This week, all eyes are on Mainer Cooper Flagg, poised to be the top pick in this year's NBA draft, now just two days away.

Here is how Cooper Flagg and his inner circle thought about the Mavericks when they obtained the first overall pick.

Cooper Flagg has always been able to drive winning, even if he's the youngest guy on the floor. Just ask anyone who watched ...

Cooper Flagg has been on the spotlight for a while now, but his journey to stardom started long before he arrived in Durham.

Maine basketball hall of famer Andy Bedard describes his hoops-crazed state as “a mini-Indiana but without the Division I talent.” Basketball is big in Maine, but the state has proven to be ...

Cooper Flagg. Cooper’s legend had already been established. Andy Bedard was coaching youth basketball in southern Maine when he began hearing stories about a long-limbed third-grader up north ...

Maine basketball hall of famer Andy Bedard describes his hoops-crazed state as “a mini-Indiana but without the Division I talent.” Basketball is big in Maine, but the state has proven to be ...

Bedard's dad, Andy, who coached both boys' Maine United AAU squads, suggested Flagg looked more like a baby giraffe, all limbs and length. But it wasn't just the size that made Flagg a sensation.

Flagg was in the fourth grade when Andy Bedard first laid eyes on him. A member of the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame, Bedard starred for the Black Bears from 1998-2000 following a two ...

Andy Bedard, his coach since third grade, watched from the sidelines, reminding him that there was no need to conserve energy like he would for a 40-minute game.

Andy Bedard, a former player at Boston College and Maine, remembers how the word spread, too. Not about Flagg as the NBA prospect; rather, it was about the standout youngster playing up multiple age ...