The Utah Jazz were on the opposite side of history amid Cooper Flagg's 42-point night vs. the Dallas Mavericks..

There was a lot of hype entering the 2025-26 NBA season around first overall pick Cooper Flagg. MORE: Deandre Ayton’s mom cooks incredible Jamaican holiday meal for Los Angeles Lakers And the former Duke Blue Devil showed exactly why on Monday with a historic display against the Utah Jazz.

A native of Denmark now living in Chicago, Brodersen says his biggest pull — prior to the Flagg, of course — was worth just a few hundred bucks at most. He mostly has built his collection around Vince Carter, but it’s the Flagg card that will likely change his life forever.

Cooper Flagg became one-of-one on Monday night in the NBA, but he has bigger goals in mind. The Mavericks rookie recorded a career-high 42 points, making him the only 18-year-old in NBA history to score at least 40 points in a single game. The previous record was held by LeBron James, who scored 37 points in a game when he was 18.