2025 draft thread: THE MAVS SELECT COOPER FLAGG

[F Gump]

I see this in the highlights and think his creation was actually held back by Duke's system.  He runs the PnR just fine and can create for others on the move.  Heck, they put the ball in his hands when he played with all those NBA guys on the USA select team.  I don't have real worries about creation once Kyrie is back.  Which means, I'm less about a pure PG and more about a 3 and D player at the guard position in terms of what we need to add.   I think more of a Caruso or White time and less of a 'get a bucket' type.

I'm back to wondering if Flagg and Klay are the starting backcourt until Kyrie returns. If CF can be an oversized 2 and excel at the position, it has a positive ripple effect on the rest of the lineup, with him not needing minutes as a 3 or a 4.

I would think the need they might want to address is likely to be shooting (finding efficient 3-point guys to spread the floor).

But if we don't worry about the health, isn't the player who overlaps your wish list and mine, and perhaps satisifies both, going to be Exum?