Battus par San Antonio (125-92) pour leur premier match de la saison, les Dallas Mavericks ont pu compter sur la belle attitude de leur jeune rookie Cooper Flagg (18 ans), auteur d’un double-double prometteur (10 points, 10 rebonds). Son entraîneur Jason Kidd a salué son intelligence de jeu et sa maturité exceptionnelle pour son âge.
00:00I like the way that he plays, I'm not going to sit here and change his thought process, he's going to be one of the best players to play this game, so for him to see as a rookie how they're playing him, to be able to go back and watch the tape, because he's going to see it again against Washington, so he can get better.
00:19I think, again, his talent level, being able to run the show and play defense is at a very high level, and with a double-double to come out as a rookie, as an 18-year-old, it's not bad.
00:32Yeah, I thought Cooper played within himself, he took what the defense gave him, he was making plays, he's diving on the floor, he's one that's not going to go out here and just shoot every time he touches it, he tries to play the game the right way, and I thought he did that in the first half,
00:47and I thought he was comfortable, came out there in the third and started to look to be aggressive, to take some shots that he knocked down, so I thought he played well.
00:59Now, the stat line is not going to say that, but no one in this room is sitting in his shoes, and so I think he, again, as a rookie, did fine, and he's going to learn from this game, we all will, and we'll be better next time we take the floor.
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