Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I think Coop is being groomed to be like Giannis - a forward who has the ball an awful lot and creates offense at times for both himself and others. The goal will be to create matchup issues. The question will be less about the labels and more about which players they put on the floor with him, and I would expect they will experiment a lot to find the best answers to that question.

He's very skilled, and a tremendously quick learner.

My concerns are more about the trajectory of his shooting efficiency, especially on 3s, and less about his handling-passing. If he could become a knockdown shooter on 3s, it makes a huge leap in what the Mavs can do and how good they can be right away.

No doubt Flagg improving his 3 point shooting would be a big win.  When I read "play Flagg at the 4" more than anything that means to me surround him with shooting.  The season Giannis won the chip the guys on the court with him were Middleton, Donte and Jrue who all shot in the neighborhood of 40% from 3 on roughly 5 attempts.  Even his center could shoot some (34% on 4 attempts per game).  That is the ideal environment for Flagg.  I think its very possible Morez gets to Lopez level shooting, and you want the other guys to be close to 40%.  And as great a creator Giannis is, he had a lot of help in Jure and Middleton.  Flagg is going to need that as well.  There is a world where Sergio can be one of those guys.