Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates were together celebrating a victory over North Carolina the night of Feb. 1 when one of them saw the news that had rocked the basketball world.
The Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
"We just all started going crazy," Flagg said Tuesday. "It was such a shock. Like, it was craziness."
Now Flagg is set to take Doncic's place as the franchise superstar in Dallas.
Flagg is expected to be selected by the Mavericks with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night after a sensational one-season stopover with the Blue Devils.