Cooper Flagg’s historic rookie season by the numbers! There are a lot of things covered in these 4 screenshots that feature the long list of accomplishments for him this season.

Last 25-26 season Take Dat Wit You pod w/ Brian & me. Reflecting on a challenging year but one that moves us forward. A voluminous amount of Cooper Flagg historical data, look ahead to important summer and the world didn’t end by winning a couple of games. A mega pod episode!
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Cooper Flagg’s historic rookie season by the numbers! There are a lot of things covered in these 4 screenshots that feature the long list of accomplishments for him this season.

We noted this on the final game broadcast even before his 23 assists which broke JKidd’s Mavs rookie record, was second most for any player in Mavs history (Kidd - 25) and was just shy of a top 3 rookie assist game in NBA history, Ernie DiGregorio (25), Nate McMillan (25), and Ramon Sessions (24).

Here’s a Ryan Nembhard funfact - his assist to turnover ratio of 3.72 to 1 was the best of any qualifying rookie in the NBA in the last 36 seasons (previously was Brevin Knight 3.38:1). You have to go back to 1989-90 to find a better one by a rookie (Pooh Richardson 3.93:1).

Obviously in the co-rookie of the year seasons there is an asterisk as Grant Hill and Elton Brand were Game Score avg leaders with Jason Kidd and Steve Francis respectively sharing co-rookie of the year honors with those individuals.

Cooper Flagg leads 25-26 rookies & will have the 10th best @johnhollinger.bsky.social Game Score avg since 83-84 for qualifying rookies. The top 25 shows he’s in great company. Since 83-84 only RoY winners who didn’t lead their rookie class in Gm Sc avg are Chuck Person, Mike Miller, Amare & Brogdon

JH’s Game Score tries to quantify production of major counting stats and efficiency in a game. This is just one man's formula (but a really smart one) that weighs certain things certain ways. But it is a worthwhile tool IMHO to consider as a framework for comparing game performances.

His games against Orlando on Friday (44.2) the Lakers on Sunday (39.5) and Charlotte on Jan 29 (40.1) rank as 3 of the top 5 rookie Game Scores since 2010-11!

A Game Score of 40+ is considered an outstanding game and a rare one. For example there have been 30 in the entire league this year.

Cooper Flagg’s Game Score of 44.2 on Fri is the highest for a rookie in the @johnhollinger.bsky.social Game Score available time frame dating back to 1977-78. One of 11 games of 40+ by a rookie

Coop has 6 of the top 10 Game Scores for rookies this yr & was the first to break 40 since Blake Griffin

The last in-season weekly edition of Take Dat Wit You w/ -Brian Dameris and me is up! It’s a fun one as we reflect on the extraordinary weekend for Cooper Flagg and his exclamation points on an historic rookie season. Stats, video, inside perspective and laughs right here! youtu.be/ZsYkTBVqiW4?si…

FLAGG CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY 🚨

Tonight, Cooper Flagg recorded his 4th career game with 40+ points, passing LeBron James for the most 40-point games by a teenager in NBA history.

He also became the youngest player to record 45+ PTS, 5+ REB, and 5+ AST in a game 🤯

Cooper Flagg is the 8th rookie in NBA history with back to back games of 40+ points, the other 7:

Wilt
Elvin Hayes
Oscar Robertson
Allen Iverson
Earl Monroe
Walt Bellamy
George Mikan

Wilt did it 8 different times and shares the rookie record 40 point game streak w/ Iverson at 5.

The highest scoring two game spans for a rookie in NBA history:

Wilt - 111
Wilt - 109
Wilt - 99
Wilt - 96
Cooper Flagg - 96

Great note from the Mavs vs Lakers broadcast on NBC, the first game in NBA history with a teenager and a 40+ plus year old with 20+ pts in the same game. And they did it in the first half alone with 26 for Cooper and 22 for LeBron!

ICYMI on our MavsTV broadcast Friday, the last 4 baskets on the way to Cooper Flagg’s historic 51 point game. The youngest player in NBA history w/ a 50 point game, the 9th rookie w/ 50+ & 4th since 1970 (Brandon Jennings, Iverson and Kareem). A true thrill to call this special and historic game!

Cooper Flagg was born more than 3 years after LeBron James made his NBA debut 🤯

41-year-old James and 19-year-old Flagg go head-to-head tonight on Sunday Night Basketball!

Lakers/Mavericks: 7:30pm/et on NBC & Peacock

Friday night history for Cooper Flagg vs Orlando. First teenager with a 50-point game in NBA history. Cooper scores 51 points!

