All right, Cooper Flagg has officially scored more points in *** single NBA game than any other teenager in league history. Flagg scored 49 points in *** very close loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night. In the process, he also broke the Mavericks rookie scoring record, which he co-owned with Mark AGuire, who actually had his number retired at halftime during last night’s game, but probably the coolest moment of the night was this one flag connecting with *** few other main basketball legends before tipoff. To his left, his longtime trainer and former Maomic Valley and Hudson University standout Matt McKenzie. Over to his right, you know him. Well, Nick Kanner Medley, who was *** standout at Deering High School and then went on to have *** great career at Maryland University and *** long, illustrious professional career overseas. And then last but not least, all the way over to his right, assistant coach for the Hornets Josh Longstaff, who had *** great career at Portland High School. *** cool moment for Maine basketball on the biggest stage.
Cooper Flagg’s jersey from his NBA debut goes for $1 million in private sale
Updated: 4:17 PM EST Feb 27, 2026
A jersey worn by Maine native Cooper Flagg during his NBA debut has been sold privately by Sotheby’s auction house for $1 million.Flagg wore the jersey during the first half of his first NBA game for the Dallas Mavericks. He finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds against the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 22, 2025. Flagg was just 18 years and 305 days old when he made his debut.Sotheby’s said the $1 million deal sets a new record for a jersey sold through the NBA Auctions program, which launched in November 2023. The previous record of $762,000 was for a jersey worn by Spurs star Victor Wembanyama in the second half of his NBA debut on Oct. 25, 2023.”The $1 million result for Cooper Flagg’s rookie debut jersey is a powerful testament to the significance collectors place on true ‘first moments’ in sport,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of modern collectibles, said in a statement. “This jersey captures the very beginning of a special career, one carrying huge expectations and excitement.”The deal for Flagg’s debut jersey also marks the highest publicly reported sale of any Flagg-related collectibles to date, according to Sotheby’s.Flagg, now 19, was drafted No. 1 overall by the Mavericks in June 2025. During the first half of his rookie season, Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to score 40 points in a game and also set the single-game scoring record for a teenager by scoring 49 points.Through January, Flagg had gone a perfect three-for-three with the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award.Flagg was ruled out for the Mavericks’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, marking the sixth straight game he has missed due to a foot sprain he suffered in a Feb. 10 game against the Phoenix Suns.
PORTLAND, Maine —
A jersey worn by Maine native Cooper Flagg during his NBA debut has been sold privately by Sotheby’s auction house for $1 million.
Flagg wore the jersey during the first half of his first NBA game for the Dallas Mavericks. He finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds against the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 22, 2025. Flagg was just 18 years and 305 days old when he made his debut.
Sotheby’s said the $1 million deal sets a new record for a jersey sold through the NBA Auctions program, which launched in November 2023. The previous record of $762,000 was for a jersey worn by Spurs star Victor Wembanyama in the second half of his NBA debut on Oct. 25, 2023.
“The $1 million result for Cooper Flagg’s rookie debut jersey is a powerful testament to the significance collectors place on true ‘first moments’ in sport,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of modern collectibles, said in a statement. “This jersey captures the very beginning of a special career, one carrying huge expectations and excitement.”
The deal for Flagg’s debut jersey also marks the highest publicly reported sale of any Flagg-related collectibles to date, according to Sotheby’s.
Flagg, now 19, was drafted No. 1 overall by the Mavericks in June 2025. During the first half of his rookie season, Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to score 40 points in a game and also set the single-game scoring record for a teenager by scoring 49 points.
Through January, Flagg had gone a perfect three-for-three with the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award.
Flagg was ruled out for the Mavericks’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, marking the sixth straight game he has missed due to a foot sprain he suffered in a Feb. 10 game against the Phoenix Suns.