The Dallas Mavericks are fortunate they probably discovered one other franchise participant in rookie ahead Cooper Flagg after one of the crucial dumbfounding trades in latest reminiscence.
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the Mavericks delivery star guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for guard Max Christie, ahead/middle Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round decide. Dallas has spiraled downward since this blockbuster deal.
The Mavericks (19-30) are 32-50 since buying and selling Doncic, and Davis has performed in simply 29 video games (20 this season) for the crew because of groin, knee and Achilles accidents. In November 2025, the Mavericks fired former basic supervisor Nico Harrison, orchestrator of the ill-fated commerce. Doncic, in the meantime, leads the NBA in scoring (33.7 factors per sport).
Not all hope is misplaced for the Mavericks, although. 2025 No. 1 decide Flagg is giving the franchise causes to be optimistic in regards to the future.
Cooper Flagg has made NBA historical past over his previous two video games
Flagg scored a season-high 49 factors and logged 10 rebounds in a 123-121 loss to the Charlotte Hornets (22-28) on Thursday night time. He adopted that up with a 34-point and 12-rebound efficiency in a 111-107 loss to the Houston Rockets (30-17) on Saturday night time. At 19 years and 41 days outdated, he grew to become the youngest participant in NBA historical past to document two straight video games with 30-point double-doubles.
