Cooper Flagg, one of the most hyped up rookies in recent memory, met Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player to walk the planet. The Dallas Mavericks rookie and the Chicago Bulls legend met on Saturday during the ongoing 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.A picture from the Mavericks' social media handle surfaced on the internet that showed Flagg with the NBA legend, who wore matching beige pants and a T-shirt. Flagg wore a pair of khaki trousers and a sky-blue half-zipped Ryder Cup hoodie.Cooper Flagg has previously expressed his love for golf. Last year, the Mavs rookie also said that Michael Jordan was one of the players in the NBA he would want to play golf with. Flagg also considers Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time.The Dallas Mavericks have a lot of expectations from Flagg for the upcoming season. Having traded Luka Doncic, the Mavericks are set on making Flagg the face of the franchise. With Kyrie Irving out of the lineup, at least for most of the next season, Flagg will get enough time to prove himself.However, the Mavs are still trying to figure out the best position for their rookie. Cooper Flagg played as a forward for Duke. However, the 2025 No. 1 pick is also capable of taking the ball-handling responsibility.Mark Cuban opens up about "hope of a franchise" Cooper FlaggCooper Flagg's draft was fairly able to control the storm in Dallas after the Luka Doncic trade. With the 2025-26 season right at the door, Mavericks' former owner, Mark Cuban, has high hopes for his rookie."You know the basketball gods smiled upon us when we got Cooper and the kid's just amazing...everybody loves him to death," Cuban told Boardroom co-founder Rich Kleiman on his Network podcast. "The best part is, he's all basketball and a little bit of golf and that's all her cares about...and he's just 18 years old."Cuban also compared Flagg's situation to when the Mavericks drafted Luka Doncic in 2018."It's hard to comprehend that this 18-year-old is the hope of a franchise, just like when we got Luka."Cuban also added that it wouldn't be too hard for Flagg to adjust to the pressure, because he had already handled it at Duke.