How Cooper Flagg will ELEVATE the Dallas Mavs 📈 + Jay Bilas DETAILS the Ace Bailey drama | NBA Today

How Cooper Flagg will ELEVATE the Dallas Mavs 📈 + Jay Bilas DETAILS the Ace Bailey drama | NBA Today

i like the main event it’s an absolute pleasure for our basketball expert Jay Bilis to join us now who has an excellent piece on ESPN.com on the eight prospects he likes in the draft now Jay you’ve covered Cooper Flag all season long what will he bring to Dallas assuming he lands there tomorrow yeah this is a big assumption uh Cooper is the real deal uh he’s got length athleticism and a high skill level and he plays at a high level at both ends of the floor he’s not just an offensive player that led Duke in scoring rebounding assists steals and then was second and blocks his defense is maybe the lead story about him he He’s super athletic he’s got a 7 foot wingspan he can guard multiple positions he blocks shots gets steals and I think the thing about him Chenade that’s so impressive is he doesn’t go into a game saying “Well I’m going to get 25 in this game.” He just makes the right play on that play and then he stacks those up and by the end of the game he may have 25 points and 11 rebounds and you know six assists three steals and two blocks he He’s just a baller and he’s he’s ultra competitive and there are a lot of competitors out there but I would put him on the upper tier of competitors I’ve watched over the years and certainly at that age i mean he’s he’s just 18 uh and turned 18 in late December his game is definitely ahead of its time i want to bring in Perk here who has a question for you Jay jay you covered this this game college elite players for decades now i want to know your thoughts on this whole Ace Bailey situation how he’s been handling this process for just you know the workouts and things to that nature not making it the workouts yeah Perk that’s a great question and I will ignore the fact that you just very nicely called me old uh but but I think about covering it for decades millenniums um what I would say about Ace Bailey is I I have no problem with him saying no to workouts and if he doesn’t want to go number three or number four go to those places I get that um he’s given up a lot of money if he decides you know that hey I’d rather not go number three to this plate to Philly uh I’d be more comfortable going 6 seven or eight now he’s given up millions of dollars if that’s his choice but that’s a that’s a choice and I said this earlier today you know Eli Manning didn’t want to go where he was about to be drafted john Elway the same thing i mean if he’s got leverage and wants to use it fine uh I don’t have a problem with that because I’m not a big fan of of NBA workouts you know these one-on-one threeon-ree things but one thing I do think that that is a mistake if you schedule a workout you need to go or you need to give advanced notice that you’re not going to do it that’s just a that’s just being professional but you you have to at least I try to keep in mind he’s barely 18 years old i mean he he’s just a little bit older than Cooper Flag you know we’re talking about guys that uh that there there are a lot of high school players that are older than them right now and they’re about to step into the NBA so there’s a maturity part of it it’s not that he’s immature but but that’s sort of you know doing the doing the adult professional thing of you say you’re going to be there then be there and Jay before you go we just saw an NBA Finals led by SGA Tyrese Hallebertton JDub Pascal Seakum whom all were drafted outside of the top 10 so can you give me a player who is probably lower on the draft boards but teams might regret passing on tomorrow yeah we’re gonna I mean like every draft we’re going to look back in five years and we do it completely differently uh Asa Newell of Georgia freshman 6’11 wingspan he’s about 6’9 really bouncy and athletic big- time offensive rebounder impacts the game on both ends can really change ends and a really good finisher at the rim i think he was 73% finishing at the rim so he’s got a lot of potential played with Cooper Flag at Mont Verde uh in that just ridiculously talented prep school team but there are other three and D guys out there rasher Fleming of uh of St joseph’s Carter Bryant of Arizona and then kind of the mystery man Cedric Coward of uh of Washington State all those guys ridiculously long u multi-positional defenders and they can all knock down open threes and and you guys know how valuable that is in the league these days and they’ve got a lot of lot of potential to really do good things in the NBA i love you highlighting Asa Newell he’s actually projected to go 19 to the Brooklyn Nets and my projections say that you are seasoned you’re young you’re not old like Perk said okay thanks for seasoned means old seasoned means old that’s the same thing it’s all right agism’s okay i still got mad even though I’m out the