Dallas Mavericks To Give Away Cooper Flagg Rookie Of The Year Bobblehead At Three Home Games
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks will give out a Cooper Flagg Rookie of the Year bobblehead at three home games over the next month. The only way to get one is a ticket package sold through a dedicated team page.
The first one is Wednesday, Nov. 18, when the Golden State Warriors visit American Airlines Center for an 8:30 p.m. CT tip-off on ESPN. The Boston Celtics are in town Monday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. CT. The Orlando Magic come in for the last one on Wednesday, Dec. 2, also at 7 p.m. CT.
On the bobblehead, Flagg wears his Mavericks uniform and holds up the Rookie of the Year trophy. Behind him, a backdrop lists the 21 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game he averaged as a rookie.
Ahead of the giveaway, the Mavericks posted a video of Flagg opening one of the bobbleheads and getting his first look at it. Some of the bobbleheads carry his signature. In that post, the team told fans they “might even score a signed one” when they open the box on game night.
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— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) November 3, 2026
How The Cooper Flagg ROTY Bobble Pack Works
The team says each ticket bought through the Coop ROTY Bobble Pack page comes with one bobblehead. Tickets bought anywhere else do not count. A standard game ticket cannot be redeemed for one at the arena.
After the purchase, a special Coop Bobble ticket shows up in Account Manager inside the Mavs App. That ticket has to be presented at a pickup table inside American Airlines Center on the night of the game. Purchases are capped at four tickets and four bobbleheads per customer for each game. The team will not ship bobbleheads, and they cannot be claimed after the selected game night.
Nov. 18 is also Nellie Night, the Mavericks’ tribute to Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson, who died Aug. 9 at 86. The first 10,000 ticketed fans that night will get a deck of Nellie-inspired playing cards. The team is donating $25,000 in his name to the Humane Society of North Texas.
Mavericks CEO Rick Welts said the organization plans to celebrate Nelson’s personality and the relationships he built over decades.
“Don Nelson helped change the trajectory of the Dallas Mavericks and left an imprint on this organization that remains part of who we are today,” Welts said. “But Nellie’s impact went well beyond wins and losses. We look forward to celebrating him in a way that feels personal, meaningful, and uniquely Nellie.”
Last season, a Rookie Edition Flagg bobblehead came with tickets bought through the same kind of team link for games against the Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Some of those were autographed, too. On March 30, the Mavericks added their April 12 game against the Chicago Bulls, citing “extraordinarily high fan demand.”
In Maine, where Flagg grew up in Newport, the Portland Sea Dogs gave a bobblehead of him in his Maine United AAU uniform to the first 1,000 fans at Hadlock Field on Aug. 12. eBay listings for that bobblehead the next day opened at anywhere from $250 to $30,000, according to MLB.com’s Josh Jackson.
Flagg’s Rookie Of The Year Season
The NBA named Flagg its 2025-26 Rookie of the Year on April 27. He received 56 of the 100 first-place votes and 412 points overall. His former Duke teammate, Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, finished second with 44 first-place votes and 386 points.
The two traded notes all season on how their first years were going and what each of them was learning.
“Me and Kon talked all year long, but we never talked about Rookie of the Year or what people were saying about any of that,” Flagg said. “It was more just support for one another and staying in contact. He’s somebody that’s going to be one of my best friends for the rest of my life.”
“Just staying in contact, seeing how things have been different for him and what he’s learned, and trying to help each other in our own journeys,” Flagg continued.
Over 70 games, Flagg averaged 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.2 steals. His scoring average was the best among NBA rookies. Dallas, which drafted him first overall in 2025, finished 26-56 and missed the playoffs. He became the third Mavericks player to win the award, after Jason Kidd in 1994-95 and Luka Dončić in 2018-19.
To Flagg, the trophy was proof that the hours he put in, before and during his first NBA season, were worth it.
“There were moments throughout the year where I was at a low. There are always lows, losing games, struggling at times,” Flagg explained. “But having my support system around me, my family, my teammates, lifting me up and helping me through that, it built my confidence.”
“This award is another step in the right direction and gives me more confidence moving forward,” Flagg added.
His career high came against Orlando, the Dec. 2 opponent. On April 3 at American Airlines Center, Flagg scored 51 points on 19-of-30 shooting, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range, and went 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. He scored 24 of those points in the fourth quarter and became the youngest player in NBA history with a 50-point game. The Magic won 138-127.
Dallas visits Boston on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 5 p.m. CT, 15 days before the Celtics come to American Airlines Center for the second bobblehead night.
