It’s been a long eight months for Dallas Mavericks fans.

The front office traded away one of the top players in the league, proceeded to fall out of playoff contention, lost in blowout fashion in the play-in game, and watched the team Dallas sent home in the 2024 playoffs win an NBA championship just a year later.

It’s hard to feel optimism after a stretch like that, but just when all hope seemed lost, out came this phenom from Duke University. Cooper Flagg attended the team’s Media Day on Monday and said he’s looking forward to the journey. He said he’d like to be Rookie of the Year, but also said the main goal is winning games and focusing on winning a championship.

It won’t be the same team that took the court last year and there’s no doubt the team faces longer odds to win a title t

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