Wednesday night will mark the first time since 2017 that the Dallas Mavericks will be starting the season without Luka Doncic on the roster after the controversial trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers. Thankfully for the Mavericks , they received a mulligan in the form of Cooper Flagg , with the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft falling in their laps despite only having a 1.8 percent chance to do so.

Now, the Mavericks have a clear path back to contention , with Flagg looking like a transformative talent who will make tons of All-Star games as well as earn tons of All-NBA nods. In fact, some fans even view him as the team's “savior”, as the next superstar to get the torch passed to him all the way from Dirk Nowitzki and then Doncic.

However, Flagg knows that the M

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