Oct 26, 2026 · 13 min · 16 segments
Nick Gosse and Jace Andrews break down the latest news surrounding Cooper Flagg ahead of the big game tonight. --- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3LUFqYD8SgjGiBgx89jgld?si=0f488d4b60754ab6…
One minute left in the first half.
Nobody in front of him.
It's an easy dunk, right? And then Aaron Neesmith comes flying in from behind and sends him to the floor.
It's a flagrant one foul.
Flagg walks to the locker room, holding his left shoulder, and he ends up not coming back.
And as we all hold our breath and wait for the results on Saturday, we get that the MRI says left shoulder sprain.
He sits out the Spurs game and the team immediately comes out and says he'll be reevaluated next week.
And of course, Mavs fans, we start to do how long this is going to be of an absence for our star player.
Then this morning comes around.
He goes through shoot around.
No setbacks.
I mean, you're looking at questionable on the injury chart.
Then they upgrade him to probable for tonight in Miami.
And I think this game tells us more about the Mavs team than any of the three we have seen already.
Why, you ask? Well, because think about where he was when it happened.
17 minutes into the game, Flagg had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals on 4 of 6 from the field.
And in those 17 minutes, Dallas was plus 34 with him on the floor.
Plus 34 in just 17 minutes.
That's two games into the season, and guess what? He was already the best player on the floor in both of them.
One minute left in the first half.
Nobody in front of him.
It's an easy dunk, right? And then Aaron Neesmith comes flying in from behind and sends him to the floor.
It's a flagrant one foul.
Flagg walks to the locker room, holding his left shoulder, and he ends up not coming back.
And as we all hold our breath and wait for the results on Saturday, we get that the MRI says left shoulder sprain.
He sits out the Spurs game and the team immediately comes out and says he'll be reevaluated next week.
And of course, Mavs fans, we start to do how long this is going to be of an absence for our star player.
Then this morning comes around.
He goes through shoot around.
No setbacks.
I mean, you're looking at questionable on the injury chart.
Then they upgrade him to probable for tonight in Miami.
And I think this game tells us more about the Mavs team than any of the three we have seen already.
Why, you ask? Well, because think about where he was when it happened.
17 minutes into the game, Flagg had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals on 4 of 6 from the field.
And in those 17 minutes, Dallas was plus 34 with him on the floor.
Plus 34 in just 17 minutes.
That's two games into the season, and guess what? He was already the best player on the floor in both of them.
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