Anthony Edwards will be out for several weeks due to a knee injury<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nSelected with the number one pick in the 2025 draft, Flagg, just 19 years old and trained at Duke University, averaged 21 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, establishing himself as one of the leading young figures in professional basketball.\n\nThe player born in Newport, Maine, won the vote conducted by a panel of 100 specialized journalists, surpassing Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, and VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers.\n\nIn addition to his numbers, Flagg matched a historic mark set by Michael Jordan as a rookie, by leading his team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals in the same season. He also became the second youngest player to receive this award, surpassed only by LeBron James.\n\nWith this recognition, Flagg reaffirms his status as a rising star and key player in the present and future of the Mavericks.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO, U.S.A. \u2014 Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg was named the NBA Rookie of the Year on Monday, after an outstanding first season in the league. You may be interested in:Anthony Edwards will be out for several weeks due to a knee injury Selected with the number one pick in the 2025 draft, Flagg, just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":505929,"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":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,71,40853],"class_list":["post-505928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-nba","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27C8","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/images-12.jpeg","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":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/images-12.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505928","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=505928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}