[Highlight] Cooper Flagg becomes the youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points in a game
Dude is 19 bruh. Insane potential.
LeBron’s heir really came in his second to last season
I read this as lebron’s hair lol, like cooper has the goated hairline
Who doesn’t at 19 lol
Cooper Flagg ironically. Definitely is balding early
Yea not tryna be a hairline watcher but look at his bro and you can tell Coop is brushing/combing it forward. A buzz would reveal alot.
Dont matter much tho dude’s still gonna have a great career, head full of hair or not
All the goats start balding early
Lol true
Turkish Airlines sponsorship incoming
If Wemby keeps on with his Shaolin monk head shaving, will he still qualify for GOAT? Does intentional balding count or can it only be non-intentional balding?
I didn’t :(
My best friend whose hairline was receding in elementary school.
I definitely did not. Started balding at 17 lol
My man, I first noticed that my hairline was busted at 16. It had probably been on its way out before that point.
Like the seventh layer of hair?
i like how no one wanted to make that comparison when drafted but it’s ending up to be one of the best comps for lil bro
may be because lebron has otherworldly court vision coming in. he could’ve averaged 10 a game if his teammates weren’t straight ass
I would also say LeBron had a slight edge in raw physical athleticism. (Not a knock on Flagg at all, he’s a great athlete)- but LeBrons combination of size, speed, leaping ability, and strength is generational. Honestly, “historic” is probably even a better word than generational
Built like a linebacker that might have also been a top 5 fastest end to end player in the league. The most shocking thing to me is how fluid Bron’s always been able to move at his height and with his muscle mass.
But I’d already put money on Flagg having a hall of fame career with real potential to be a top 50 player of all time. Dude can do everything
It’s more than a slight edge. LeBron was absolutely otherworldly athletic from day one.
NGL- I was thinking that- but I knew there would be a lot of Mavs fans in here and I didn’t want the tone of the comment to read like I was putting him down cause it’s not my intention 😂
Dude will be on a short list of the meaningless “face of the league” discussion for quite some time
Eh we’re homers but we aren’t blind. Bron was a freak athlete. Still is tbh to still be playing at that level in his forties. But, looking at Coopers body it’s the weirdest thing. You can tell he has the frame of someone much bigger. But it’s like his body just hasn’t had time to fill out his frame with muscle because he looks oddly lanky. I’m excited to see what he can become once he puts on another 10-15 pounds of muscle.
Oh for sure. He does have the benefit of impressive size for his age though. He’s got some meat on his bones already with room to grow for sure
But yea Bron’s ability to have the fluid motion and lateral quickness, length, 40+ inch vertical, max sprint speed, etc… all while being 6’9 and built like a brick shithouse
AND be historically durable … dude might be the genetics 🐐 in sports history- even if I don’t think he will ever pass MJ
Mavs fan here I’m a realist peak LeBron would guard 1-5 there’s no comp.
coop may not have bron’s speed & jump but he certainly has the build to bulk up like bron. dude is gonna be a demon next season
Oh for sure. He’s a special, special talent
Just saying from a physical attribute standpoint- he’s being compared to a guy that could have a pretty good argument as one of the most athletic human beings to ever live -
But as a basketball player, his skill set and ability to affect the game is worth the comparison
yeah i dont get the bron comp either. his best is still grant hill
He’ll definitely put on some mass, but LeBron already had an NBA body when he entered the league. LeBron was/is just a freak of nature. That doesn’t take anything away from Coop.
And the idiots saying he would be drafted 4th or 5th if he came out this year.
Really should be the other way around.
This might genuinely be the best top 5 we’ve had since 2003.
Cooper Flagg is NOT LeBron James or a real comparison. the kid is great but calm down
People were literally comparing him to players like Siakam and Wagner. No disrespect to them, but Flagg will likely end up becoming better than most of his pre-draft comparisons.
