Moms take centerstage at NBA draft as sons appreciate all the effort they’ve put in

NEW YORK (AP) — It was mother’s day at the NBA draft Wednesday night.

The moms of the NBA draftees took centerstage, receiving hugs and wiping away tears as they heard their offspring’s names called.

Kelly Flagg, whose son Cooper went first to the Dallas Mavericks, was a strong player in her own right. She starred for the University of Maine in the late 1990s. The 1998-99 team she was on made school history when it won the program’s first NCAA Tournament game, upsetting Stanford.