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Cooper Flagg as a Dallas Maverick

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Mr. Dominant, Oct 3, 2025.

  1. omgTHEpotential

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    The really crazy part is that Flagg is almost 2 years younger than Edgecombe.
     
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    If there are haters out there (and I still roll my eyes over how the "Laker Doncic" deal went down only for Dallas to leap like Hulk to the #1 spot), let them remember that,
    "Amen is a bust" (many on this board when Ime wouldn't play him until injuries forced his hand).
    "Yao is a bust" (mostly non-Houstonians at the time).
     
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  3. daywalker02

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    Yeah but age used to say stuff about you, but you can also stagnate in those years.......

    Edgecombe does not seem to be a Swiss army knife, he is a scorer first and foremost, so him being couple years older does not say much.

    There is parts of development that needs a lot of time, and there is parts that do not need a lot of time.

    I remember people holding out hope for Jalen Green because he was younger than Anthony Edwards, for the love of dear lord, just stop with that.
     
  4. daywalker02

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    Cooper Flagg has one bigger problem, how to unlock his high Volume Offense much like Kawhi who had a smoother transition.

    The difference being an MVP Candidate and an ordinary couple time All Star.
     
  5. Mr. Dominant

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    You can't push a guy with both forearms. Should have been an automatic foul call. CJ McCollum is a joke.
     
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    so... bust amirite? should've waited to trade gren, chuck hayes, and kam for busty fleg
     
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  10. omgTHEpotential

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    At Cooper's age, Kawhi was still a freshman at San Diego averaging 12 points on 45% FG and 20% 3PT. Flagg improved tremendously during his college year. Like every month he was better and better. No reason to think he's suddenly going to stop improving at age 18-19 in the NBA.
     
  11. Mr. Dominant

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    smart move. bench kuper fleg for the rest of the season and tank for that #1
     
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    Wouldn't surprise me if Dall@ss get another Top4 pick and pair Coop up with an Offensive mind.

    Texas tussle with Flagg/Sengün/Wemby.

     
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    Great draft to do that. Peterson/Flagg would be a modern day Kobe/Shaq.
     
  16. SamFisher

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    According to the NBA whisper circles, many people are calling him Flaggille O'Neal
     
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    Dallas certainly deserves more compensation then just Flagg for giving Luka away to the Lakers and taking back a broken down AD in return. Silver will probably give them two more top 4 picks in the next two drafts like he did with the Spurs after giving them Wemby.
     
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    Apologies if I'm way late here, but did Flagg graduate high school early? I don't understand how he's still 18 after one year in college.
     
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    Yes. he finished high school in 3 years.
     
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    Bold of you to assume that team will still be in Dallas instead of Vegas.
     

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