Hey LeBron. We’re all good
Imagine if he passed the ball the Max Christie in a wide open dunk
I’m still so salty they got him
I’m salty some people consider him part of the Luka trade. It was a lucky or forced outcome of the worst trade in sports history.
sometimes better to be lucky than good. the reality is that he’s not a Mav without Luka getting traded. Semantics past that really.
was so close to being a spur man we would’ve been the most hated franchise ever haha
Can even become as good as Bam one day.
Potential? Brother hes dropping 50 RIGHT NOW
I liked him coming in but nobody expected him to be this much of a weapon right away.
Yeah I thought it’s more of a defense first then offense comes along later kind of thing. Not all these rookie scoring records!
A player his age would normally be playing in March Madness rn. Not putting up 50 against NBA teams.
Yeah but so is Jayson Tatum and he’s accomplished far more. Coop ain’t all that
Even when we win we lose
I’m stuck as a Magic fan… At least in the 2010’s the tickets were cheap
-Anti-Lavar
Hooper Flagg
Yo why have i never thought of this nickname??!! This is hilarious 😂😂😂
reddit on!!!! 😂😂
Reddit the heck on!
edit: omg thanks for the awards guys!!!! First time I have received an award on here, thank you so much kind stranger!
You sir win Reddit for the day.
Heckin chungus wholesome thread here guys 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The narwhal is still baconing at midnight!!!! 😂😂😂 👌👌👌
I also choose this guys dead wife
mom my arms are broken!! get the jolly ranchers!!!
Wow did your dad beat you with jumper cables?
Here’s the thing. You said a “jackdaw is a crow.”
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one’s arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing.
If you’re saying “crow family” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people “call the black ones crows?” Let’s get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that’s not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you’d call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don’t.
It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?
I for sure though this was going to be u/shittymorph
to shreds you say?
here come dat boi!
Well now we’re just time traveling to memes from a long lost era
when bad hes pooper flagg
Thank god there was no Caleb Martin to fuck up his 50 piece
I’ll never forget/forgive that insane dunk attempt
lmfao i’m out of the loop, what happened??
Coop was wide open for an alley oop and instead Caleb Martin tried to dunk from 18 feet away and missed by a mile. Would have given coop 50 for the game.
I was at that game… it’s burned into my mind.
Holy shit I just watched a clip of it
unbelievable dude lol
He also traveled so bad on that play lmao
Didn’t the Mavs also lose by 2 that game?
Coop already had 48 before?? In regulation?
against the Utah Jazz (42), Charlotte Hornets (49), and Orlando Magic (51)
Holy shit
As much as I like Kon, I just don’t know how you give ROTY to anyone but Coop. He’s a beast.
there’s a couple arguements
empty calories, he does have the green light to do whatever on a tanking team,
kon does lead the 3pt, and triples flags ws %
Lmaooo no wonder Coop reached these heights, Martin always stay fucking shit up lol
Only teenager to ever hit 50
Youngest to ever hit 50
Would’ve been 50x2 already if Caleb didn’t fumble that pass
Caleb wasnt gonna pass it nonetheless lol. He was going for a highlight dunk iirc
That was so stupid. Even when he was running towards the direction of the rim, you already know what he wants to do. But you’re like “Nah, he can’t be thinking that, too far and that’s stupid.” Then he jumped “Wtf was he thinking?!”
I wonder if rookie LeBron scores 50+ if he played in today’s game? The most LeBron scored during his rookie season was 41 points.
Due to the increased pace and scoring combined with more emphasis on working his 3-point shot, I have a feeling he could do it.
Bron 1000000% gets a 50 piece in today’s game.
Yes that’s what that means
If he’s the only teenager to ever hit 50, then I would assume he’s also the youngest to ever hit 50. Unless like a 12 year old hit 50 once
im drunk as hell right now man but i love cooper flagg endlessly i know for a fact hes gonna have a beautiful future in the nba i hope you are all having a wonderful night
I love this for you
ty bro i hope you are having a great night man
I love happy drunk people. Enjoy your night.
thank you bro you too truly
do you love me
Can you learn to love me
Are you playing your love games with me?
