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Good morning! No more ping-pong for you.

Welcome to the NBA, No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, the ordained star successor to Luka Dončić in Dallas. For your first game, you get to play against the league’s resident alien and watch him progress into a bona fide superstar. Game 1!  Before we explain, just watch this sequence:

EMPHATIC BLOCK. ISO STEPBACK 4-POINT PLAY. 10-0 WEMBY RUN… HE'S GOT 31! pic.twitter.com/VP4HwuDLNn — NBA (@NBA)...

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