{"id":9824,"date":"2025-06-24T04:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9824\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T04:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:35:10","slug":"what-cooper-flagg-mavericks-fans-should-know-as-dallas-picks-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9824\/","title":{"rendered":"What Cooper Flagg, Mavericks fans should know as Dallas picks No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s almost Flagg Day<\/a> in Dallas.<\/p>\n

With the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft,<\/a> the Dallas Mavericks are widely expected to select Duke\u2019s Cooper Flagg.<\/a> After enduring a challenging stretch in recent months, Mavericks fans should have plenty to celebrate when the draft kicks off Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Flagg won\u2019t be the only name to watch in this year\u2019s event, as Dallas-area products like Texas\u2019 Tre Johnson<\/a> and UConn\u2019s Liam McNeeley<\/a> could hear their names called early.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what fans should know ahead of the 2025 NBA draft:<\/p>\n

Mavericks<\/p>\n

Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n

How to watch the 2025 NBA draft<\/p>\n

When:<\/b> First-round coverage starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The second round will be aired at 7 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/b> Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York<\/p>\n

Channel:<\/b> ABC and ESPN (Note: Round 2 will only be aired on ESPN)<\/p>\n

Streaming:<\/b> ESPN App, any streaming service that carries ABC or ESPN<\/p>\n

Get to know Cooper Flagg, the presumptive No. 1 pick<\/p>\n

Barring any wild surprises, Flagg should come off the board first Wednesday night. Want to know more about the Duke forward? Here\u2019s a look at our coverage of Flagg ahead of the draft:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cooper Flagg\u2019s relentless work ethic, competitive spirit could make him NBA\u2019s next prodigy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Could Mavericks play Cooper Flagg at point guard? Former Jason Kidd teammate chimes in<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Inside Cooper Flagg\u2019s Dallas visit: An iconic steakhouse, a Mavericks workout and more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Presumptive No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg graces Sports Illustrated cover ahead of NBA draft<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Kidd, Mavs love \u2018that kid from Duke.\u2019 How will No. 1 pick impact Dallas\u2019 offseason?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Flagg Fever has taken over Dallas, bringing instant benefits to Mavericks organization<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 As Cooper Flagg-led reality sets in, Duke star\u2019s fit with Mavs isn\u2019t difficult to envision<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cuban, Dumont screamed like \u2018teenagers at a Taylor Swift concert\u2019 after NBA draft lottery<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Who is Cooper Flagg? 10 things to know about Mavericks\u2019 projected pick at No. 1 overall<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dallas Mavericks win 2025 NBA draft lottery, have shot to take Cooper Flagg at No. 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks\u2019 2025 NBA draft selections<\/p>\n

First round:<\/b> No. 1 overall<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Mavericks go into the 2025 draft, they only own one pick. It happens to be the most important pick in this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

Dallas notably only had 1.8% chance at landing the first overall pick at the draft lottery. Only once before has Dallas had the No. 1 overall pick: It selected Mark Aguirre in 1981.<\/a> In 1994, the Mavericks picked Jason Kidd No. 2 overall.<\/p>\n

Dallas-area prospects to followTexas G Tre Johnson (Lake Highlands)\"TexasTexas guard Tre Johnson (20) celebrates a win over Kentucky during an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo\/Stephen Spillman)(Stephen Spillman \/ AP)As NBA draft nears, Tre Johnson has chance to fulfill shared dream between father and son<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 It took just one season of college for Tre Johnson to prove he\u2019s ready to be a professional basketball player.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Garland native, one of the most potent scorers in the country during his lone season at Texas, is expected to be a lottery pick in the 2025 NBA draft Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Johnson, a 6-6 guard, shouldn\u2019t have to wait long to hear NBA commissioner Adam Silver call his name, fulfilling the co-authored dream of a son and his father.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Read more from The Dallas Morning News\u2019 Mike Curtis here. \u2014<\/a> <\/p>\n

UConn F Liam McNeeley (Richardson Pearce, John Paul II)\"UConnUConn forward Liam McNeeley (30) celebrates during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Creighton, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo\/Bonnie Ryan)(Bonnie Ryan \/ AP)For Richardson\u2019s Liam McNeeley, competitive upbringing was key part of NBA draft journey<\/a><\/p>\n

On that fateful May 12 night, Richardson\u2019s Liam McNeeley and his family were among the NBA draft lottery audience in Chicago\u2019s McCormick Place Convention Center, watching with two-fold interest.<\/p>\n

Which teams would be best positioned to draft 6-7 forward McNeeley?<\/p>\n

And might one of those teams be his hometown Mavericks?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt certainly entered our mind,\u201d McNeeley\u2019s grandfather, Chuck Elsey, recalls with a laugh.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s excitement did not ebb when it became clear the Mavericks leapfrogged into the top four, but instead megaplied when Dallas hit the lotto jackpot: No. 1 and the ability to draft Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n

The same Flagg with whom McNeeley played for two seasons at Florida\u2019s Montverde Academy, and whose family is close with McNeeley\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Read more from The Dallas Morning News\u2019 Brad Townsend here. \u2014 <\/a><\/p>\n

Find more Mavericks coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s almost Flagg Day in Dallas. With the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,10859,3917,10857,2494,1596,3139,10858,7003,6650,2629,358,9662,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-9824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-basketball-boys","10":"tag-baylor-bears","11":"tag-colleges","12":"tag-cooper-flagg","13":"tag-dallas","14":"tag-dallas-mavericks","15":"tag-high-schools","16":"tag-how-to-watch","17":"tag-mavericks","18":"tag-nba-draft","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-texas-longhorns","21":"tag-tx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114736485227564606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9824","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=9824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}