Just weeks into the season, first-year players across the league are already carving out meaningful roles, producing eye-catching stat lines and, in several cases, carrying their teams on a nightly basis.

Anthony Davis did not know about Cooper Flagg's huge stat line, which prompted a hilarious response from him after the game.

Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks blew a fourth-quarter lead against Derik Queen and the New Orleans Pelicans, falling 119–113 on the road Monday night.

Twenty-nine games into his rookie campaign, Cooper Flagg is exactly as advertised. He’s averaging 18.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 3.5 apg and has recently taken hold of the top slot on NBA.com’s Kia Rookie Ladder . Flagg reclassified to the class of 2024 in the summer of 2023, making him the youngest player in the NBA.

After a bit of a slow start as he played out of position at point guard, Flagg is back at forward and absolutely destroying the league. He’s averaging 18.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals, numbers most of the league would like to have ever averaged, and he had a 42 point game as an 18-year-old, which is just crazy.

In Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg's insane performance versus the Denver Nuggets, he proved why his 3-pointer could help him be one of the best players in the league one day.