The Dallas Mavericks ARE BAD but Cooper Flagg, Ryan Nembhard, & Others Are Building Something
The Dallas Mavericks fell short against the Miami Heat in another close NBA matchup, continuing their struggles without key players like Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving. What does Cooper Flagg’s development mean for the Mavs as they look to build around their young core and improve their NBA standings?
Nick Angstadt and Isaac Harris break down the Dallas Mavericks’ tough loss to the Miami Heat, discuss standout performances from PJ Washington, Max Christie, and Ryan Nembhard, and analyze Jason Kidd’s coaching decisions. This episode features insights on Nico Harrison’s roster construction, the impacts of injuries including Anthony Davis, and the prospects for the team’s future, including Dereck Lively II and the defensive improvements. Other topics include discussions about D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Williams, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, and observations on Klay Thompson’s antics, as well as Mark Cuban and Patrick Dumont’s roles off the court. Tune in for an in-depth look at the Mavs, Cooper Flagg’s potential, and how the team can turn things around in the NBA.
0:00 Mavericks’ Roster Assessment & Building Blocks
11:37 Ryan Nembhard’s Impact & Guard Play
21:47 Clutch Time Mistakes & Endgame Analysis
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24 Comments
What's 1 reason the Mavs lost to the Heat?
While you may be enthusiastic about Cooper Flagg, he is nothing but resembles Emeka Okafor 2.0 course of career. Kon Knueppel is the real deal, and passing on him will be a significant oversight. Dum dum!
What's more likely? Coop becoming a first option or him more or less being a better version of what he is now? His game reminds me of Siakam. Is that his ceiling? We will never win a championship with that archetype as our best player. Man I miss Luka. He was transcendent. Coop will not be that despite him showing perennial all star upside. It's really sad. We shouldn't even be here.
Ngl I'm not sure if going all in on Coop is definitely the right move. He's clearly underperforming given what our expectations are. We know how many no.1 picks have gone complete bust, it's not unlikely. I just want us to really think this through. We have AD and Kyrie right now, let's not just get rid of them to build around Coop for now. Why not let AD come back and ball out a bit. See what Coop does while AD increases his value. If we have more securities regarding Coop, then start the building process. But all these hysterical takes that we need to get rid of AD now so that we can tank and get a good pick, which is more likely to be a bust than a star, are not helping.
They are not running plays through Coop. It’s like it’s designed for him to defer to other players 🤦🏾♂️ Bc they once plays are ran through him out offense begins to generate points!! They’re literally icing him out and it pisses me off. He’s 18 and can give you 24 on any given night. But they won’t allow him 20 shots a night. No way he should only be getting 10-13 shots up a night. We’re tanking plain and simple, bc of our lack in draft capital. They are showing we blow that trade dumbass trade. Coop will great in the league in 2-3yrs.
18:23 i will not stand for the Aquaman slander Isaac
Gafford lowkey has been horrible lazy no hustle ware was bullying him all game just looks lost
Coop needs to realize this is his team and demand the ball. I think he needs ky to sit him down and tell him it's OK to demand the ball.
I do not see what everyone else sees in nembhard. He cost us at least 3 easy shots last night. Coop blew by his defender with a open no pass. Gaff had a guard on him no pass. Then there was a open look he refused to pass and jacked up a terrible shot
Cooper Flagg is not generational. Folks, this is two games back to back where he had 2 points or so in the first half. Kon Knueppel is the rookie of the year right now, but we do have a long way to go. I put Cooper as the 5th or 6th best rookie right now.
Anthony Davis is going to be very difficult to move — especially when he isn't playing. Really, the best tradeable asset is Kyrie. Kyrie is making 18 million less than Davis. You might still be able to get 2 good players and 1 or 2 first round picks for Irving.
Building the Win Now Culture.
I LOVE THOSE SNAKE GUMMIES ISAAC
Twin snakes homie!! I thought I was crazy for being addicted to them
Honestly this team is frustrating and bad for my mental health and high blood pressure so frustrating watching Jkidd get out coached nightly and watching 18 year old cooper Flagg be so timid and passive for big parts of these games like he’s terrified to shoot the ball sometimes but then I have to remind myself that he’s only 18 year old rookie and Kidd needs to be like Dirk and practice shooting religiously
Kon Konopell is going to win ROTY at this rate
DO NOT DISRESPECT AQUAMAN ISSAC
Does Day 2 Davis play basketball?
From Luka and Kyrie…to Flagg and Nembhard… title contenders to tanking. Absolutely TERRIBLE what happened to my squad
Fired Jason kidd …trade ad Thompson Martin.
Pacer fan here, and we're all rooting for Andrew's lil bro.
Nemhard should have been playing all along. Hopefully Kidd doesn’t throw him back to the bench
They should forfeit the season 😂. The object of the game is to win in this team doesn't know how to win games so what's the point in even playing
They could’ve won the game but barely lost and they’re not good?? Lol