Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is firmly in favor of Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James being part of the NBA All-Star Game even though James wasn't named an All-Star starter for the first time since 2006.

The 2025 NBA Draft has clearly produced many young talents, and Cooper Flagg continues to lead the charge as a favorite for the league’s Rookie of the Year. The former Duke Blue Devil produced another history-making performance Thursday against

Cooper Flagg was burdened with lofty expectations before he even stepped on an NBA court, courtesy of being the 2025 first-overall pick. So far through his rookie season, he has proven that those ‘generational talent’ tags may have been there for a good reason.

His latest performance of dropping a career-high 49 points, the most by a teenager in NBA history, is proof of how emphatically he has delivered, even forcing ESPN analyst Brian Windhorst to draw parallels between him and young LeBron James and detailing the aspects where Flagg is the superior force.