2025-26 Topps Holiday - Making the Nice List Cooper Flagg #ML-1 (RC)
The 2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball Making the Nice List Cooper Flagg #ML-1 (RC) is the rookie card that defines the most important player in this year's hobby — full stop. Cooper Flagg was the #1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks, and he backed it up by winning the 2025-26 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year award — becoming the second-youngest player in NBA history to earn that honor, behind only LeBron James. On the court, he averaged 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game, broke the NBA record for most points by a teenager with a 51-point performance against Orlando, and led the Mavericks in points, rebounds, assists, and steals — only the second rookie to do so since 1974. The other one was Michael Jordan.
This specific card is part of the Making the Nice List insert set, exclusive to the Holiday Advent Calendar box format, where it falls at 1:2 packs — making it a genuine chase from a limited distribution channel. The 2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball release carries massive historical weight as Topps' first NBA-licensed product since 2009, when Panini took over exclusive rights. Every Flagg rookie in this set is a true licensed NBA rookie card, and the holiday-themed design wraps the standard Topps flagship look in candy cane borders, evergreen garland, and snowflake backgrounds for a genuinely distinct aesthetic. Glitter parallels (/25, /10, /5, and 1/1) exist for the sharpest collectors chasing something rarer.
- Player: Cooper Flagg — 2025-26 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, #1 overall pick, Dallas Mavericks
- Insert: Making the Nice List — Advent Calendar exclusive, falls 1:2 packs
- Card Number: #ML-1 (RC)
- Set: 2025-26 Topps Holiday Basketball — Topps' NBA return after 15 years
- Glitter Parallels: /25, /10, /5, and 1/1 available
- Market: Raw copies actively trading on the secondary market
Flagg is the face of Topps' NBA comeback era. His Making the Nice List #ML-1 is the numbered-insert rookie from the most seasonally collectible release of the year — a card you pick up now, before Year 2 Flagg prices remind you what you missed.
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