The Dallas Mavericks come into the 2025-26 season with a renewed sense of much-needed optimism following the bad taste left behind by the shocking Luka Doncic trade . A big reason for that sense of optimism this season is the arrival of prized rookie Cooper Flagg whom the Mavericks selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
Before Cooper Flagg begins his rookie season with the Mavericks, he’s already secured multiple big endorsement deals, including one with Topps Cards, the official licenser of NBA trading cards. But during a recent on-camera segment with Topps, Flagg drew plenty of scrutiny from fans on social media, all in good jest, for his inability to recognize a few former NBA players via their trading cards.
Among the players that Flagg was unable to reco