Game 31: Dallas Mavericks (11-19) vs. Denver Nuggets (21-7) | 7:00pm CST

[DanSchwartzgan]

 Let's not get it twisted. CF is very good. But he's not Luka good yet.

I'm curious how we'd compare Luka as an 18 year old (the year before his rookie NBA season) to Flagg as an 18 year old.  

Year older Luka put up some pretty impressive numbers as a rookie at 21.2/7.8/6.0.  He put up 16.5 shots a game and was .427 from the field and .327 from three.  

December Flagg (10 games) is 24.1/6.2/4.5.  He has put up 16.9 shots a game and is .527 from the field and .308 from three.

I'd say it is pretty obvious Flagg is the better defender.  I'd probably buy the argument that Luka's offensive ceiling is higher (easy to do since Luka's ceiling is a proven concept).  I don't envision Flagg as a 30 point scorer, but watching those FOUR made three's made me question that.  He gets shots in the paint at will with zero spacing.  Add some spacing and give him a slightly above league average three point percentage and who knows where this thing goes.