Wooden Award will celebrate it’s 50th anniversary this season. Leading up to the award ceremony on April 10, 2026, The Sporting Tribune in partnership with the Woode

Dallas Mavericks superstar rookie Cooper Flagg recently made honest comments on ROTY race with best friend Kon Knueppel.

Duke radio broadcaster David Shumate captured the spirit of the thing with his broadcast of Duke's heartbreaking defeat against UConn.

Before breaking rookie records and lighting it up in the NBA, Charlotte Hornets first-year star sharpshooter Kon Knueppel helped lead Duke to the Final Four in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, so he knows what this year's Blue Devils team is feeling ahead of Friday's Sweet 16 matchup against St.

As the Rookie of the Year race heats up, two familiar faces are leading from the front: Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. Yet, Flagg’s unexpected response about their rivalry displays a very different side of the competition.

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Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd has made his case for Dallas forward Cooper Flagg to win the Rookie of the Year award.

Cooper Flagg on Kon Knueppel: ‘We don’t talk about Rookie of the Year at all’

Cooper Flagg was not supposed to be in this year’s NBA Draft. Originally in line to graduate from high school in 2025, the basketball phenom reclassified two summers ago in order to become college-eligible a year earlier. “A quote my mom likes to say a ...

Cooper Flagg faces another setback in the Rookie of the Year race as another rookie star continues to lead, per NBA.com.

Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Flagg leads rookies with eight 30-point games, ranking third all-time behind LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony as a teenage scoring phenom.