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.

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.

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