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Cooper Flagg Projected to Earn $930 Million by Age 31

The Mavericks’ No. 1 pick needs All-NBA or MVP credentials to trigger two supermax extensions that would push his NBA salary toward $1 billion

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Overview

  • Spotrac forecasts Flagg’s four-year, $62.7 million rookie contract will run through the 2028-29 season
  • He can become eligible for a 30 percent supermax extension worth $359 million from 2029-30 to 2033-34 and a 35 percent deal worth $509 million from 2034-35 to 2038-39
  • Flagg has already pocketed $28 million in Duke NIL deals, including $13 million from New Balance and $15 million from Fanatics
  • Beginning his career in Texas’s tax-free system could save him about $124 million in state income taxes compared with joining a California franchise
  • His projected $930 million in NBA earnings by age 31 would outpace Juan Soto’s $765 million and Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million baseball contracts