{"id":260876,"date":"2025-09-28T08:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260876\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:50:16","slug":"goat-and-the-future-michael-jordans-iconic-ryder-cup-moment-with-cooper-flagg-breaks-the-internet-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260876\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGOAT and the future\u201d – Michael Jordan\u2019s iconic Ryder Cup moment with Cooper Flagg breaks the internet | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u201cGOAT Along with the exciting face-off between Team USA and Team Europe, the Ryder Cup has also been a spot for iconic meetups. One such interaction that went viral is the meetup between the NBA<\/a> Icon Michael Jordan<\/a> and the Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NBA draft shares a common interest with NBA legend Jordan in golf. Fans have started pouring in comments on the unplanned interaction. With much enthusiasm, they even distinguished the two generations of basketball meeting each other.<\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg meets his inspiration and GOAT, Michael Jordan, at Ryder Cup<\/p>\n

It could not have gotten any better for the Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg. Ahead of the upcoming 2025-2026 season, Flagg got an opportunity to meet his NBA idol in person. During the Ryder Cup between Team USA and Team Europe, Flagg had a brief interaction with the NBA legend Michael Jordan. The moment got photographed, and it took no time for the picture to go viral. Flagg had a great amount of admiration for MJ already. This made the interaction even more special. The rookie player expressed his desire to spend time with the NBA legend on the golf course. Not only this. Flagg made his choice in the GOAT debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James long ago. For him, MJ is the GOAT. Talking to talkSPORT, Flagg stated, \u201cMichael Jordan for sure. That’s the GOAT to me. I don’t know if it was how I was raised by my parents or not, but that’s just my answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans react to the iconic meetup between Michael Jordan and Cooper Flagg<\/p>\n

Michael Jordan is one of the icons of the world of basketball. Often, his name comes up in the GOAT debates. Throughout his career, MJ has achieved a lot. The Dallas Mavericks rookie seems to be on the same line. 18-year-old Cooper Flagg\u2019s performance in the freshman season has generated significant hype. Flagg has now been selected with the first overall pick by the Mavericks in the 2025 NBA draft. Fans expect a lot from this young star. The interaction at the Ryder Cup added to the excitement because of the known admiration of Flagg towards MJ.The viral picture brought in exciting reactions from the fans. A fan with username Jaspe wrote, \u201cThe past and future of basketball meeting on a golf course, iconic handshake energy.\u201dAnother fan with the username Freeagen_ commented, \u201cFrom one goat to another.\u201dThe picture even generated some funny comments from the fans. One of them, named Ice, wrote, \u201cMJ showing off his hand size dominance.\u201d\"Fans-react-to-iconic-meet-of-Michael-Jordan-and-Cooper-Flagg\"<\/p>\n

Image via NBA on ESPN\/X (Screengrab)<\/p>\n

One of the fans named K.B. commented, \u201cGame recognize game.\u201dA user named Coach J Clev wrote, \u201cTwo basketball legends – the GOAT and the future. Jordan’s presence at Bethpage adds championship energy to everything. When you’ve got that competitive fire, it transfers to any sport. Flagg learning from the best on and off the court.\u201dSeems like Flagg has already made his capabilities known to all. The unplanned interaction increased the excitement for the rookie\u2019s debut season in the NBA.Also Read: Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia Bryant graces social media with elegance at Emporio Armani\u2019s spring 2026 Milan showcase<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Along with the exciting face-off between Team USA and Team Europe, the Ryder Cup has also been a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":260877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[31748,2494,3139,136623,4255,1260,8656,62,136622,57666,1348,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-260876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-bethpage","9":"tag-cooper-flagg","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-fans-react","12":"tag-michael-jordan","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-ryder-cup","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-talksport","17":"tag-team-europe","18":"tag-team-usa","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115281070109330674","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}