Dallas Mavericks Podcast: Cooper Flagg’s Summer League Takeaways, Coaching Changes, Roster, Injuries
What’s up everybody? Welcome back to the Dallas Hoopsjournal.com podcast. I’m April Marie Aguilad here with none other than Grant Abset and we’re going to be looking back at Cooper Flag’s summer league performance and then also get through some of the changes that the organization has made in the offseason, including the coaching staff and the roster. That’s right, Grant. Um, and you were there on the ground in Las Vegas live from this year’s 2025 summer league. It was a very anticipated debut for the number one draft pick, Mr. Cooper Flag. But I have to say after that first game, he did not look content whatsoever, especially during his postgame interview, saying it was not up to his standard. What did you see from him in that first game? Yeah, after describing scoring 10 points on five of 21 shooting, he felt that that was one of the worst games he had ever played, including high school and his one year at Duke. And uh it was definitely a really, you know, built up, highly anticipated game. All the talk was about how expensive the tickets were, how packed it was going to be at Thomas and Max Center. And uh, you know, I definitely think there was nerves involved there for sure. And, uh, he ended up making an impact beyond scoring though, regardless of shooting five for 21. He was, you know, really aggressive defensively. Did a lot of the little things that, uh, you know, scouts really praised him for as an all-around player, like weak side, uh, helped defense as a shot blocker or just at least a, uh, you know, someone that can pressure around the rim. He was aggressive getting into the ball. He can blow up opponent’s actions that they want to run with his size and his combination of size and quickness overall. So definitely a lot of those intangibles uh you know that everyone really praised him for uh going into the draft. And then he put the other side of the ball uh in motion uh in the second game scoring an efficient 31 points against the Spurs. You know a matchup between uh you know the number one and number two overall picks with Dylan Harper making his debut as well. So that was a you know really entertaining overall game. But I just felt like he was poised getting to his spots offensively. uh his jumper was falling at a much higher clip and uh yeah definitely had a good foundation for you know starting his professional career things he can take from those two performances work on his game in the next you know coming weeks and months before starting training camp with the Mavericks yeah definitely a different outcome going into that game too as you mentioned against Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs they ended up losing that game 76 to69 but regardless for him a totally different performance when you compare it to actually um game one. Um what were some of the pill biggest challenges that he expressed to you all um after postgame just going between game one to game two for him personally? Yeah, the biggest narrative for him going into summer league was how you know the Mavericks want to make him uncomfortable for the sake of his development. Like Jason Kid is somebody when he was the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks early in Giannis Attenakumbo’s career put the ball in his hands to initiate offense play like a point forward and uh you know that was not necessarily you know something that Cooper Flag had done you know super often during his Duke career but bringing the ball up getting the team organized making decisions uh those are all the things that he was tasked with and he called it exhausting uh you know after he was shut down for summer league and did one of those like you know side interviews uh you know in Las Vegas when he was watching some of his former teammates and just taking in summer league basketball and uh you know I think some of the context to take into consideration with that is I think summer league is a really good you know developmental ground for somebody who is in that particular uh you sort of task like bringing the ball up and initiating offense because the ball pressure I feel is very different compared to the actual normal NBA setting. defenders are given 10 fouls so they can just hack you like all game and be really aggressive. Uh they’re willing to, you know, throw more players out there uh throughout the course of a game just to make it hard on him. Uh and you know on the other side in the NBA normally there’s situations where matchups they have to be more cognizant about preserving that player’s energy for the offensive side. So definitely think that was a great test for him to deal with that ball pressure at summer league for sure. And then when you just take into account that obviously he just came off of that huge run right during March Madness alongside um Duke. I can imagine that the just style of play from college ball to NBA even if it’s just summer league is just drastically different. Is it not? Yeah it definitely is. There’s more like high pick and roll. The actions are different spacing is different. And then also I think something that uh you know people should take into consideration as well which is the challenge that these uh guys deal with is that they barely practice with their teammates. Like there’s just basically a collection of of uh you know recent draft picks, undrafted players, G-League players that are looking to get their break. And um there’s just a handful of practices. They