BREAKING: Anthony Davis is Injured Again, Dallas Mavericks Have the Same Question on Christmas Day
The Dallas Mavericks suffered a tough loss on NBA Christmas Day as Anthony Davis exited early due to injury, leaving the Mavs with ongoing questions about their roster. Cooper Flagg shined in the spotlight, and the team must find better ways to surround him and Kyrie Irving with the talent needed to compete at the highest level in the NBA.
Nick Angstadt analyzes the impact of Anthony Davis’ groin spasms on the Dallas Mavericks, how Cooper Flagg performed, and the questions facing the Mavs going forward. This episode also covers standout games from Brandon Williams, PJ Washington, Naji Marshall, and delves into decisions by coach Jason Kidd. Golden State Warriors’ stars like Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, plus role players Al Horford and Moses Moody are discussed. Tune in for in-depth commentary on roster challenges, future plans, and how Dallas can build around their core of Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving, and Anthony Davis in the NBA season.
0:00 Anthony Davis Injury & Mavs Frustrations
8:44 Cooper Flagg’s Breakout Performances
19:41 B-Will’s Game & Mavs’ Loss
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21 Comments
What's 1 reason the Mavs lost to the Warriors?
I've been a prime defender of AD but for this to happen on a non contact play, I can understand the noise of those who want to trade him. You have to be available for your team, especially with the money he commands. I will say this, if the Mavs decide to keep him it's only with a condition that he takes a pay cut. It would be foolish for Rich Paul to command max for AD. On another note, is his injury due to not properly stretching? I mean I just feel this injury could have been avoided with proper stretching. Dude need that DDP yoga immediately.
if i didn't know any better i'd think ad was on the take. have you ever seen a player have so many non contact injuries?
If they give up AD up for nothing, we shouldve kept Nico so fans can blame him for another bad trade….
Vote Coop for all star boys
What have I been saying would happen before the end of 2025? Yep, there it is, the lazy, good for nothing AD injured again.
AD is f o o l’s G o l d.
TRADE ANTHONY DAVIS!!!!!!!!
I like your show and you seem like a good guy. But you should know AD is always injured. Take off the rose colored glasses
merry Christmas praise the King of kings and Lord of lords. the Creator the savior. His blood washes our sins and saves our souls. Praise Yahweh
Brooooo!!! It's been amazing watching Cooper's game develop!! And he's just 19 and doing these things!! Once he adds that 10% to his 3 ball, go from about 26 to 35, the dude is gonna be a MATCHUP NIGHTMARE!!! And if he can tighten up his dribble just a bit he would be a literal DO EVERYTHING player….run the pick & roll, drive it & dunk on you, pull up for a killer middie game, drop a 3 in your eye, then on defense pick your pocket and block your shit while cleaning up the glass pretty solidly.
I'm starting to think that the closest comp for Cooper just might be "LeBron if James could play defense & was a bit more reliable with the 3ball". Like we're comparing GOATs to HIM and not the other way around!!! Like I'm wondering if this might not be the case.
And I'm not over here TRYING to glaze the dude to death. I'm seriously impressed. Period. For a rookie OF ANY AGE this is a DAMN GOOD start!!! And then you remember, he's like a full year younger than when Luka & Wemby were having their impressive rookie seasons.
So I had rookie expectations for the kid. I was hoping he'd be like a 15, 5, 2, 1 & 1 kind of rookie. But no, for quite a while the dude has been a legit 20 a night guy. A 20, 7, 4, 2 & 2 rookie and has already flirted with a triple-double.
It's gonna be exciting to watch him grow even more. But can we do this without the hamster wheel of AD? Can we get someone who can actually develop some chemistry with the dude?
Where are all the AD defenders calling Isaac depressing and wrong "HAVE YOU WOKEN UP YET!" the fact yall were in the comments saying Isaac don't know ball is laughable.. Merry Xmas AD fans.. Mr Davis just gave you the gift of reality.. we have to trade him!
AD is done
find an excuse to shutdown Coop for the season and tank
Only shocking thing to me is how some people are shocked every time AD gets injured.
I like AD but I'm starting to think he's doing this to get out of Dallas
@19:48 "Alright Isaac, let's get into this Mavs…" 😂😂 Nobody else caught that? lol
Dude keeps crying. We know he is injury prone.
Watching both the Mavs and lakers tonight is just like, wtf that trade literally ruined both teams, Mavs cannot score, lakers can’t play d , such a stupid trade
Should’ve gotten rid of him in the offseason
3:10 …….Only one thing more annoying than AD getting hurt ALL THE TIME.
ITS YOU GUYS WHINING ON ABOUT IT ALLTHE F***ING TIME!!!!!!
Just focus on the small victories over the next six months and help us true blue Mavs fans (TBMF) weather this miserable stretch. Next year we will have an alternative when AD goes down, just not an alternative when AD, Kyrie, Lively and Gafford go down lol.