[Highlight] - Cooper Flagg passes LeBron James and now has the most 40+ point games by a teenager in NBA history.
Not even old enough to buy a fucking beer. Unreal.
He would make a great soldier fighting in Iran tho
hes too tall, says trump
praise to allah
Coz Deni Advija sure isn’t gonna
Just think, he may never have to buy a beer in his life at all, if he stays in Dallas.
What traitorous Dallas bartender would ever charge him?
Some bitch wearing suspenders in Deep Ellum no doubt
Oh the guy with the handlebar mustache, I know exactly who you mean.
Doesn’t watch sports but pretends to be interested in English Premier League
definitely owns a Chelsea scarf
If Nico was there he wouldn’t let him buy a beer.
Is if he played in Toronto, weed too.
Will future generation forgive us if we don’t make him ROY?
One thing it’s taught me is not not overvalue advanced stats to the point where you ignore the old caveman stats of POINTS, ASSSITS, REBOUNDS, STEALS, and BLOCKS, every one of which Cooper Flagg leads Kon in.
Oh wow the guy with higher usage on a bad team puts up higher counting stats on much worse efficiency. I cant believe it. Kon has been the most efficient rookie ever, is likely to be the only rookie to lead the league in 3s made ever, has been a huge part one of the most dramatic mid season turnarounds ever but people want to ignore that for some slightly higher stats put up on a team that hasnt played real basketball games since December. Flagg’s last few games have been insane, but Kon has had the more impressive season.
I think the guy who isn’t third option on his team and is better should be ROY
People bring this third option comment up all the time to pretend that Kon has it so easy on offense. Defenses are all over him and he does not have some easy time on offense where he is wide open constantly. Teams give him no space on the three point line and his gravity makes the team better.
Lololololol. Kon’s shot diet is 60% 3s of which 92% are assisted lol. He’s a system player.
Honestly, just let hornets fans have this.. it’s literally their Super Bowl..
I’m excited to watch the hornets but yeah it’s kind of weird to see. Kon is great though, can’t wait to see him in playoffs.
And? That doesn’t mean he doesn’t get defensive attention. He is already one of the best off ball movers in the league and has to earn those shots. He isn’t just standing there waiting for wide open shots.
He could be exactly what you are saying. It doesn’t change the fact that he’s not the first option. The first option is more important to a team. And the first option wins the awards.
Flagg is the first option on a shit team due to injuries…legit they’re just going to stat pad him for the last 2 weeks of the season to win the award 😂
Do you realize that the first option on a team will always have lower efficiency than the third option on a team? Imagine if Kon was the first option. Are you telling me that Kon’s efficiency wouldn’t decrease at all? That Kon would be able to create and score more at a higher efficiency than Cooper Flagg? It doesn’t pass the smell test.
Kon is excellent, but you’re being a homer. Kon’s efficiency is so high because Kon is the third option. Let me know if you think Kon could do what Cooper Flagg is doing if Kon was on the Mavs.
Coop is already getting double teamed and guarded by the opposite best defender.
Im not saying I think they get the same defensive attention. Flagg obviously gets more because there are few other threats on the team. But people act like Kon just stands in the corner wide open because defenses only care about Lamelo and Brandon Miller. They do provide much much better spacing than Flagg has, no doubt whatsoever. But people act like Kon has some easy ride on offense when he absolutely does not. He has a lot of gravity and has to work to get open off ball.
He literally has the highest offensive gravity of any player not named Steph or Klay since they started tracking it.
Would you mind providing a source? Because I’m using the official NBA stat website, and he is not in the top 25 (he’s 28th). https://www.nba.com/inside-the-game/player/gravity
I beleive he is referring to an article by the NY times recently that uses b-ball index stats (which is annoyingly behind a paywall). I think that stat is only off-ball gravity though. The NBA stat is on and off, I believe.
He’s fourth on NBA’s off-ball metrics.
This NY Times article claims that he’s first in offball gravity on bball-index, but I admittedly don’t have access to the data. I’m going to assume he’s not lying though since he’s writing for NY Times haha. It’s also possible that there was drift since the article was written.
Are you sure it’s not for rookies?
I am on https://www.nba.com/inside-the-game/player/gravity
I am sorting by OFF-BALL perimeter gravity.
Kon is 23rd.
Now sorting by OFF-BALL interior gravity.
Kon is not top 50.
Not really sure what’s going on but the top 5 for gravity is
KD, ANT, SGA, Luka, Kawhi.
I was clicking the wrong button on the NBA table. I hit minutes played. My bad!
Regardless, I’m pretty sure the bball-index version isn’t just for rookies, especially given the fact that Klay wasn’t that crazy as a rookie.
Yet if the Mavericks offered a trade you’d take Cooper over Kon any day of the week wouldn’t you?
Yes, I would but that is not what the award is about. Its about who has had the more impressive rookie season.
and you don’t think that belongs to the BEST TEENAGER SINCE LEBRON JAMES?!?!
If Flagg was putting up counting stats the way some past rookies had it’d be one thing but this is at least the 3rd stretch this year where he’s legitimately looked all-NBA level for a few games in a row.
A week ago I think you can talk people into Kon. After the last two Flagg games I don’t know if that’s still possible barring Cooper missing the last 5 games of the year or something
Then you have Kon with a better +/- and turning around the Hornets.
Of course he has a better plus minus, he’s on a better team.
That has to be the stupidest and most misused “advanced” stat out there.