practiced twice uh in Dallas formally before they left. you know, they did spend, you know, like the recent weeks or whatever, at the facility just getting shots up, playing a little bit of five on five, but that structured, you know, legal perform or practice, whatever you want to call it, for uh actual like, you know, a team concept uh was not until uh you know, two days before they uh played their first game in Vegas against the Lakers. So, a lot of uh learning on the fly, not only about the NBA game, but also a collection of players that maybe they competed against on like the AAU circuit a couple years ago or just in college, but weren’t necessarily ever guys that they spent time with in a meaningful way as teammates. And something tells me Cooper Flag has spent more time doing interviews at press conferences than actually handling a ball within um a practice facility. But um you also had the opportunity to kind of have different conversations with scouts around summer league um in regards to him, his performance and um what they expect from him down the line. What did they tell you? Yeah, that’s one of the great things about being in Vegas for summer league is every team is there. There’s people from all around the world, even like international scouts and just all kinds of uh league personnel there. So that you run into people can have some good conversations about like you know the things that you’re focused on. Like for me, Cooper Flags development is first and foremost uh you know the story line. So I was able to talk with a good amount of scouts uh in basketball like strategy people and a big thing for them really stood out just how big of a perimeter player he is. Like he’s able to create advantages getting to his right hand using his size uh you know even at 18 years old before he’s adding strength to his frame. Uh that’s really impressive uh for him. But he also has the ability when he’s cut off on those drives to get into counters. like he’s shown some comfort level getting into like a turnaround jump shot. He can do some work in the post a little bit. Uh play off of two feet and is, you know, pretty poised playing out of that, too. Like sometimes young players, they’re like one foot uh finishers where they’re going up into traffic playing off one foot and they’re getting pressured at the rim. But if they had been poised, play off two feet, use a shot fake, maybe that could create a better advantage for them. So they like that he’s, you know, pretty mature in that regard. Uh but there are some areas as well that he can certainly continue to improve. Uh number one, naturally at such a young age, his non-dominant hand attacking left, particularly finishing against contact, uh you know, that’s an area that he can continue to improve. And when he goes left, he likes to get into, you know, like that elbow jump or sometimes just pull up, shoot over the top or get into a little step back. Uh those are things uh he can continue to, you know, maybe rely less on by getting to the rim, make those shots easier for him and be a little more consistent in that regard uh against NBA competition. Uh but overall, just being around him at the mouth facility and in Vegas, he’s clearly really focused on, you know, all those areas, but really focused on improving his three-point shooting, you know, as a shot creator. Right-hand players tend to be more comfortable going to their left on the step back. Uh but for him he’s know very much working on different angles going to his right uh having to fade take tough angles and things of that nature. So seeing how he grows in that area will be really important, especially on a team with, you know, the normal Mavs, not the summer league Mavs, where they have, you know, like Anthony Davis playing power forward, a center that plays inside. That outside game and playing in the gap uh will be important. And um yeah, I think he showed some good stuff in pick and roll, too. Like he got into the gap, snaked screens at times, and was able to be a pretty good decision maker. Just a matter of getting that uh that touch and that execution down. um which that first game against the Lakers as we had mentioned seemed like a lot of nerves involved there. So I I expect um great results on a consistent basis from him even though he’s going to be a rookie. Oh most definitely. I mean if you just take into consideration game one 10 points, six rebounds, four assists. Game two, totally different story story. 31 points and four rebounds. So I think it’s just a matter as you mentioned of him getting comfortable, him building that confidence and so forth. um he only ended up playing those two games before you had um reported uh during summer league that he eventually got shut down for the remainder of summer league as most um incoming superstars or potential superstars do. Um but summer league should be um coming to a close later this week if if I’m not mistaken at around Sunday. Um, but aside from that, I kind of want to uh transition over to just taking a look at this whole rebuild of the Dallas Mavs as a whole. Me and you were kind of talking before we even hit play on this podcast of kind of the amount of heat that this team was under. Um, kind of what happened obviously last season in regards to Luca, but not only that, but the fact that so many of their staff, it looked like they were leaving. they were, you know, choosing to to opt out and go with different teams. But we made up for it because I’m going to be announcing the new, I should say, starting five, like I like