It is advantageous to say that Cooper Flagg is not Luka Doncic, but it is also as true as a grand piano. Regardless of how far the young player can go, who has star qualities and is having a more than correct rookie seasonit is impossible for the Mavericks to recover what they lost when they decided to give up the Slovenian on February 1. This is what always happens when a drastic decision is made at a historical moment and you destroy everything you have worked for since you found a generational replacement for the long shadow of Dirk Nowitzki and you have even reached the Finals. None of that mattered to Nico Harrison, ostracized for sheer obviousness.. And meanwhile, Texans collect the crumbs of what they once were.
Flagg (who will turn 19 on December 21) is 2.06 centimeters tall and comes from doing magic at Duke University, which propelled him to a number 1 draft pick that the Mavericks achieved in the lottery. And their averages are being more than good: 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He works well near the rim, shoots very poorly from the outside (he barely exceeds 25% in triples) and has good rebounding skills and strength to play under the basket and penetrate from outside to inside, without caring about colliding with bulky bodies. It’s good and it shows, and his progression will determine the future of some Mavericks who entrust themselves to his figure while surviving the hell they themselves have created. And we are talking about the directive, obviously.
Falgg’s numbers are lower than those Doncic achieved in his rookie year (21.2+7.8+6), although his candidacy for Rookie of the Year, which the Slovenian won at the time, is beyond any doubt. Of course, the franchise’s plans are different now than then, if there is any plan. Mark Cuban, who once again has managerial power after the Nico Harrison disaster, had everything planned: a year to pay tribute to Nowitzki while the German acted as a mentor to the new acquisition. Now, Flagg is immersed in a hell that is not his fault and everything that was glimpsed with the arrival of Luka, who is enjoying the Lakers, is uncertainty in the present. Kyrie Irving is injured, Klay Thompson looks more like an active former player than anything else, and Anthony Davis is more out than in. while starring in a personal story as bland as it is tiresome.
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In all this is a Cooper Flagg who is not to blame for anything and who does not monopolize the spotlight of his predecessors in the highest position of the draft. See the goings-on of the Mavericks, with some victories and quite a few losses (9-16, eleventh in the Western Conference)is an exercise in patience while the arguments around the franchise enjoy a repetitiveness that has nothing to envy of a series like The Walking Dead. You already know what is going to happen and how the story is going to end because there is nowhere to start. And the only question is whether they will re-emerge to become a competitive team, For which they will surely have to start from scratch, surrounding Flagg well.that last big bet that has rebounded to a place where no one seems to want to be. After Of everything that has happened, no one can be surprised. For whatever.
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