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Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd on his philosophy behind starting Cooper Flagg at PG: \u201cThere\u2019s a couple of things behind him playing (PG). One is our health\u2026The other part of handling the ball is being able to handle the pressure when April comes around & you\u2019re playing for something greater.\u201d<\/a> x.com<\/a> | Nov. 2, 2025<\/p>\n

Mike Curtis: Cooper Flagg on those concerned about his play through 6 games: \u201cIt\u2019s a tough league. It\u2019s a transition. I haven\u2019t made a lot of shots or been as efficient I would\u2019ve wanted to, but I\u2019m gonna keep trusting the work. It\u2019s nothing I think they should be worried about. I\u2019m not worried about anything.\u201d<\/a> x.com<\/a> | Nov. 2, 2025<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis, the 10-time All-Star big man who was the headliner of the return in the Doncic deal, believes it’s his responsibility to shield the rookie from the burden of carrying the franchise — for now. “We want him to be confident but don’t worry about the pressure,” Davis told ESPN. “I’ll handle the pressure. J. Kidd will handle the pressure. When Kyrie comes back, he’ll handle the pressure.<\/a> We want him to go out here and just play basketball. He’ll have pressure three, four or five years from now when we all probably going to be out [of] the league.” “He’s going to be great, but we want him to develop. We don’t want to rush him or anything. But also he knows he wants to win, and we know we want to win.” ESPN<\/a> | Oct. 31, 2025<\/p>\n

The Mavs’ veterans, especially the few with Hall of Fame resumes, are attempting to minimize the burden Flagg feels. “Usually with a lot of No. 1 picks, you go and you got to save a franchise,” five-time All-Star Klay Thompson told ESPN. “I just told him, ‘Your rookie year is like a free shot. You don’t need to have any expectations.'”<\/a> ESPN<\/a> | Oct. 31, 2025<\/p>\n

Play by Play Studios has announced NBA THE RUN, a 3v3 street basketball game for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S that’s targeting a release in 2026.<\/a> Consisting of former EA Sports developers, the studio has secured both official NBA and NBPA licenses, so fans can expect to find players including Giannis Antetokounmpo, LaMelo Ball, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, and Cooper Flagg in the game alongside fictional athletes. ESPN<\/a> | Oct. 29, 2025<\/p>\n

Marc Stein: Cooper Flagg is not listed at all on Dallas’ injury report for Wednesday’s home game against injury-ravaged Indiana after taking a hit to the left shoulder Monday night. Anthony Davis (bilateral Achilles tendinopathy) is listed as probable for the Mavericks<\/a>. x.com<\/a> | Oct. 28, 2025<\/p>\n

Discussing a potential Mavericks lineup featuring LeBron, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, and Cooper Flagg, Marbury was clear. \u201cI mean, you put him on that team, they\u2019re contenders.\u201d<\/a> He noted per Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, that such a team would suit LeBron\u2019s age and help him manage his workload, allowing him to stay effective without carrying too much on his shoulders. \u201cDallas is a team that he will be more suited for where he doesn\u2019t have to take on that much of the load,\u201d Marbury added. BasketNews<\/a> | Oct. 27, 2025<\/p>\n

Tim MacMahon: Cooper Flagg has had a big wrap on his left shoulder while on the bench throughout the game.<\/a> Appeared to take a shot on it first possession of the night. x.com<\/a> | Oct. 27, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd on his philosophy behind starting Cooper Flagg at PG: \u201cThere\u2019s a couple of things…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[14727,49,48,2597,7236,1161,8228,5904,77834,14741,15047,11001,24607,12887,22387,64860,459,82,13596],"class_list":["post-257175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-davis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas","tag-espn","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-indiana","tag-jason-kidd","tag-klay-thompson","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-lamelo-ball","tag-lebron","tag-luka-doncic","tag-mavericks","tag-mike-curtis","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257175","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=257175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}