to call it. Um, we have now Mr. Phil Handy, Papey Jones, J Triano, Mike Pamy, and Frank Bogle. Each adding something unique to this roster. So, I’ll let you kind of break it down coach by coach and tell us what are we gaining in each one of these individuals. Yeah, so the lead assistants, uh, Frank Vogle is expected to be in charge of the defense. He’s someone that has, you know, orchestrated some really effective defenses during his head coaching career. uh the Pacers uh during two conference finals appearances like over a decade ago. You know, they were in elite defense and you know, they gave the Miami Heat with LeBron a lot of trouble uh with their defense in multiple conference finals appearances then and then with the 2020 Lakers and that bubble run with Anthony Davis, you know, and LeBron on the roster. Uh their defense was a calling card and was a key factor in ultimately winning that title as well. And there’s continuity from that particular staff. Phil Handy and Mike Pimthy uh you know worked with Vogle and of course Jason Kidd as well at the time he was the assistant while Vogle was the head coach. Now that’s the the reversed uh in Dallas where Kid is the head coach obviously and uh you know Vogle is now a lead assistant. Uh but offensively uh you know now Jay Triano a very experienced assistant coach uh who had um you know a couple short head coaching stints uh both one as an interim in Phoenix and then uh he’s also been as well a coach for the Canadian national team in the past two he’s someone that a lot of people uh view highly respected as an offensive mind. Uh he’s someone that you know likes to use like Princeton offensive principles uh something that Jason Kidd had played in uh during his time in New Jersey and uh he’ll be in charge you know naturally of the offense as well. So, a lot of excitement, you know, from the lead assistants coming to Dallas as well. And then, uh, you know, Jared Dudley had departed for the Denver Nuggets. Uh, and, you know, with his role, uh, the number three assistant role, Popey Jones, uh, will be replacing him. And, uh, you know, sometimes when you get further down the staff and there’s less information about like who’s in charge of a specific side of the ball, uh, I was able to get, you know, a little bit more information on it. Popeye Jones, uh he’s going to be helping out with the defense and just from my experience previously, you know, covering the Pacers, he’s someone that works closely with Bigs usually. And that’s something with uh you know, losing some of their coaching staff members like Sean Sweeney, uh who previously held that responsibility working with Derrick Lively often. I’m assuming, uh he’s going to be able to fill that void with his expertise working with big like big men, uh you know, during the season as well. So as also on top of that, you know, Mike Pimberty uh and Phil Handy are both, you know, revered as player development experts, really respected. Some people have told me uh that they view that as the best player development staff in the league at this point with those two uh heading that. And uh what’s interesting is, you know, a little bit of information that people may not know about them that goes beyond the player development side. Uh, a lot of people respect Mike Pembberty’s offensive mind and they respect Phil Handy as like a defensive-minded coach as well. Uh, so they’re going to be able to contribute beyond like player development of course. Uh, but obviously very respected player development uh, you know, personnel, you know, overall. But also, I should add that Mike Pembberthy worked with Papey Jones uh, when the Nuggets won the title recently with Nicole Joic as well. And, uh, Mike had done uh, scouting in addition to onc court work. So he brings a perspective uh in that regard as a uh you know scouting mind as well too. So definitely a lot to like about the coaching staff. Yeah, this is a deep coaching staff with a lot of um incoming experience. Um but how instrumental will each one of their just knowledge be for this group as a whole and for more importantly for Cooper Flag? Yeah, overall I think uh the internal sentiment is that you know they love the staff that they were able to get. Uh there were some people within the organization uh that definitely had concerns uh with how certain departures developed that losing both lead assistants and the number three assistant was obviously tough but they were able to you know formulate replacements and that you know a lot of people are excited about. Uh it’s a you know talented veteran group. Uh there’s a lot of overlap as we had just discussed with their previous experiences and also um not just from a coaching standpoint. You know, I should mention that Mike Pimberty uh has a relationship with Anthony Davis. They worked closely together during their time together on the Lakers, but also, you know, Phil Handy is someone that has worked with like Max Christie and of course has a great relationship with Kyrie Irving. uh he was on the staff if I remember correctly when they won uh the championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers and have had a great relationship overall uh doing uh you know different things uh working with the younger generation at like the Mamba Academy at times as well too during the NBA offseason. So, they have a, you know, great relationship overall, which is good because, you know, gosham God is someone that departed uh the organization after his contract expired to go to the Orlando Magic and he also had a great