Mavericks Shut Down Cooper Flagg After Stellar Summer League

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00:00Gilbert the Mavericks are shutting down flag after he had 31 points in his last summer league

00:05appearance so look I mean we're seeing this more and more in the NBA after especially kids that

00:11have played a full complement of college basketball deep into the NCAA March Madness

00:16tournament turnaround for the draft feels like they just want to get them ready for the regular

00:20season absolutely there's definitely a precedent with shutting guys down early I understand that

00:25some of the old school mode of thinking is that you know what these guys go out there and play

00:28is 18 years old but I also understand the fact that listen the Mavericks saw what they needed to

00:32see from Cooper flag he was aggressive in that first game against the Lakers had 31 points against the

00:36Spurs even though they lost and what else do they need to see from him right like what does a summer

00:40league championship mean for a team who's trying to compete for a real championship next year and

00:44there's no need risking him spraining an ankle or pulling anything while he's out there playing in

00:48these games against players that he's mostly better than so I understand them shutting him down they're

00:52focusing this training camp and getting him on the court and playing with Anthony Davis and Kyrie

00:56everything when he's back healthy and it's all part of the process for the number one pick