{"id":125103,"date":"2025-09-06T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125103\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:19:06","slug":"dirk-nowitzki-discloses-his-first-text-to-cooper-flagg-uses-luka-doncic-to-talk-about-his-mentorship-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125103\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Nowitzki Discloses His First Text to Cooper Flagg, Uses Luka Doncic to Talk About His Mentorship Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks fans might still be reeling from the heartbreak from seeing Luka Doncic shockingly traded to the LA Lakers but as far as a recompense for that slight, getting Cooper Flagg might be a silver lining. Flagg is still a rookie in the NBA, and only time will tell if the \u2018trade off\u2019 was truly worth it. But ahead of the new season, the Mavericks will hope he can repeat his Duke standards, and such all their fans will be watching rather closely.<\/p>\n

Joining them will be Mavericks\u2019 legend Dirk Nowitzki, who believes once Kyrie Irving comes back from injury, the Mavericks actually have a team good enough to actually compete for silverware. \u201cIf you look at the front court, it\u2019s loaded with talented players. The backcourt, they have two to three players in every position, especially when Kyrie comes back,\u201d he said on the DLSS Sports YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

Now, Flagg isn\u2019t suddenly being expected to rise up to Doncic\u2019s station right away and deliver MVP-level performances on account of this being his first year of dining at the big boys\u2019 table. But with time, as he continues to work on his already stellar skillset, Flagg is expected to be the face of the franchise in the next few years.<\/p>\n

Nowitzki, who\u2019s won a championship with the Mavs, is certainly going to share some advice with Flagg, as the two pair up for the 7th annual Dirk Nowitzki Foundation Tennis Classic in Dallas. Nowitzki <\/a>is excited for Flagg to join the event and reveals that he has been in touch with him for some time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never met him, I have been in touch a little bit after he got drafted and reached out to him, obviously. Wanted to congratulate him and welcome him,\u201d the former Mavs star said, adding that they had initiated a conversation with Flagg to see if he was in town and could come out and support them.<\/p>\n

Flagg graciously accepted the invite, and even though Nowitzki believes that he is not a tennis guy but a golfer. \u201cWe are not sure what he is going to do but he\u2019s going to come out to support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

And as far as offering his advice on how to succeed in the NBA, Nowitzki claims that while he extended a helping hand, he\u2019s not one to push his opinions on people. He never did it while playing with Doncic, and he doesn\u2019t plan to start that now.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the first text he sent Flagg, Nowitzki said<\/a>, \u201c\u2018Hey welcome. Obviously, congrats on being the first pick and welcome to Dallas. If there\u2019s anything you ever need, I don\u2019t know, advice, dinner, or basketball or whatever, I am just a phone call away.\u2019 So that\u2019s how I left it, and that\u2019s how I always was with Luca.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NBA champion asserted that if someone is ready, they are ready, and if they are not, that\u2019s okay to,o since time will most likely take care of it.<\/p>\n

Sharing from his experience dealing with Doncic<\/a>, Nowitzki explained, \u201cI was supposed to mentor Luka but Luka, the way he read the game, he was so smart. His IQ was out of this world. He should have probably mentored me on reading the game and how to see the game. So he didn\u2019t need much from me at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopefully, Flagg won\u2019t need it either but it does always help having someone who\u2019s done it before to show you the way. After all, you are supposed to take the path less travelled by and Nowitzki is one of the few who\u2019s already walked it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks fans might still be reeling from the heartbreak from seeing Luka Doncic shockingly traded to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,2597,56301,12887,459,82],"class_list":["post-125103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}