Why Jason Kidd Risked EVERYTHING to Play Cooper Flagg at Point Guard | Dallas Mavericks Podcast
The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to play Cooper Flagg at point guard has sparked debate across the NBA, especially as Mavs fans look for answers this season. Find out how Jason Kidd’s coaching philosophy, the development of Cooper Flagg, and the dynamic between Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving are shaping the Mavs’ future in the NBA.
Nick Angstadt breaks down Jason Kidd’s controversial coaching decisions, including his willingness to embrace failure for long-term growth, and examines what this means for the Dallas Mavericks roster. This episode also discusses the relationship between Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving, insights into Nico Harrison’s influence as GM, and reactions from Vince Carter. Other players and teams mentioned include Max Christie, Herb Jones, Ausar Thompson, Amen Thompson, Lu Dort, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
0:00 Cooper Flagg Point Guard Gamble
6:34 Kidd’s Embrace of Failure
18:44 Kyrie & AD Relationship Insights
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41 Comments
After hearing Kidd talk about Flagg at PG do you believe it was a failure?
Did you see where Kyrie’s return is EXACTLY FEBRUARY 12, the road game vs the Lakers lol?
ONE WEEK AFTER the trade deadline?
Almost exactly two months from today?
Did you ever wonder if this whole thing is staged?
That the NBA is just planning a Kyrie return and a post trade new player acquisition feature to boost interest in nba basketball and not a concerned effort to protect its players?
Giannis to LA?
Zion to Dallas?
Glad that POS niko is gone
I like Cameron Carr. That would be great.
When Kyrie gets back Coop will probably be developed enough to make the whole team mesh, because of what JKidd did.
Now that Flagg is more comfortable and they’re not trying to play the huge lineup, I would actually like to see them try him at pg again for a few mins at a time.
Maybe Jason Kidd should force Cooper to shoot ten 3 pointers a game and if they start dropping he can also take credit for that too. 😂😂😂
Let em hoop
If we get Kyrie back and AD can stay relatively healthy, call me crazy but I think we can beat every team you mentioned and give OKC a run for their money! You’re paying way too much attention to what our current record is! Healthy, this is a championship ready team!
If teams aren't offering fair deals for AD keep him and let the mavericks figure out the cap problem and let's just enjoy them hooping
Flagg cannot be a PG he has trouble dribbling the ball and protecting it. His skills in ball handling is a failure, he has too many turnovers on passing and ball stolen from him
The point guard position takes lots of imagination, and really great players have great imagination, Luka scores a hundred different ways.
Being at point forces coop to think and come up with something creative.
Otherwise he's just running plays, right??
Still can’t believe we gave McGee 3 yrs damn near 30 million.
Point Flagg should be a year 2 or 3 experiment imo.
lol yea the word vision has been ruined for me. I use the word “see” or “looking” lmao 😂
Look at him on clutch moments now. It did help him… put those pitchforks down..
But it got nico fired, WIN WIN 😄
It was a BRILLIANT move! It excelerated his growth in real-time! I cant prove it but I was down with it from the start. It wasnt pretty but now he’s a star.
Why is everyone acting like the playoffs are around the corner?? We're barely into the season. Lots of time. I bet we end up around that 6 spot if we just stay on this course.
naji the stabber, goated.
PB5
Kidd terrible coaching trying Flagg at point guard. No way was it going to be anything other than it was. Loss after Loss after Loss to teams we should have been beating. No difference than riding Luka like a horse until he was basically playing on 1 leg then blaming him for Loss to Celtics where Irving forgot how to play after playing All World in playoff series to get us to the finals. Still doesnt smell right. But Nutco Nico is gone so now we on winning streak with Flagg playing wing which everybody else already knew is where he should be playing.
Nick long time listener but sometimes I avoided your show. Because in truth Dallas fans wants to only hear positivity. Now that you slowly realizing this sentiment maybe you break 50k subs. DLLS is at 38k within 1 year c'mon man do better for the fans.
You are super negative. They won't beat the rockets, the Nuggets, the thunder…well they already beat 2 out of 3 of those teams, and if spurs can beat okc, so can mavs. POSITIVITY! ❤
Cooper didn’t play point guard on Maine United AAU team, that was actually the coaches son. It just looked like coop was playing point guard bc he had to have the ball in his hand a lot to compete with the top teams like the ones the boozers were on
Let flagg be flagg. He is improving game by game
Nico's vission
He did the same with Greek freak but guess we forgot about that huh lol
Team Slightly on this one AD when healthy us a difference maker. Love his game when healthy dating back to his Pelicans days with Cousins. AD still generational in my opinion.
He talked about TANKING as soon as this video came on. IM GONE!!!
The word VISION and the word TABLE have been ruined
Playing FLAGG at point, cost the MAVS at least 5 WINS.
Obviously he couldn't say "i was getting Nico fired for you people"
Can’t give up AD for bs
You were too busy crying about 77. We know.
From being traded for the best player in the league to being a untradable player lolol in one yr way to ruin the franchise
For anybody that in the comments that’s tired of hearing about Tanking and failure.. Just think.. if you are a video guy, you could make some good money talking about the good things that’s going with the Mavs.. Team don’t tank.. Just like M.Digest , you should be able to blow up in less than 3 months… even if you aren’t a real Fan.. No one is talking positive.. Someone go make some money.. Don’t say I didn’t give the advice
Kidd should be a Sudo GM here and have complete say in roster moves
Nick, just like you were wrong about point Flagg, you’re also wrong about trading AD. Forget about Nico and his vision. He no longer matters. The only thing that matters are who you have on the court during the playoffs. Centers get injured. Just look across the league. We don’t have the draft capital to rebuild. It takes years of hit and miss in the draft, mostly miss to get a championship caliber player. It takes a Luka, Giannis, Jokic or SGA type player to win. We have to see Kyrie and AD in the playoffs. Together they add up to a championship player like Tatum and Brown did for Boston. With Cooper, PJ, and Klay ( yes, actually look at rhe numbers), we have a chance next year. There is still a lot of the season left. Don’t make a decision to trade him until the offseason.
Interfering with the hate and crying about Nico eliminates getting trade value or entertainment value for AD? Why is this even a topic?
Or Jason kidd did something else , see that smile ,that smile was gone when Nico was here , but Kidd's real reason for starting Cooper at point is because Kidd knew Coop was gonna fail and knew not his neck was not the chopping block, it was Nico's neck and Kidd got Nico FIRED , CONSPIRACY THEORIES
BET THAT , MFFL GO MAVS