his new stage with the Mavericks.\n\nThe forward joins a select list of Duke players chosen first overall in the draft since 1999, including Elton Brand, Kyrie Irving \u2014who will be his new teammate\u2014, Zion Williamson, and Paolo Banchero.\n\nThe selection of Flagg also marks a return to a traditional trend in the draft: selecting a one-and-done American college player as number one, after two consecutive selections of prospects born in France (Victor Wembanyama in 2023 and Zaccharie Risacher in 2024).\n\nIn the rest of the draft, <strong>the San Antonio Spurs<\/strong> took guard <strong>Dylan Harper<\/strong> (Rutgers) with the second pick, while <strong>the Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong> selected Dominican <strong>VJ Edgecombe<\/strong> (Baylor) with the third pick, unleashing a great ovation from the fans present at the Barclays Center.\n\nThe fourth selection went to the <strong>Charlotte Hornets<\/strong>, who bet on <strong>Kon Knueppel<\/strong>, also from Duke, while <strong>Utah Jazz<\/strong> closed the Top 5 with <strong>Ace Bailey<\/strong>, who had avoided training with the 76ers during the pre-draft process.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, June 25, 2025 (AP) \u2014 The Dallas Mavericks made official what many expected: they selected this Wednesday the phenomenon from Duke, Cooper Flagg, with the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, in a move that could mark a new era for the Texan franchise. You may be interested in: Rubiales&#8217;s conviction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,71,41186],"class_list":["post-472966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nba","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1Z2u","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/descarga-18.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/descarga-18.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}