Maine basketball star Cooper Flagg got a chance to star in a commercial with his favorite NBA player, who had been retired for 14 years by the time Flagg was born.Flagg and Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird are featured in a Chime advertisement titled “Ring Chasin'” in which a man goes shopping for an engagement ring.The commercial references the three NBA championships Bird won with the Celtics in 1981, 1984 and 1986, as well as the mullet Bird had during his playing days.When talking about the customer seeing his credit score up by 70 points, Flagg asked Bird: “Do you think I could put up 70?””Not if I was guarding you,” quipped Bird, who was known for a level of trash-talking that matched his Hall of Fame ability on the court.Watch the ad in the embedded YouTube video below:Bird, 69, was a 12-time All-Star, three-time NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also the 1980 NBA Rookie of the Year and won each of the first three NBA Three-Point Contests. Bird retired in August 1992, not long after winning an Olympic gold medal with the “Dream Team” at the Summer Games in Barcelona. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.Flagg, 19, has said in multiple interviews that Bird is his favorite NBA player. Flagg’s parents, Ralph and Kelly, bought a DVD set featuring games played by Bird and the 1985-86 Boston Celtics. Cooper and his twin brother, Ace, used to watch that DVD while their parents drove them to basketball practices and games.On Friday, Flagg played his first game against the Celtics at TD Garden, a game a number of Maine residents took the opportunity to attend. Flagg finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, six assists and one steal for the Dallas Mavericks, who lost to the Celtics 120-100.Flagg, who was drafted No. 1 overall by Dallas, is averaging a team-high 20.2 points per game in his rookie season. He is also averaging 6.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks per contest while averaging 33.8 minutes in 52 games played.

PORTLAND, Maine —

Maine basketball star Cooper Flagg got a chance to star in a commercial with his favorite NBA player, who had been retired for 14 years by the time Flagg was born.

Flagg and Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird are featured in a Chime advertisement titled “Ring Chasin'” in which a man goes shopping for an engagement ring.

The commercial references the three NBA championships Bird won with the Celtics in 1981, 1984 and 1986, as well as the mullet Bird had during his playing days.

When talking about the customer seeing his credit score up by 70 points, Flagg asked Bird: “Do you think I could put up 70?”

“Not if I was guarding you,” quipped Bird, who was known for a level of trash-talking that matched his Hall of Fame ability on the court.

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Bird, 69, was a 12-time All-Star, three-time NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also the 1980 NBA Rookie of the Year and won each of the first three NBA Three-Point Contests. Bird retired in August 1992, not long after winning an Olympic gold medal with the “Dream Team” at the Summer Games in Barcelona. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.

Flagg, 19, has said in multiple interviews that Bird is his favorite NBA player. Flagg’s parents, Ralph and Kelly, bought a DVD set featuring games played by Bird and the 1985-86 Boston Celtics. Cooper and his twin brother, Ace, used to watch that DVD while their parents drove them to basketball practices and games.

On Friday, Flagg played his first game against the Celtics at TD Garden, a game a number of Maine residents took the opportunity to attend. Flagg finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, six assists and one steal for the Dallas Mavericks, who lost to the Celtics 120-100.

Flagg, who was drafted No. 1 overall by Dallas, is averaging a team-high 20.2 points per game in his rookie season. He is also averaging 6.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks per contest while averaging 33.8 minutes in 52 games played.