Kyrie Irving shared his thoughts on Dallas Mavericks teammate Cooper Flag’s NBA Summer League debut, However, Flag disagreed.
Cooper Flag was first seen in court in a Mavericks uniform in a highly anticipated clash with Bronnie James and the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a difficult debut for Flag. Flag scored 10 points in the night and struggled to score for James.
Kyrie Irving is also the number one pick from Duke and knows everything about entering the Summer League with hopes on his shoulders. After the game he shared his thoughts on how Flaggg worked.
Irving, who signed a three-year contract with MAV to keep him in Dallas until 2028, showed up in Las Vegas to support his new teammate. He gave his opinion on the game on the NBA’s Instagram.
2016 NBA champion Irving said, “He worked really well. He probably put a lot of pressure on him and said it didn’t work out, and that comes with it, but I’m looking forward to seeing all these young people grow up.”
After the draft, Irving said he could cope with the pressure that Flag is the number one pick.
But in that brief statement, Irving tried to say one thing and slip another. Why does Flag predict he would say it didn’t work? Did Irving say if he scores 30?
On his way to 10 points, six rebounds and four assists, the 2025 pick one-picking shot 23.8% off the field, without making five 3-point attempts and missed the only free throw.
He struggled with James’ physicality. James gave his heart a go on defense, but gave up on the 6-inch height on the flag. However, the Mavericks were unable to score him at the post. That’s not encouraging, especially if Flag was compared to Tim Duncan and Magic Johnson before the draft.
And after the game, Flag gave an honest interpretation of his performance.
Downbeat’s flag was asked in a post-match interview what he thought of his performance. As Irving predicted, the debutant was falling on himself.
He said, “I’m not reaching my standards. But I’m fine. It’s a new feeling, a new environment, a new teammate. I didn’t have the best game, but I’m going to keep moving forward.”
Flagg admitted that professional games can get used to getting used to being accustomed to being accustomed to being accustomed to being accustomed to a year playing college basketball at Duke.
He said, “It’s just a different game. Different pace, different feel, different intervals. It’s a lot of adjustments, but we’re fine.”
The game must be filmed with a single grain of salt. No one judges Flag’s rookie season based on his performance in the summer league. But he frowned to see him having difficulty scoring on two rounds of picks in last year’s draft.