relationship with Kyrie Irving. So, being able to, you know, fill that void with someone who’s also close with him and also is an expert with player development is something that um, you know, there’s not a lot of options out there for that that check all those boxes and they were able to accomplish that. So, a lot to like about that. and the player coach relationships that they have. I agree. I think we accomplished it very well. Um just to fill in of course God Sham God revered right in this space. So definitely somebody that um we’re going to miss for sure but just everybody that you’ve just mentioned including Phil Handy um should definitely be something that we look forward to. But aside from that, several roster changes, or I should say not several, but let’s get into the roster changes. Um, DLO, I mean, what is he bringing to the table as far as filling in for Kyrie? Yeah, the big priority with Kyrie being out uh with, you know, his ACL surgery recovery for probably a good chunk of games to start the season has always been how will the Mavericks get a ball handler to help fill that void. they had the uh taxpayer mid-level exception uh to be able to use to accomplish that goal and they were able to get you know D’Angelo Russell uh someone who has shown pretty capable of you know filling a pretty important backcourt role during his stints with you know like various teams around the league. He can fit with good players as well. I do think uh you know overall uh last season before he got uh you know moved to Brooklyn uh there was some pick and roll inefficiency uh with him and Anthony Davis. So just seeing how you know they’re able to pick back up and improve that efficiency now in a Maverick setting uh with different pieces around them I think you know will be an important factor for trying to you know stay afloat without Kyrie. But overall he’s someone that you know is a pretty solid overall offensive player. he can score, you know, go off for, you know, a 20 25 point plus, you know, scoring performance when his shots falling, but he’s also always been a talented passer as well. Uh, so having that type of guard that can, you know, also play a little bit off the catch, too. Like he’s a good catch and shoot player. Uh, so he’s not someone that has to dominate the ball uh to make an impact. and that presence, you know, to your point about how it impacts uh, you know, Cooper Flag, that, um, is going to be helpful where you’re not having floor spacing concerns due to the backcourt partner, uh, you’re able to have someone that can take pressure off Cooper Flag when needed. Uh, make plays, you know, as a offball player, but also allow opportunities for Cooper Flag to be a complimentary player off the ball as well in his own right throughout the course of the game. So he’s not having to, you know, have that responsibility of being picked up full court all night and not getting relief from his teammates. So a lot to like about uh, you know, what DLO brings to the table. And um, yeah, I think once Kyrie’s back, that also brings a lot of depth to their overall roster as well. and getting him for the taxpayer mid-level exception uh with a player option for the uh you know final season uh was definitely a you know strong value addition uh especially in a market where there’s not a lot of great options uh where you want to have that shooting presence at your point guard spot uh using that money because there are other options out there uh but you know for example like Chris Paul he wants to be on the west coast not stay in Texas so even if they would wanted Chris Paul that’s not someone that was available. So even their options are a little thinner uh in comparison to the overall like when you’re just looking at best available free agent point guard. So I think they did quite well uh with the options that they had especially considering and then uh I guess you mentioned it earlier but kind of you know once Kyrie ends up coming back. I guess my bigger question is what does DL’s role look like at that point in time once Kyrie does end up coming back? Yeah, it seems he’ll probably be poised for that like six-man role where he can be like the lead playmaker coming off the bench. And I also think uh with the way uh the team is structured, I think uh he can able he can play alongside some of their best players as well cuz he’s not like he’s not like an undersized guard too. So, like I think you can have some lineups maybe perhaps where they’re sharing the floor, but there’s just a lot of depth on this team on the wing in particular where it it’s going to be tough to find minutes. I think at some point they may need to make a consolidation trade, which they already do uh just to field the players that they have now. But even in addition to getting from 16 standard contracts uh to just balancing the minutes, I think they might need to look into different consolidation measures. But that’s a good problem to have for a team where the concern was having such limited amount of players after the all-star break with all those injuries mounting and they had to rely on two-way contract players, exhaust their eligibility days and then have to turn to like 10day contract for like Moses Brown and just get into all these different uh mechanisms just to feel the eight nine guys. So, good good uh depth that they have entering the season before, you know, any additional injuries happen. Yeah, most definitely. And now that we’re on the topic of contracts, are there any update on uh PJ Washington talking about extensions