The Dallas Mavericks may not be winning too many games at the moment, but the good news is that Cooper Flagg appears to be hitting his stride . Flagg, despite the Mavericks' 116-114 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, put up his best game thus far as a professional. He tallied a career-high 26 points to go along with nine rebounds, four assists, and two steals — leading his team in scoring in the process.

In so doing, the Mavericks rookie made a bit of history. As pointed out by Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Flagg tied LeBron James as the youngest rookie in NBA history, at 18 years and 324 days old, to score 25 points or more in a single game.

What makes this even more of a marvelous feat is that Flagg's thumb was sprained (according to him). The Mavericks rookie's thumb was heavi

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