In the second-closest vote in the award's recent history, a 100-member global media panel selected Dallas ?Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg as the 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year on Monday.
Flagg?outpaced his former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets 412 to 386 in total points. Flagg earned 56 first-place votes to Knueppel's 44. The Dallas forward?earned the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy along with the honor
"I ?see the games every night," Flagg said about monitoring Knueppel's results. "I can ?check the ?box scores. I think also I was watching Kon ?just because that's one of my brothers. We had such a good connection, and we're gonna be there for each other for the rest of our lives. I ?was watching him as a fan as well, but there was obviously that competition at the ?same time."
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