or so forth? Yeah, in addition to the roster size, he’s one of the uh items on the, you know, remaining uh, you know, orders of business uh left for the Mavericks. He’s eligible for an extension sometime in August. uh he’s eligible for the same like $90 million, you know, contract value uh for an extension that Daniel Gaffford was eligible for, who ended up getting a three-year 55.4, you know, roughly uh million-doll contract. And I think there’s optimism, uh that he’ll be able to get a deal done. Uh I think, uh those conversations will probably pick up, you know, closer to August, in August. Uh but definitely uh someone who was around the team in summer league. Uh he had some conversations uh from what I saw uh before that first Mavericks Lakers summer league game you know with you know owner uh you know Patrick Dumont and was you know someone that was putting in extra work during the team’s like you know facility availability time where the veteran guys were able to you know get in work on the like UNLV practice floor and things of that nature. So, uh, that’s always a good sign, you know, being around the team and, you know, being a presence, uh, when, you know, extension eligibility dates and just contract stuff is, uh, you know, still, uh, something that has to be worked out. Well, that’s exciting. It sounds like there’s a lot of optimism that something can, um, ultimately get done there. But, um, I want to move on to, um, kind of what’s going on with injuries. There was a lot happening this week. I’ll kind of let you get into the details, but, uh, we can start off first with Anthony Davis. as far as far as his detached retina goes. Um, do you have any sort of update in regards to that? Yeah, with the offseason developments, there’s a uh unfortunately limited amount of information that becomes available uh since there’s no obligations to necessarily report that stuff. Uh, for but for Anthony Davis, uh, the expectation u, you know, is that he will be available for training camp. Uh, so at least there’s a positive element of that. uh just tough, you know, during the off season for, you know, any player uh you know, to be sidelined because they’re not able to work on their game and they might have to uh you know, work their way conditioning wise if they’re not able to hit the practice court uh before training camp opens. So, that’s something to keep in mind. And, you know, to our next player that we’re going to focus on as well, you know, Derek Lively, he had to clean up for his uh like a bone spur uh after he had dealt with the uh stress fracture in his ankle uh during the season. and he’s also likely to be available for training camp, but uh you know that’s a newer development. We still have to learn a little bit more about that uh situation. Uh but definitely uh two items to keep in mind uh ahead of training camp. Uh neither player was around the team in Las Vegas. Uh, so that usually is a good indication that there’s, you know, a medical reason as to why because usually with this Mavericks team especially, pretty much anybody who is not like a an international player who is, you know, obviously with their family, uh, they were around the team. Even, you know, Dwight Powell uh, was around the team. Even even some interesting players like Keser Edwards is not signed to a contract right now, but he was around the team as well. someone that spent time with uh you know obviously like was playing center during all those injuries as we were talking about earlier uh with all those injuries he the small forward Kesser Edwards was playing up a couple positions and small ball uh due to those injuries and then you know Prosper was also around the team as well u so lot of players you know around the team in Vegas and um AD and uh you know Dive were two of the ones that weren’t but that’s you know basically the reasoning why the the medical uh situations And then of course uh which leads me to ultimately Kyrie Irving. Is there any update on his progression? Um kind of any um indication as to when he’ll make his official return back? Uh nothing is uh necessarily new yet. I know there’s been a lot of like online conversation with like old clips coming up and you know sparking different expectations or concerns or whatever, but you know he was out in Vegas as well. Well, he’s someone that uh you know, I think there’s optimism as well with his recovery. Uh but I think just naturally with anyone with an ACL tear or significant uh injury, it’s a little too fluid to know exactly when they’ll be back until much closer. He has to go through like the return to competition protocols. So, see how his body responds when he’s able to uh you know, start doing things like threeonree, like you know, one-on-one, all that stuff. and just you getting a little more active, you know, on the court, you know, with the team once the season starts. So, I think a little bit, if I had to guess from my experience covering, you know, injuries and things of that nature, uh, around November, December, we should know a lot more. And then, um, I think in general, there’s an underlying confidence or just optimism that he should be able to at least in some capacity be back before the All-Star break. But again, you know, like they don’t want to put out timelines. you know, Kyrie’s side of the equation and also the team because that creates expectations where if that return to competition process takes a little bit longer, you don’t want to create unnecessary, you know, problems uh with fans and things of that nature where it’s