Two video games into his skilled profession, and Cooper Flagg is finished within the NBA summer season league, based on a number of reviews.
The Dallas Mavericks, who chosen Flagg with the No. 1 general choose in final month’s draft, opted to tug the 6-foot-9 star from Las Vegas motion following a 31-point outing in Saturday’s loss to No. 2 choose Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs.
Flagg was 10-of-21 capturing in that recreation, an enchancment from a 10-point, 5-for-21 efficiency in Thursday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
“I believe it is a new surroundings, new setting,” Flagg stated after the loss to the Spurs. “They wish to see me be aggressive and do this kind of stuff.
“I believe I did that loads higher at this time, simply attending to the road, getting fouled, and that helped me to get snug and get settled in early. Nonetheless missed a bunch of free throws. I do know my mother in all probability wasn’t very pleased with that.”
Information of Flagg’s shutdown first emerged on Saturday night time with reviews indicating that the previous Duke standout was not scheduled to play in Dallas’ recreation on Monday.
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