ESPN Makes 'Embarrassing' Cooper Flagg Mistake At NBA Draft
ESPN Makes 'Embarrassing' Cooper Flagg Mistake At NBA Draft originally appeared on The Spun.
ESPN is taking heat for making an "embarrassing" Cooper Flagg mistake at the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Flagg, the National Player of the Year at Duke, went No. 1 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. He'll join Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson in Dallas. Flagg, who is from Maine, was one-and-done at Duke.
The former Duke Blue Devils standout went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, thanks to an "embarrassing" mistake from ESPN's broadcast.
ESPN is taking heat on social media for its rough Cooper Flagg mistake. The mistake is going viral on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Cooper Flagg going No. 1 overall.© Brad Penner-Imagn Images
Flagg was falsely identified by ESPN during the middle of the broadcast.
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'Welcome back to SportsCenter. You're looking at Cooper Flagg…That is not Cooper Flagg at all, actually," ESPN admitted live on the air.
Fans were quick to take note.
"ESPN had a hard time finding Cooper Flagg on the red carpet before the NBA Draft," one fan wrote.
"This is actually amazing announcing I won't even lie," one fan added.
"Rough moment for ESPN," one fan added.
Flagg, meanwhile, went No. 1 overall to the Dallas Mavericks a couple of minutes later.
The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft is airing live on ABC.
ESPN Makes 'Embarrassing' Cooper Flagg Mistake At NBA Draft first appeared on The Spun on Jun 26, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
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