Cooper Flagg (born December 21, 2006) is an American basketball player. He attended Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine as a freshman before transferring to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. Flagg won multiple national high school player of the year honors as a senior and was ranked the top recruit in the 2024 class. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, where he was named a consensus first-team All-American and the consensus national player of the year. Flagg is widely projected to be selected with the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, which is held by the Dallas Mavericks.