Duke Blue Devils Reveal Michigan State News on Tuesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025-26 Duke Blue Devils are going to look like a brand-new team when they take the court this fall and into the winter. While the jersey colors remain the same, the players wearing them will be completely different.

And on Monday, Flagg took to social media to announce that June 25, the date of the 2025 NBA Draft, will be called "Flagg Day." New Balance made the original announcement, which the 6-foot-9 forward later reposted.

Freshmen scored 74 points in Duke’s Sweet 16 win, and Isaiah Evans will return after leading the team in three-point shooting.

Kon Knueppel told a story about how dominant Cooper Flagg was in a pickup game when they were playing with each other for the first time.

So, barring a shocking trade, the Dallas Mavericks will select Flagg as they make him the new face of the franchise. Flagg would join a squad with Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving and a team just one year removed from the NBA Finals. There are a lot of expectations for Flagg, but so far he has delivered every step of the way.

Cooper Flagg set an ACC freshman scoring record and Duke reached the Final Four with three freshmen leading the way.

His Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) earnings reportedly reached staggering heights, surpassing even his projected NBA rookie salary. During an interview with Bob Costas, sports journalist Howard Bryant revealed that Flagg's NIL earnings at Duke amounted to an astonishing $28 million.

Even before he's donned the royal blue and silver threads in Durham, North Carolina, the idea of Cooper Flagg coming to Dallas has negated the anguish of a few months ago when Nico Harrison went rogue and traded franchise cornerstone Luka Doncic.