Dallas Mavericks Win Big with Cooper Flagg Draft Pick

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00:00the rs of course as the draft began last night a little bit after 8 p.m eastern time and the

00:05dallas mavericks were on the clock the only surprise still was that dallas won the nba

00:11draft lottery better known as the cooper flag sweepstakes because we did not have a question of

00:16who dallas was going to take at first overall just when adam silver would walk across the stage

00:23inside the barclays center and announce that cooper flag was headed to the mavericks and

00:28that's how the night began what was expected became officially confirmed a minus 100 000 favorite

00:35the cooper flag coronation he heads to the dallas mavericks and although drs not a surprise by any

00:41means in the betting odds or the betting markets the fact that cooper flag is headed to the mavericks

00:47is a huge story right they were one of the teams that everybody focused on around february last year

00:53nico harrison in his villain era trading away luka donchich a beloved superstar not just around the

01:00association and globally but they're in dallas how could the mavericks continue to go on they end up

01:08winning the lottery with a 1.8 chance so cooper flag being that highly touted generational talent

01:16does not go somewhere drs where they're hoping to win 25 games next year rather 45 maybe even 50

01:23and earn a playoff spot in a competitive western conference and i love it i really do and i feel

01:29sorry for how are you going to get washington and charlotte to get better those teams have stunk

01:33to high heaven for 25 plus years don't let them ruin another superstar player you take a look at the

01:39dallas mavericks only what a year year and a half removed from the nba finals yes they traded luka

01:43donchich but the core now with kyrie irving and ad and now you throw in cooper flag here to sort of get

01:48his feet wet with a team that's ready to win with a veteran head coach that doesn't say hey here's

01:53what our goal is two to three years we develop you then we start to make a move out here and see if we

01:57can get you into the playoffs win right away win now don't waste the first five years of this kid's

02:03career as you try to build a team around them that team is complete this kid is complete and i love to

02:08see it happen what i've loved if it was my team the philadelphia 76ers would let you say the you know

02:12san antonio spurs whether any other franchise yes but i think it's the perfect landing spot even

02:17lebron james like man like cooper flag goes to dallas that's like a match made in heaven right

02:21now i love this move and i'm so happy that a quality team got the best player in the draft

02:26so we can enjoy this player and not have him wallow in anonymity at any one of these

02:30horrible franchises that would never put him in the spotlight here i like this move it's great news for

02:36the nba