That’s cool check out the record, nephew
The 8 seed? Damn that’s crazy, idk how anybody can ignore that overwhelming success!
Likely 6 seed 😎
Nope, will go down as a historic snub if it happens.
Perfect trade piece for 35 year old Tatum in 7 years
Mavs wouldn’t agree to that unless Tatum has multiple injuries before then (god forbid)
You shut yer damn mouth right now.
And if Nico gets hired to the Celtics
The game Flagg passes LeBron for most 40+ points for under 20, Bron goes off for a 30 pt triple double at 41, oldest to do so*
This game gets mentioned in some documentaries for sure
Edit: the bum only had 9 rebounds, no triple double for James this time
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Likewise
Insane rookie, idk if I have ever seen a more impressive 19yr old
Doesn’t turn 20 until a couple of months into next season.
And still won’t win roty
He’s definitely winning it. Vegas flipped last night
oh shit. just saw on kalshi (not that i use it but i use it to check vegas odds). odds flipped almost 1-2 to 2-1 overnight for knu. gg
Why not
7 days ago I buy this. Not today, not after the last two Flagg games. Cooper is saling way, way too close to the LeBron as a rookie level at this point to deny him
i was just going by vegas odds. it completely flip after cooper went insane last week
I’ve had people disagree with me over and over on here for saying he’ll be a perennial MVP candidate and top 5 player in the world. He’s gonna join whatever the group is within the next 2-3 years. And he’s gonna be a contender for all NBA next season.
Yeah the only thing stopping him is injuries which I hope he stays relatively injury free and healthy!
Him being a top 5 player within 3 seasons is pretty believable. The tough thing is going to be competing with Wemby for MVPs depending on the alien’s health.
What’ll really be interesting is how many of the top guys from this upcoming draft class also go crazy in their own rookie seasons. Obviously no guarantee they live up to the billing but be interesting to watch.
I can’t even imagine what ensuing years with a better team could be like. Even just having Kyrie back will open him up to more clear chances.
Most 40+ point games by a teenager yet.
Flagg doesn’t turn 20 until a few months into next season.
So he dropping 84 start of next season
My Maine man
Americas next golden boy
Coop said put the ROTY in the bag
still can’t believe he is in dallas lol. Like i never wanna hear complaining from a mavs fan. i always envisioned him in DC with all the “capture the Flagg” merch he’d sell being in the nations capital
lol no, Mavs fans have plenty to complain about
I haven’t watched a single game, will never support them again as long as the Adelson’s are in charge.
** Team sells soul and ruins the entire culture the franchise was built on (loyalty) **
“Yeah but like.. they got ‘lucky’ in the draft”
The Wizards are cursed. They never seem to land one of the top franchise players.
Bro I’m from Maine and I still can’t believe he’s in the NBA let alone this fucking good. He has a whole state of presumably Celtics fans watching Dallas games too.
Excited to see how the mavs build a team now that they have a coop as a piece
Well considering Nico is out making decisions, it should only be better from here on
Nico put the team around Luka that got to the finals.
Nico also sold MVP caliber / Mavs franchise/star player, Luka for injury prone AD and Max Christie and for only ONE 1st round pick.
I dont think you know how bad this trade was. One of if not the worst trade in NBA history.
Only reason it doesnt look THAT bad is because we drafted the number 1 pick 4 months later.
Us drafting Flagg saved Nico from even more clowning even though Nico fucked up big time.
I do agree he could have gotten more in the trade. But Luka is also injury prone. And his playing style while also commanding a max contract makes it difficult to build a championship winning team around him.
It’s only the worst trade in history if he runs off a bunch of titles.
nah. guy who went to philly did that.
Who?
IIRC. Nico Harrison didnt want PJ Washington. He wanted another player who I can’t remember and who made zero fucking sense. PJ Washington/Gafford/Naji Marshall was the brainchild of Dennis Lindsay. Thought it was the 76ers he went to but it was the Pistons. All the actual trades that were good shit and worked out was Lindsay. Stupid shit like Christian Wood was Nico. Nico didnt’ have carte blanch as a GM until he went kissing ass to the new owner to backdoor the rest of the organization. Nico’s ego couldn’t take the comittee style decisions were made. Just look how he fired the BEST trainer(Casey Smith) in the NBA behind Dirk’s back. Brunson saw that shit. had the knicks grab him and look who’s the healthiest team for past few seasons.
Haha so the good trades were made by the advisor but the bad trades were made by Nico? That sounds like he say she say because other things have said Nico was mad at Cuban for signing wood and letting Brunson get away.
Sounds like a bunch of people trying to muddy the waters of what was really happening in the organization
He has the rest of this year and like half of next season to pad this lead
He’s got talent need to see how he does against elite teams going forward
Hope he stays healthy
If he has a better career for Dallas than Luka did, will the fans forgive Nico?
If my ex wife sold my Ferrari for five hundred bucks, and then I later inherited another Ferrari from my parents, why would I forgive my ex wife?
Bad analogy because the wife selling the Ferrari didn’t directly cause the new better Ferrari to appear
Nah, because regardless of what Nico says, getting Coop wasn’t Nico’s plan. He ass-backwards into it. Otherwise, we would have been staring down a decade of missed playoffs.
Nico can never be forgiven because the Mavs got Flagg in spite of Nico, not because of him.
No.
The two aren’t related unless you believe in conspiracies
In the NBA, which has factually been proven to put their thumb on the scale in the past? This isn’t vaccines, it’s basketball and j do believe the conspiracies here