Maybe it’s Baileys he’s drunk on
a lot
this is so funny
My rook just hit 51, I’m having a pretty nice night
you know what man originally i was gonna say i hope to see him a raptor but you guys went through a lot i hope he is a maverick forlifer and get you guys far
I hope so man, I’d be fucking devastated if it happened again
HELL YEAH
Great up right down the road from where Cooper is from. It is crazy seeing a Maine boy doing this
Just had an appendectomy 2 nights ago and the pain sucks. Gonna pop an edible thinking about you homie. Hope you have a wonderful night too
Love you bro get some poutine.
Flagg is 19-103d!
Brandon Jennings had the record previously with 55 points scored at 20-052d back in 2009.
Flagg beat this record by almost a full year.
And Brandon Jennings went on to have a Hall of Fame career leading the Bucks to 10 straight championships, the end.
Bucks in 6
I really enjoy beer too man
Man I’ll never understand how he ended up so bad …..oh shit he’s crazy. They just didn’t tell us that back then.
He’s still there bro. If not body in spirit. The real reason Giannis hasn’t left
He doesnt turn 20 until the end of December, so he has a 2 month window next season to be the first player to get a 50 piece in 2 seasons before turning 20 lol
Damn you think Cooper Flagg could be the next Brandon Jennings??
I fucking hate you Nico Harrison
Do you see his vision now?
This is Luka fatly injuring his hamstring, do you see?
clicking to next slide on the projector
This is teenage Cooper Flagg dropping 50 for the Mavs, do you see?
Darkly funny the day Luka’s injury is announced cooper drops 50
I didn’t even put 2 and 2 together on that one.
We both know the NBA would never let us have the 1st pick.
Nah they’ll eventually give it to you… Just wait for the next trash prospect year and get your Risacher!
Saved by the NBA executive overlords.
He only just turned 19 😭
What if this guy turns out to be the GOAT? How will this affect Nico’s legacy? It’s speculated he only got this pick because they gave up Luka
Definitely was being gifted a #1 pick in future for that trade, no other reason to do that. If the whole world knows its an insane trade there’s no way the professionals working for the team dont
You did specify “professionals” but
Looks around at current federal administration
The whole world can know someone is doing something stupid but if one has been intravenously injecting their own farts for 30-80 years they don’t regularly act within reason or logic
Not only does this require the league willing to risk their entire reputation and mess with 29 billionaires money, you’re also saying EY is risking their reputation for NBA too?
They made a bad trade, and they got extremely fucking lucky, relax with the conspiracies
What a player, historical night! He’s gonna take over as soon as the team regain a semblance of…a team
even 70% of kyrie + upgraded coop should see a good lil bump in team quality alone. but yea we are missing quite a few pieces lol
Hopefully Kyrie, year 2 Flagg, and whoever we draft is enough to make us at least respectable.
And D-live can come back healthy and play a full season.
Not to mention Lively
You’re also forgetting a center that anchored a Defense that made it to the nba finals
Thats like…. Next year lol
51 with 4 stocks is insane for a rookie
When he didn’t get a call on an egregious foul and Kidd and Marshall got ejected arguing for it, he also made several 3s in a row. Need to pay someone to piss Coop off every game next season lmao
He’s special the leagues in good hands
People are way too efficiency brained these days
Clearly the best rook
I don’t think that efficiency is why there’s an argument. The fact that one of the players is leading his team to the playoffs while leading the entire league in 3s made as a rookie is why there’s an argument
Kon ain’t “leading” anyone as the third option.
Kon is leading the Hornets to the playoffs?
Are Miller and Ball just his supporting cast?
Kon is great in his own right, but what exactly does one of the leaders mean? He’s the 3rd/4th option.
