Cooper Flagg’s playing days in the NBA Summer League are over.

After two games in the summer league for the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, the Dallas Mavericks are expected to shut down their star rookie for the remainder of the team’s schedule, a person with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Dallas Morning News.

It’s not a totally unexpected decision. In recent years the No. 1 pick has rarely played beyond the second summer league game as a precaution to avoid injuries. Zaccharie Risacher, the 2024 No. 1 pick of the Hawks, and Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs’ top pick in 2023, each played in just two games in their summer league debuts.

Flagg averaged 20.5 points, 5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1 block in his two games against the Lakers and the Spurs. His time on the floor featured some high-flying dunks (and some high-flying dunk attempts) and flashes of his ball handling skills and versatility, the Mavericks saying before the summer season started that they were hoping to challenge the No. 1 pick and make him “uncomfortable.”

He looked it in the first game against the Lakers, shooting just 5-of-21 from the field and totaling 10 points. But he bounced back Saturday against the Spurs, scoring a game-high 31 points on 10-of-21 shooting.

“Super fun to play with, he’s a super unselfish guy,” teammate Ryan Nembhard said of Flagg after the Mavericks defeated the Lakers on Thursday. “All he wants to do is win. Can guard five positions, can score the ball really well.”

Mavericks coach Josh Broghamer said after Thursday’s game that he was especially impressed with Flagg’s conditioning after seeing how the Lakers picked him up full court defensively, trapped him from the outset and continued to play him physically.

“I think he just makes the right play over and over again, and shots will fall,” Broghamer added. “He makes winning plays, whether it’s offense or defense. I think that’s as advertised. Whether it’s a right pass or defensive possession or scoring the ball, that’s what he does.”