just you’re basically creating pressure for yourself for no reason if you’re putting out a firm timeline too early. So, nothing really has changed yet, but still optimistic about a pre- allstar break. And it’s always going to be easier for fans, right, to be like, “Oh, he’ll be fine. November’s perfect. December is perfect.” But at the same time, we are not these players. We do not know how their bodies heal. Um the kind of like the rehab that they’re going through. So, um it’s still going to be uh exciting to watch nonetheless, right? Just to see him here and there really being active with the team even as that vocal leader, whether that be on the sidelines. So, um we’ll take what we can get for now. Uh now, as I mentioned earlier, summer league does conclude later this week, but aside from them, we also have some already pre-season dates to announce, right? You have some of those for us? Yeah, we already knew that the uh Mavericks and the Lakers are going to be playing against each other at T-Mobile Arena uh you know, on I believe October 15th. And then the Thunder released their schedule uh recently. The Mavericks haven’t formally put out their preseason schedule yet, but with the Thunder, you know, essentially putting that game out before the Mavericks uh did. Uh they’re going to have a game in Fort Worth for people that uh you know, maybe have a tougher time getting out to Dallas for games, may want to you know, that are in that Fort Worth area may want to you know, capitalize on that. I’m assuming uh that’ll be at Dickiy’s Arena because there’s obviously very very few venues in a specific city that can be involved, but I don’t think that has been like formally announced yet. uh overall. So, just something to keep in mind uh with preseason and then we also the NBA global games Mexico City game uh November 1st the Mavericks in the regular season will be playing the uh Detroit Pistons over there. That’s super exciting. And so, you mentioned those preseason games should be, I guess, released. Is it later this week, later this month? Honestly, any day uh likely. Uh because I think I’ve seen a lot of teams putting theirs out. Usually the preseason schedule gets put out pretty significantly in advance cuz it’s like the teams themselves that control their scheduling for that. Uh but for the regular season, we’ll probably get that mid August. That’s usually when the league, you know, puts that one out. Puts that one out. Okay, cool. So, we’ll definitely be on the lookout for that. Now, once summer league officially concludes later this week, what’ll then be next for the team? Yeah, for the most part, just how the team uh manages their overall contract situations. Uh as we had mentioned, 16 players signed to standard contracts. There’s no rush for that. I know that’s over the 15 limit, but there’s a cut down date much closer to the season. Uh so they can be patient with that. Dante Exom is someone that has still agreed to that one-year veteran minimums contract, so they’re going to have to consolidate to be able to roster him ultimately when that cut down date happens. But again, no rush for that. PJ Washington is eligible for an extension in August as we had discussed as well. So that’s something to keep an eye on, you know, as August approaches also. Those are the main things uh at this at this time. Yeah. And before you know it, it’ll be time for media day. Media day and then training camp. I mean, uh we were just having this conversation earlier, but it seems like this calendar year is just going by so fast. The NBA finals was not too long ago. Now, summer league is almost over, so we are going through it. But is there anything else that we might have missed? No, I think that’s pretty much uh Mavericks related all there is. But, you know, for people that uh you are following the wings, there’s, you know, lots of basketball to be played on that standpoint. So, you can keep an eye on our channel for, you know, content about them and then also read articles about both teams on uh, you know, Dallas hoopsjournal.com. We’re we’re covering them uh pretty much uh around the around the clock uh year round. So, uh we’ll have a lot of content about both teams, you know, throughout this uh period. Yeah, definitely. We’re only getting started. So, that does it for this episode of the Dallas Hoopsjournal.com podcast, but as Grant mentioned, definitely stay tuned, subscribe, check out his articles. They are phenomenal. Um but that’ll basically do it. You can follow me at April.tv TV on Instagram or at Heels on Hardwood on YouTube. And then where can they follow you, Grant? Yeah, pretty much on all platforms. Grant AFST is my username on all those. And uh definitely uh for those like in-game updates, uh roster moves and injuries. I’ll have quick updates on there on Twitter. And then uh you can find our content on the site as well for more in-depth look at all of those topics for sure. But that does it for this episode. We will catch you guys next time. Bye.
@GrantAfseth and @heelsonhardwood break down Cooper Flagg’s Summer League debut, his developmental role with the Mavericks, and what scouts are saying about his future. They also dive into Dallas’ revamped coaching staff—featuring Frank Vogel, Jay Triano, Popeye Jones, Phil Handy, and Mike Penberthy—and what D’Angelo Russell’s signing means with Kyrie Irving recovering. Plus, updates on Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II, PJ Washington’s extension talks, and preseason plans.
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