Why Cooper Flagg is such a promising talent for Dallas Mavericks | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports
UH, OPERATOR, TYLER SITTING BY, HE’LL TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS. WE LOOK AT THE DRAFTS. SOMETIMES IS, WELL, WE’LL FIND, THE DENVER NUGGETS WERE DRAFT. SOMETIMES IS, WELL, ARE SOME STARS THEY’RE JUST NOT READY MADE. KEEP IN MIND, COOPER FLAG IS AROUND THE SAME AGE AS LEBRON WAS WHEN LEBRON CAME INTO THE NBA. I THINK THERE’S MAYBE 8 OR 10 DAYS BETWEEN THEIR AGES AND COOPER FLAGG KIND OF CIRCUMVENTED THE HEY YOU GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR A YEAR. SO HE RECLASSIFIED HE SHOULD BE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HE SHOULD HAVE JUST GRADUATED MAYBE LAST WEEK BUT HE RECLASSIFIED PLAYED ON A REALLY GOOD TEAM AT MONT VERDE IN FLORIDA AND WENT TO DUKE. SO NOW HE’S COMING OUT AS AN 18 YEAR OLD, SAME AGE AS LEBRON BASICALLY HERE IS LEBRON JAMES TALKING ABOUT COOPER FLAGG I PERSONALLY THINK THAT HE WANTS TO BE GREAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A HELL OF A YEAR AT DUKE GUY THAT I CAN DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE FLOOR CAN PLAY WITH THE BALL, CAN PLAY WITHOUT THE BALL. YOU KNOW, HIS JUMP SHOT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER SUPER ATHLETIC QUICK, SECOND JUMP, AND ALSO, HE GETS TO JOIN A TEAM THAT’S ESTABLISHED RIGHT WITH HALL OF FAME GUYS. KLAY THOMPSON, ANTHONY DAVIS KYRIE IRVING RIGHT OFF THE BAT HALL OF FAME. COACH JASON KIDD YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO, THEY CAN GIVE HIM THE WHOLE BLUEPRINT AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE UM AN INCREDIBLE THING FOR HIM TO TO HAVE LEBRON DIDN’T HAVE THAT WHEN HE CAME OUT, WENT TO THE CAVALIERS. THAT’S FROM THE MIND, THE GAME PODCAST THAT LEBRON DOES WITH STEVE NASH. IF QUARTERBACK, AND WE WERE LEADING UP TO THE DRAFT, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE. HE DOESN’T DO THIS. HERE’S THE DOWNSIDE. HERE’S SOME NEGATIVES. I HAVEN’T HEARD ANY NEGATIVES OF COOPER FLAGG. NOW I’M SURE THERE ARE AS LEBRON SAID HE CAN IMPROVE HIS JUMP SHOT BUT IN THE NFL DRAFT, WHAT QUARTERBACKS THEY EITHER START OUT WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT AND THEN YOU GET A RISER AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY SLIPS IN TO THE FIRST ROUND, IN THE LOTTERY. OR THIS GUY CAN’T MISS TO THEN LEADING UP TO THE DRAFT. HE CAN MISS. WE GOT BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM HAPPENS EVERY YEAR BUT WITH COOPER FLAGG, I MEAN, WE DON’T NITPICK WITH NBA DRAFT PICKS. WE DON’T NITPICK WITH HIGH DRAFT PICKS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT WE DO WITH FOOTBALL CERTAINLY AT THE QUARTERBACKING POSITION. BUT COOPER FLAGG, HE IS A QUARTERBACK OR SHOULD BE TREATED AS A QUARTERBACK AND WE’LL TALK TO JAY BILAS WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVES OR DOWNSIDE OR THINGS THAT C? I MEAN HE’S ONLY 18 HE CAN’T BE, YOU KNOW THE FULL PACKAGE RIGHT NOW. NOW THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE WON’T BE BUT AT 18, HE’S GOING TO BE AN 18 YEAR OLD AT TIMES OUT ON THE NBA FLOOR. BUT UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT HE’S DONE SO FAR SEEMS TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF MOMENTUM ON HIM. GOING TO THE RIGHT TEAM, THAT’S KEY TOO. AS I TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES IN DIFFERENT SPORTS, BAD TEAM. AND NOT HAVE A GREAT CAREER, YOU CAN BE GOOD AND GO TO A GREAT TEAM AND HAVE A GREAT CAREER. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU LOOK AT JUST HOW MUCH IS EXPECTED OF YOU. VICTOR WENDEN YAMA, WENT TO THE SPURS. NOW, I THINK HE’S GOING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER IN THE SPORT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT HE WASN’T ASKED TO DO MUCH, HE’S PLAYING IN SAN ANTONIO. WE’VE SEEN PLAYERS YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA SCRUTINY, HE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF DEVELOP. HOPEFULLY THE BLOOD CLOT UH, IS GOING TO BE HEALED AND HE’LL BE FINE, AND THAT WON’T BE AN ISSUE FOR HIM, BUT YOU GO THERE. HOW MANY WINS DID SAN ANTONIO PREVIOUS LAST WE ALLOWED HIM TO DEVELOP COOPER, FLAGS GOING TO GO TO BE THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO GO TO DALLAS AND HE’LL HAVE KYRIE EVENTUALLY. YOU HAVE ADD, YOU HAVE KLAY THOMPSON. THEY GOT SOME FRONT FRONT COURT, GUYS. LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE ASKED TO DO BASICALLY. IT’LL CHANGE FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT PROBABLY. HEY, YOU MIGHT BE SCORING A LITTLE BIT MORE. HEY, IT MIGHT BE REBOUNDING A LITTLE BIT MORE. MAYBE IT’S PASSING A LITTLE BIT MORE. I DON’T THINK THAT HE’LL BE LOCKED INTO YOU BETTER. GET YOUR 20 SHOTS. YOU BETTER GET YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GET US 20 POINTS. I DON’T THINK THAT HE’LL BE ASKED TO DO THAT. I THINK IF HE DOES THAT’LL BE A LUXURY, BUT I THINK JASON KIDD, EASING HIM IN AND LETTING HIM FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS AND WHEN WHAT, HE CAN ADD TO THAT TEAM, BUT YOU’VE ALREADY GOT GUYS WHO HAVE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS, YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, AN EXPERIENCED HEAD COACH. AS LEBRON SAID, YOU GOT A FUTURE KIDD. AND NOW YOU’RE ASKING COOPER FLAGG TO JUST BE 1 OF THE GUYS IF HE WENT TO WASHINGTON, IF HE WENT TO BROOKLYN HE DOESN’T HE’S NOT ALLOWED TO BE JUST 1 OF THE GUYS. NOW, HE’S GOING TO BE WHEN YOU WATCH THEM PLAY, YOU’RE GOING TO KIND OF HAVE TO FIND HIM IF HE PLAYED WITH BROOKLYN OR SOME OF THESE OTHER BAD CHARLOTTE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE LIKE, OH MAN. HIM IN DALLAS.
With the 2025 NBA Draft hours away, Dan Patrick discusses likely No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, explaining why the Dallas Mavericks are focused on the generational 18-year-old from Duke. #NBCSports #DanPatrickShow #nba
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AD gonna get hurt per usual, and Coop will flourish.