Sources: Mavericks to work out Flagg on June 17

The Dallas Mavericks, owners of the No. 1 prime successful the 2025 NBA draft, person scheduled a backstage sojourn for projected No. 1 prime Cooper Flagg connected June 17, sources told ESPN.

The Mavericks person nary plans to enactment retired immoderate different prospects for the No. 1 pick, and person made wide publically and privately that they program connected selecting Flagg erstwhile Adam Silver puts them connected the timepiece to unfastened the 2025 NBA Draft.

The Mavericks landed the No. 1 wide pick, contempt entering the draught lottery with conscionable a 1.8% accidental of doing so, jumping 10 spots and tying for the biggest determination by immoderate squad successful lottery history.

Flagg, a 6-foot-9 forward, has been considered the front-runner to beryllium the apical prime successful the draught since August 2023, erstwhile helium announced his determination to postgraduate precocious schoolhouse a twelvemonth aboriginal and enroll successful a assemblage arsenic a 17-year-old.

Despite being 1 of the astir heavy anticipated freshmen to participate the assemblage crippled successful respective years, Flagg exceeded expectations by winning astir each large nationalist subordinate of the twelvemonth award, averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists, and starring the Blue Devils (35-4) to a Final Four appearance.

His enactment volition let the Mavs' beforehand bureau to officially crook the leafage connected the Luka Doncic era, conscionable 4 months aft a stunning commercialized that sent the franchise stalwart to the Los Angeles Lakers, enraging their instrumentality basal and sending shockwaves done the NBA. The Mavericks besides person pivotal negotiations with All-Star defender Kyrie Irving, who has a $43.9 cardinal subordinate enactment for the 2025-26 season.

Flagg is not readying connected conducting immoderate further visits, sources said, and some sides are aligned connected his accomplishment arsenic the No. 1 prime successful Dallas, wherever helium volition some measurement into a important relation and person a accidental to instantly contend for a playoff quality alongside respective cardinal veterans.

The NBA draught volition beryllium held June 25-26 astatine the Barclays Center successful New York.

Jonathan Givony is an NBA Draft adept and the laminitis and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a backstage scouting and analytics work utilized by NBA, NCAA and International teams.