league i’m feeling big you will speak when spoken to give me some energy bam that’s it put it up there i’m feeling big i’m feeling big it’s officially NBA off season which means it would be a perfect time to have a big list perk oh you’re right hello world happy Tuesday and look it’s already been fireworks and damn it y’all know the rules bobby this is not your first roller coaster wendy yours is you it’s my list and you will speak when spoken to and you will give me you will give me the energy that is needed otherwise y’all would not be invited back big perks big list a big offseason question i’m going to start it off put it up there bam number five with the OKC Sam Preston what you going to do right you think about right now we just talked to one of the guys Wallace you have Aaron Wiggins you have Jaylen Williams coming in off the bench you have how many picks in this draft three and 24 and and a one in the second and one in the second what are you going what’s going What What do the evil genius have in mind right what is he going to do that’s a question for me I need to see especially off of just winning his first NBA championship bobby you next bam that’s what I’m talking about the Denver Nuggets like everyone is making moves right now right everybody is trying to get better they trying to you know build a team to go compete i want to know are they going to stick with Jamal Murray are they going to bring in another Robin to Joic like is he going to be that guy uh is they going to make a move to bring in another guy to to elevate them to new heights because OKC ain’t going nowhere the Rockers damn show is here minnesota is going to be back i need to see who’s going to be Jokic’s rocket uh Robin next season today give me some energy bro here we go here we go here we go bam you’ve been waiting on it the Lakers what’s next for the Lakers i need to know like you gonna go out you going to go get a center right you saw last year y’all had flaws lebron James was playing the center position what are you going to do i understand Lucas been in the lab he’s looking skinny i applaud him for that lebron James we saw videos of him in the lab but they need help they need a live threat daniel Gaffer just signed the extension in Dallas i don’t know if he’s he’s not available no more it may be in the trade i believe it is i’m trying to work on my body and winning skills okay and Wendy give me some energy right here now give me some energy bam yes yeah the Knicks like seriously what what y’all got going on let’s go y’all didn’t fire Y’all didn’t fire Tom Tivido right y’all interviewing all these coaches i’m looking at Michael Malone there’s no interest there i’m looking at a guy like Stan uh Jeff Van Gandhi who was serving with the Clippers did an excellent job with Too i mean it’s energy there like they got like it’s time to do something coming in at number one we’ll do a collective up there bam i like that Giannis man is Giannis going to stay or is he elite you know what I mean he He’s putting out these tweets kd get traded he says uhoh like what’s going on Yiannis you trying to win a championship or you trying to be loyal to this organization i believe he should leave and nobody should say a damn word if he wants to leave but again this is big perks big list of big offseason questions okay in the spirit of questions great list Kendrick Perkins i’m also hosting the show so I want to also do my own thing time for today’s challenge because at the end of the season I want to ask you all a little bit of trivia starting with you Wendy who scored the second most points in the 2025 playoffs ant JDub Jaylen Brunson or Pascal Siaka i’m going with Brunson we’re going with Brunson and the winner is what’s the answer correct all right good job Brunson all right Bobby you’re up next who has the highest NBA Finals career points per game average jerry West Michael Jordan Kevin Durant barry I’m not good at trivia uh Kevin Durant oh a hard one that was a hard one 38 36.3 all right Kendrick Perkins let’s do this come on Texas it’s been a Texas show since 1985 which team has made the most number one picks you got this perk come on magic Sixers Spurs god though uh you know what i’m leaning since 1985 i was born in 1984 i was seven about um I’mma I’mma lean more towards the Cavaliers on this one think about Brawn Kyrie there we go good job baby there we go there we go didn’t get one right all right guys [Music] [Applause] give me the heat come on the city is feeling

Jay Bilas joins Chiney Ogwumike on NBA Today to discuss what Cooper Flagg will bring to the Dallas Mavericks after the 2025 NBA Draft. Then, Kendrick Perkins share his “Big List” of offseason questions with Bobby Marks and Brian Windhorst.

0:00 Breaking down Cooper Flagg
1:34 Ace Bailey situation
3:30 Sleeper picks
4:47 Big Perk’s Big List
5:36 Big Offseason Questions
8:34 Chiney’s Challenge

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