Fact check: Mavericks Team President Masai Ujiri says 19-year-old Cooper Flagg has grown 2 inches this offseason and is now 6'11".

Verdict: mostly true — Trust Score 75/100

The post accurately attributes the statement about Cooper Flagg's growth to Masai Ujiri, who is indeed the Dallas Mavericks Team President, confirmed by 5 sources. Flagg's current height is reported as 6'11". However, while the claim of 2 inches of growth is consistent with reports, his height in 2025 was officially closer to 6'8", not 6'9" as depicted in the graphic.

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threads
Source author
thesportsinfluencer — see all fact-checks of this account
Original post
https://www.threads.com/@thesportsinfluencer/post/Da7xkGwoB1r?xmt=AQG0y9qybuVEmoyz5Jd8uzPQXAK6n36kwn6uqq8fK62H39-fqRRvMWe8Y_2UyT2D6pRGzVrq
Verified on
July 18, 2026
Verification ID
-LGbGaBD0tds70n9ny9GWw

Original content reviewed

Platform: THREADS Author: @thesportsinfluencer --- Caption/Description --- Mavericks Team President Masai Ujiri says 19-year-old Cooper Flagg has grown 2 inches this offseason and is now 6'11 😲 --- On-Screen Text (OCR) --- FULL COURT 6''9 2025 chime DALLAS 32 MAVS 60 2 6''11 2026 chime DALLAS 32 MAVS 11 12 ---VERIFICATION_SUMMARY--- Platform: THREADS Author: @thesportsinfluencer --- HOW TO VERIFY THIS (provenance-first) --- 1. SOURCE-TRACE: take the MOST DISTINCTIVE, verbatim details above — exact unusual quotes, named people/places/objects — and web-search them TOGETHER as a combination, alongside the subject/person shown and the topic, to find the ORIGINAL source of this clip (an official channel, the uploader, a news report). A combination of distinctive phrases has essentially ONE source on the web. 2. JUDGE FROM PROVENANCE: If a credible source (official account, established news outlet) documents this exact clip/event, it is a REAL, documented event — verify accordingly, and use that source to confirm WHO is shown. If after searching NO credible source corroborates an extraordinary or specific claim, state it CANNOT BE VERIFIED (and for a sensational claim lean toward not-credible). Do NOT default to "verified" on tangential, generic facts. --- Caption/Description --- Mavericks Team President Masai Ujiri says 19-year-old Cooper Flagg has grown 2 inches this offseason and is now 6'11 😲 --- On-Screen Text --- FULL COURT 6''9 2025 chime DALLAS 32 MAVS 60 2 6''11 2026 chime DALLAS 32 MAVS 11 12 --- Verification Focus --- Is the depicted moment real and documented? Search: FULL COURT real footage authentic

Claims analyzed (5)

  1. verified: Mavericks Team President Masai Ujiri says 19-year-old Cooper Flagg has grown 2 inches this offseason and is now 6'11".
    Multiple reliable sources confirm that Masai Ujiri, the Dallas Mavericks Team President, made a statement on July 17, 2026, claiming Cooper Flagg grew 2 inches in the offseason and is now 6'11".
  2. verified: Masai Ujiri is the Mavericks Team President.
    Masai Ujiri was hired as the Dallas Mavericks Team President and Alternate Governor on May 4, 2026.
  3. misleading: Cooper Flagg's height in 2025 was 6'9".
    Official measurements from the 2025 NBA Draft Combine list Cooper Flagg's height without shoes as 6'7.75" (approximately 6'8"). Some sources list him between 6'8" and 6'10", but 6'9" is not consistently reported as his official 2025 height.
  4. verified: Cooper Flagg's height in 2026 is 6'11".
    Multiple sources, including a statement attributed to Masai Ujiri, confirm Cooper Flagg's height as 6'11" in 2026.
  5. verified: The image depicts Cooper Flagg's height change from 6'9" in 2025 to 6'11" in 2026.
    The image clearly shows two figures of Cooper Flagg, one labeled '6''9 2025' and the other '6''11 2026', with a height scale in the background. This is a visual representation of the claimed height change. The image itself is a graphic, not a photograph of him growing.

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