As expected, the Dallas Mavericks selected Duke Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday night’s NBA draft, making him just the second player from Maine ever to be drafted.

Forward Cooper Flagg was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the No. 1 pick, forward Kon Knueppel went to the Charlotte Hornets with the fourth pick while center Khaman Maluach was selected 10th by the Atlanta Hawks and re-routed to the Phoenix Suns. Mauluach specifically showed plenty of emotion.

Knueppel was expected to go somewhere in the middle of the lottery in the months leading up to the draft, but he raced up draft boards within the past few weeks. Flagg saw another