In the second closest Rookie of the Year award race in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks emerged victorious in voting by the 100-member global media panel.
Flagg defeated his former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets by a total of 412 points to 386. Flagg received 56 first-place votes, while Knueppel garnered 44.
"I can check the box scores. I think also I was watching Kon just because that's one of my brothers," Flagg said.
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