Rookie sensation Cooper Flagg has lived up to the expectations in his first year with the Dallas Mavericks. The former Duke Blue Devil was selected first overall in the 2025 NBA Draft.
The Dallas Mavericks are lucky they potentially found another franchise player in rookie forward Cooper Flagg after one of the most dumbfounding trades in recent memory.
Following Saturday’s loss at Houston, Dallas’ fourth straight defeat, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd went on an expletive-filled tirade regarding media criticism of using Cooper Flagg as team’s de facto point guard to open his rookie season, writes Christian Clark of The Athletic.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
As the Feb. 5 trade deadline approaches, it’s time for the Dallas Mavericks to reevaluate their path forward in building around Cooper Flagg. Dallas is at a crossroads, left with limited assets and aging, injury-prone sidekicks following Hurricane Nico.
It sure feels like the Dallas Mavericks’ reset has hit a wall. They expected turbulence in the post-Luka Doncic era. What they didn’t expect, though, was paralysis.
The Dallas Mavericks took on their intrastate rival Houston Rockets Saturday night. Dallas saw their losing streak push to four games after a 111-107 defeat.
Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd, a Basketball Hall of Fame point guard who spent 19 seasons in the NBA and won a championship with this same franchise in 2011, has had enough of questions regarding his deployment of Cooper Flagg.
The Dallas Mavericks lost 111-107 to the Houston Rockets Saturday night, the Mavericks fourth loss in a row. Cooper Flagg had another outstanding game, but it wasn’t enough as other Mavericks struggled to support the superstar rookie.
The Dallas Mavericks took the road loss on a night Cooper Flagg and Kevin Durant went at it. But Dallas also watched PJ Washington not finish the game against the Houston Rockets on Saturday.
Dallas Mavericks guard Brandon Williams exited Saturday night’s game against the Houston Rockets with a right lower leg contusion, the team announced. Williams had 13 points on 5-7 shooting from the field before suffering the injury.
The Dallas Mavericks are inching closer to the trade deadline, and the team is looking to be one of the league's sellers. The Mavs are projected to be a lottery team for the second year in a row, and that allows them to try and gain some value through trading some of their more desirable players.
The Dallas Mavericks are in some dire straits at the moment. With the likes of Cooper Flagg coming in, he was expected to join Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving to form a menacing trio.
The Dallas Mavericks have clarified Naji Marshall’s status ahead of their upcoming matchup against the Charlotte Hornets, putting to rest any concerns about a potential injury.