About to complete one year of the unfortunate transfer of Luka Doncic to the Lakers, of that tragic night in which Dallas gave up his favorite son and his future, Cooper Flagg He made a proclamation more of a savior as well as a generational player roaring in Dallas itself. Flagg, the number 1 teenager in the draft who dazzles with all the overwhelming spotlights on him, committed the madness at 19 years old of shooting up to some 49 points that not even LeBron James achieved when called The Chosen Onewith 43 as a limit at 19 years old. Despite this, his friend’s Charlotte Hornets, who aim to be archrivals, Could Knueppelspoiled the party (121-123) for a Flagg who set the scoring record for a teenager in the NBA.
All the Dallas prodigy needed was to face Knueppel, perhaps unjustly forgotten for being on an inconsequential team like the Hornets but, at the end of the day, the one who aspires to take the award away from Flagg. Rookie of the Year to which he has been predestined since he was chosen number 1 in the draft. The guard, chosen at 4, went to 34 points to also establish a new scoring limit and take the stunning forward to a new scoring limit while catapulting Charlotte to victory.
A famous shooter – so much so that he has needed the fewest games to reach 100 triples -, Knueppel shook the Mavericks with 8/12 from the perimeter for a total of 10/16 in shots while Cooper Flagg broke down his pile of points into 20/29 in field goals and 3/5 from long distance, also scoring 10 rebounds.
Knueppel and Flagg shared a lively pregame chat before shooting baskets on the hardwood, good friends from their time together in Duke, where the former Barça player now plays Lady Sarr.
With his 49 points, the Mavericks’ generational player sets a new absolute scoring record for a teenage player in the NBA. The previous one was the 45 that Cliff Robinson He scored against the New Jersey Nets with the Detroit Pistons jersey in 1980, although three days shy of turning 20 while Flagg is even closer to 18 with the 39 days since he blew out 19 candles.
However, the most amazing thing about Cooper Flagg is that Luka Doncic’s successor is passing over rookie LeBron James. The forward has already become the 18-year-old player with the most goals this season with 42, surpassing the 37 of The King in his rookie year and the 43 that LeBron has as his highest record when he was 19 years old. Then, also ’23’ was almost a year older than Flagg since he was a month away from turning 20.
With just turned 19 years old, Flagg already knows how to do everything with his 2,06, Same height as LeBron. All the hopes of the Mavericks destined for victory rest on him. tanking -twelfth in the West with 19-29-, and with the headache of getting rid of a Anthony Davis still injured. The only valuable merchandise that arrived for Luka Doncic is damaged. But, with Cooper Flagg and his LeBron looks, no one in Dallas remembers Doncic anymore.
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