Chuck Cooperstein breaks down Cooper Flagg’s debut & Kyrie’s recovery

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Mavs radio voice Chuck Cooperstein joined Sean & RJ to break down Cooper Flagg’s first two standout Summer League games before being shut down by the team. He highlighted Flagg’s size, defensive instincts, and areas for growth at just 18. Chuck also shared expectations for Flagg’s rookie year, the Mavs’ development plan, Kyrie Irving’s recovery timeline, and how D’Angelo Russell fits in while Kyrie is out.

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00:00give us a recap of the two games and everything that you saw just your initial thoughts

00:20uh you know i thought he was nervous in the first game not unsurprising um but the thing

00:28that really stands out is how long he is i mean he just looks bigger than everybody else he he's he's

00:35taller and he runs faster uh and he's got length uh you know defensively gets in the way of a lot

00:41of stuff uh you know i think offensively they asked him to do a lot of things that he ordinarily would

00:48not do uh when he's playing with his regular guys so you know some of it looked a little clunky uh

00:55you know the handle probably needs a little bit of work but again we all have to come under the uh

01:01the prism of he's 18 years old there's still there's still so much that he can learn and get

01:08better at and you know that he will because you know he's going to put the work in uh he clearly

01:13likes to go left doesn't necessarily like to go right as much uh again uh that's not uncommon for

01:20a lot of great players they'd rather go to their left sets up their shot better um but uh i i just

01:28love what i saw and especially the blocked shot at the end of uh the game against the lakers when he

01:33got dj stewart at the rim you know that it's the essence of cooper flag he he was five of 21 right i

01:39mean he had nothing going offensively to speak of didn't score the second half and yet he makes the

01:44biggest play of the game he's going to find a way to help you win

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