He is the 9th rookie ever to score 50+ pts, with the most recent 3 prior to Coop being:

Brandon Jennings (55, 2009)
Allen Iverson (50, 1997)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (51, 1970)

In Friday’s win in Portland, Cooper Flagg had a new career best 4 steals (24 pts too). Coop is completing one of the best rookie seasons in Mavs history in terms of disruptive defensive plays. 3rd in combined steals & blocks (131) and on cusp of 2nd. And 2nd in stocks/game (2.1).

It doesn’t mean I don’t recognize that more impactful plyrs are out there (Jokic for ex is avg a triple double). WRT Wemby he’s having a tremendous year too but I wouldn’t say 3.5 apg is “close.” But obvs he has major impact because he can score more, space floor, def rebs & an historic shot blkr

I’m not “making it seem”, it’s a fact that no one right now is combining all of these elements of their games in quite the versatile way Coop is in this current stretch. The cutoffs aren’t arbitrary they match up to the rounded down whole numbers of coop’s current post ASB stretch.

A Case For Cooper | Take Dat Wit You Ep 154 | 3/24/26 | Podcast YouTube video by Dallas Mavericks

A new Take Dat Wit You w/ Brian Dameris and me is avail now. Much of this episode is on Cooper Flagg’s historic season in production (scoring, playmaking, defense/rebounding) and the case for Rookie of the Year. Some team building lessons from Atlanta & love for Gafford too! youtu.be/MlAC0bIZC90?...

I looked at the whole season in order to have a larger sample size and representation of the season in its entirety.

Cooper Flagg this season:
20.4 ppg
6.6 rpg
4.7 apg
1.1 spg
0.9 bpg

The only other player hitting/exceeding all of those benchmarks this season is Alperen Şengün. 👇

After another stat sheet filling line last night of 26P/8R/7A/2S/1B, the post all-star break numbers for Cooper Flagg in 12 games are:

20.3 ppg
7.0 rpg
6.8 apg
1.0 spg
1.5 bpg

Coop is the only player in the league post break averaging 20+ ppg, 7+ rpg, 6+ apg, 1+ spg and 1+ bpg.

A Case For Cooper | Take Dat Wit You Ep 154 | 3/24/26 | Podcast YouTube video by Dallas Mavericks

A new Take Dat Wit You w/ Brian Dameris and me is avail now. Much of this episode is on Cooper Flagg’s historic season in production (scoring, playmaking, defense/rebounding) and the case for Rookie of the Year. Some team building lessons from Atlanta & love for Gafford too! youtu.be/MlAC0bIZC90?...

Something I've tracked w/ Cooper Flagg this yr, so a late season update.
Season avgs & rookie ranks: 20.1 ppg (1) 6.6 rpg (4) 4.5 apg (2) 1.1 spg (3) 0.9 bpg (5).
Wemby, S. Barnes, B. Simmons, Kenyon Martin, Vince & P. Pierce only others in top 5 among rookies in all 5 major per gm stats since 95-96

Small Ball Business | Take Dat Wit You Ep 153 | 3/17/26 | Podcast YouTube video by Dallas Mavericks

The road trip is over and we were back in Mavs Studio 41 for Take Dat Wit You with Brian Dameris and me. On this week’s podcast we look at Cooper Flagg’s return to pre-injury form, PJ Washington as a small ball 5 and a big day in Cleveland for John Poulakidas! youtu.be/4pF_838bXFA?...

We do have a WFAA/KFAA/MavsTV broadcast of Mavs vs Cavs & it’s underway! Mavs coming off a win in Memphis last night

Khris Middleton - 22 pts in 4Q

Highest scoring qtr in his career
Highest scoring 4Q for any Mavs player this yr

35 pts for game, tied 3rd most pts for a Mavs player off bench ever

4 games in 5 nights used to be a once, maybe twice, a season occurrence for NBA teams. Mavs haven’t had one since Dec. 2016. Due to inclement weather postponement reschedules, start a 4 in 5 tonight at Memphis (7p KFAA/MavsTV).
Fri vs CLE
Sun at CLE
Mon at NO
All on KFAA/MavsTV.

Only Mavs ever w/ a perfect shooting game on 10+ FGA, Brandan Wright once and Daniel Gafford twice. Gaff was 10/10 Sunday at Toronto w/ a season best 21 pts and 11 rebs, MavsTV broadcast highlights below👇. More Landlord dunks (and screams) w/ Mavs at Hawks tonight (KFAA/MavsTV, 6:30p, pregame at 6).