“Leading” meanwhile he’s a 3rd option, sometimes a 4th on a team barely over .500 on the shitty east. How’s Luka doing btw 🤣
The Hornets have a better record than the 8th through 10th seeds in the West, if anything it’s the West that’s shitty in this situation lol
“leading” doing some heavy ass lifting
And he created his own shots
When Jason Kidd is still your best distributor even though he’s courtside, you know you gotta be your own PG, lol
My RotY
Should be everyone’s
Him not winning will be one that everyone will go back and wonder how
This man was single handily bringing them close. Can’t believe I watched all of this. Flagg is a menace
not ROY btw not even close btw
Yeah but have you seen Kons true shooting numbers?
19yo with 51 pts. Kid is special af
btw the people comparing Coop to the next draft class, yeah Cooper still goes #1 if he hadn’t reclassified to last draft
Outside of Wemby just being a genetic freak I am so fucking high on Cooper its crazy, he will be one of the greats as long as he stays healthy
Jesus Christ
Mavs fell ass backwards into getting this kid because of Nico’s incompetence. I still think Silver gifted them this pick to get Luka to LA
Coop saw the ROTY standings and was like naaaah now it’s my time
unreal shit from a 19 yr old
Coop and Aj Dybantsa Duo gonna be Generational in Dallas
He should just go for 84 points at this point
I’m sure he’d stop at 82 out of respect for Bam
He had 13 at halftime lmao
Wtf
Angry Cooper Flagg is the best Cooper Flagg. It’s been that way since high school. It was a bad call that led to the poster dunk against Pitt last year, and a no call + two ejections that led to him going off tonight.
Yeah, screw you ESPN and your lame ass poll.
#ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Yeah Kon’s not winning ROTY
Somehow people would have you believe hes not roty
Flagg’s the oldest 19-year-old I’ve seen
Counterpoint: have you seen his facial hair?
At this point Mavericks fans need to get over the Luka trade, this kid is gonna be miles better and be a more winning player as well.
Can’t I enjoy Coop while still lamenting the loss of Luka and holding onto the hope that Luka will return to team up with Coop after the ‘27 - ‘28 season? Please? Can I?
Talk about a green flag for the Mavericks.
ROTY confirmed
Our future is in good hands!
ROTY
Against Orlando??? They should be ashamed.
ROY secured
How did Duke not win the chip last year
the March Madness gods demand sacrifices
Love to see him shine. I was downvoted before for saying he will almost assuredly be as good as Tatum.
The future of the NBA is looking bright and Wemby and Flagg are exciting to watch grow.
Man, imagine what the Mavs could do once Luka comes back from injury
Cooper is gonna be special. Shit he already is! Just a couple more years of nba seasoning and we looking at a future MVP
He gets a little stronger and gets some consistency from 3 and its scary times.
Making one final push for ROY. But seriously its crazy he is already doing these things.
Shout out to Adam Silver 🫡
Need some luck this year too
Good for him, but he traveled from Dallas to Fort Worth on that shot.
There was just so much hype following Flagg for a while that it may have seemed impossible for him to live up to these lofty expectations. He’s been absolutely amazing this year when he’s gotten to play.
Kyrie, Cooper, PJ, Christie, and Gafford/Lively will actually be pretty good next year.
Coop heard everyone say kon is the rookie of the year and decided to drop a 50 piece
The future is now people
Dude plays defense too
This dude rocks so much. Can’t wait to watch him play for years to come
Does this put him in the lead for ROY ? Hasn’t kon been pretty mid last few games ?
Not in the current NBA where efficiency is all that matters. Flagg averaging more points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals? Who gives a shit. Look at Kon his crazy 3P shooting.
Doesn’t matter. Kon will have 20 on 7⁄11 shooting and the voters will jizz themselves
At least there’s something we can all agree on. Those jerseys are disgusting.
Someone tell me why I should be upset about this record being broken and what it has to do with Kobe
It’s not quite 83 but it’s cool I guess
Ethical 50 piece against a team who was actually trying to guard him to protect their lead and win the game. You gotta love it. Bro is him.
Holy fuck.
flagg is generational