{"id":256536,"date":"2025-08-29T06:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/256536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:14:18","slug":"gatorade-releases-tribute-video-custom-bottle-for-cooper-flagg-after-2025-nba-draft-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/256536\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatorade releases tribute video, custom bottle for Cooper Flagg after 2025 NBA Draft selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

In October 2024, just before his freshman season at Duke<\/a>, Cooper Flagg<\/a> signed an NIL<\/a> deal with Gatorade. That partnership will continue after the Dallas Mavericks selected him in the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, and the company released a tribute after Flagg went No. 1 overall.<\/p>\n

Gatorade sent out a tribute video, which sees someone ask Flagg how they should celebrate his selection as the top pick in the draft. He responded by saying they shouldn\u2019t, and he\u2019ll \u201clet you know when there\u2019s something to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Gatorade unveiled a custom squeeze bottle, co-designed by Flagg. The bottle features his favorite color, blue \u2013 which happens to be the same color he wore at Duke and will don with the Mavericks \u2013 and a family tree. His home state of Maine and the saying \u201cWIN\u201d also appear on the bottle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty crazy to look back on the journey I\u2019ve had with Gatorade \u2013 from drinking it as a kid to making history with them last year when I joined the roster,\u201d Flagg said in a statement. \u201cThere are so many athletes I look up to who have been part of this legacy and I\u2019m excited for what\u2019s next together as I start this chapter in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he signed his NIL deal last year, Flagg became the first college men\u2019s basketball player to join forces with the brand. In the process, he became part of a roster that includes Caitlin Clark<\/a>, Luka Doncic<\/a> and Jayson Tatum<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n

It was part of an impressive portfolio<\/a> of NIL deals<\/a> the former top recruit built while at Duke. Repped by CAA, he also had notable partnerships with AT&T, Fanatics<\/a> and New Balance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flagg became the National Player of the Year in 2024-25 as he helped Duke reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Along the way, he led the Blue Devils in every major statistical category \u2013 averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.<\/p>\n

As he shined on the court, Flagg also became the top name in college basketball. He left Duke with a $4.8 million On3 NIL Valuation ranks No. 1 in the\u00a0men\u2019s college basketball NIL rankings<\/a>. He also sits at No. 2 in the\u00a0On3 NIL 100<\/a> \u2013 the first of its kind and defacto NIL ranking of the top 100 high school and college athletes ranked by their On3 NIL Valuation \u2013\u00a0trailing only Texas<\/a> quarterback Arch Manning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, Cooper Flagg will take his talents to Dallas as the second No. 1 overall pick in Mavericks history. His rookie contract is set to be for four years and $62.7 million, according to Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In October 2024, just before his freshman season at Duke, Cooper Flagg signed an NIL deal with Gatorade.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,1454,6,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-256536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cooper-flagg-24-montverde-academy","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115110586974097366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}