Game 31 Dirkie Thread: Cooper Flagg!!!

Poll: Who played above expectations and/or contributed most to the win? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
AD: 31 PTS, 12-19 FG, 1-2 3PT, 6-6 FT, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL,	6.25%	1	6.25%
Marshall: 15 PTS, 6-11 FG, 2-4 3PT, 1-1 FT, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL,	0%	0	0%
Cooper: 33 PTS, 14-21 FG, 4-6 3PT, 1-1 FT, 9 REB, 9 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK	81.25%	13	81.25%
Nembhard: 11 PTS, 5-11 FG, 1-3 3PT, 3 REB, 7 AST,	0%	0	0%
Hardy: 10 PTS, 5-9 FG, 0-3 3PT, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL	0%	0	0%
Martin: 9 PTS, 4-6 FG, 0-1 3PT, 1-1 FT, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL	12.50%	2	12.50%
Total		16 vote(s)	100%

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Game 31 Dirkie Thread: Cooper Flagg!!!

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12-24-2025, 10:48 PM

(12-24-2025, 11:33 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: If Gafford is too good to not play him, maybe we could use a lesser center in his place. One more deserving of 16-20 minutes when AD sits. Stein has been saying for quite a while that Gafford is the most likely Mav to be traded.

Locked on did a Gafford to Chicago for White pod the other day. What if it was Gafford plus Martin/D'Lo for White and Jalen Smith. AD/Smith are your C's for now adding some stretch ability to the position. Smith is serviceable, but not so good (or highly paid) that you can't sit him when Lively is available.

People have varying opinions on White, but mainly as the centerpiece of an AD trade. In a Gafford deal, Chicago gets a starting level center who is under contract beyond April. Dallas gets a starting level guard who is not. I don't think either team gets picks here. Dallas has to get something to offset the White flight risk. So, they get to move some salary to Chicago. Hardy (as a poor man's White) could be in place of D'Lo

Something some of us been hammering all summer. Would be an A+ trade.