{"id":52468,"date":"2025-10-16T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kidd-doesnt-guarantee-flagg-as-mavericks-starting-base-nba-analysis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:39:08","slug":"kidd-doesnt-guarantee-flagg-as-mavericks-starting-base-nba-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/kidd-doesnt-guarantee-flagg-as-mavericks-starting-base-nba-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidd Doesn’t Guarantee Flagg as Mavericks’ Starting Base: NBA Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jason Kidd Praises Cooper Flagg, But Doesn’t Confirm Starting Role<\/h2>\n\n\nDallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has expressed his satisfaction with Cooper Flagg’s performance as the starting point guard in the last two preseason games. However, Kidd has not confirmed that the 18-year-old rookie will start the regular season in that position, despite the good impression he has made.\n\n\n
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\u201cThere are many positive things here, and we have time to make a decision,\u201d Kidd commented after the Mavs’ 121-94 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers at the T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n\nJason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks Coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFlagg, who is 6 feet 8 inches tall, was moved to the point guard position after playing as a forward in the first two preseason games. During his two games as a starting point guard, he averaged 12.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists, playing alongside Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington, Anthony Davis, and Dereck Lively II.\n\n\n

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\u201cHe has to keep track of who shoots, what the last shot was, and that will come with repetitions,\u201d Kidd said, who started the offseason free agency with D’Angelo Russell as the point guard in the first two preseason games for the Mavs. \u201cBut I think [Flagg] has done an incredible job of handling the situation of running the team. And the other thing that I think is going unnoticed is that his teammates like him running the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\nJason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks Coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nKidd also noted that the Mavs’ offense was too static early in Wednesday’s game, when the Lakers took a 22-10 lead before Flagg came out in the first quarter. There are concerns about spacing with that lineup due to the relative lack of playmaking and perimeter shooting, as the Mavs’ starters made 3 of 15 three-point attempts against the Lakers.\n\n\n

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\u201cJust keep feeling comfortable,\u201d Flagg said. \u201cI had some mental lapses today, time and score situations. I have to know [and] be aware of what\u2019s on the clock at all times. I just have to stay more locked in [defensively]. I can\u2019t let a hot player keep getting looks. So some of those things can definitely be improved.\u201d<\/p>\n\nCooper Flagg, Dallas Mavericks Player<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFlagg, this year’s first draft pick, struggled early in Wednesday’s game defending Gabe Vincent, who scored 18 points and made five three-pointers in the first 4 minutes and 9 seconds.\n\n“It doesn’t matter if you’re 6-4, 6-2, or 6-8, when you’re in a pick-and-roll in this league against guys who know how to run the pick-and-roll, it’s difficult,” Kidd said. “It becomes a two-man game, and we’ll get better at that. But [with] his competitiveness, he’ll figure it out sooner rather than later, and the more he’s in these situations, I think he’ll benefit in the long run.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jason Kidd Praises Cooper Flagg, But Doesn’t Confirm Starting Role Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has expressed his satisfaction with Cooper Flagg’s performance as the starting point guard in the last two preseason games. However, Kidd has not confirmed that the 18-year-old rookie will start the regular season in that position, despite the good impression […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1770,1201,3956,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-52468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-cooper-flagg","8":"tag-dallas-mavericks","9":"tag-jason-kidd","10":"tag-nba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}