2025 draft thread: THE MAVS SELECT COOPER FLAGG

[F Gump]

.... ideally, the Mavs should take a forward (not a C/PF type like Maxi), but a tall forward who can play both forward spots -- those guys tend to be more mobile and would be closer to a Maxi type of player because of that mobility and shooting. Maxi is just the 6'10" anomaly who can play PF and C and still guard the perimeter and protect the rim in equal measure.

So what you want them to get is a younger healthier Maxi? I think we all agree ... and I also think that's why the Mavs give plenty of latitude to Maxi, since they already have that guy IF they can get him healthy and playing up to his ability. It's a surer path to work to have a player do it again, than to try to find the guy who has never done it and hope he someday can become that guy.