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[OBX Maverick]

It's kind of freaking crazy.

I never for one second allowed myself to believe that Flagg could come in and replicate a rookie season that was even close to as good as Luka's (who statistically was one of the best rookies since Lebron). I was so okay with him being a project on offense at 14-16ppg with elite defense and have some growing pains.

And in 3 months he's averaging prime Kawhi numbers WITH elite defense. 

It's silly to think he can sustain this, but if this is a glimpse of who he can be every night in the following years, I can't help but to think that divine intervention really occurred to save us from ones man delusions.

And I will take it a step further…and i know others didn’t agree with this take last year when I presented it after the lottery….but could you say we’re better off right now in the long term than we were before the trade? We would have never been in the draft lottery if Luka had played out the ‘25 season with us.  Now we have a player who looks like he could be on par with Luka, (maybe not with the offensive flair but certainly a more complete player,) and all the other assets we ultimately gained from the trade. (And no, I’m not saying we got fair value for Luka). Obviously, this team is far from complete right now, but with a good draft, the right FA acquisitions, and potentially a healthy Kyrie, it could be a return to competitive basketball in Dallas next season.