Flagg adjusting to 'whirlwind' life of the NBA - Kidd - video Dailymotion

Jason Kidd hailed the 'extremely high IQ' of Cooper Flagg, after he shone in the Mavs' first win of the season

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00:00Yeah, I mean, it's a lot.

00:02It's a lot mentally, it's a lot.

00:03You know, I've been through a lot over the last couple of months.

00:06It's been a whirlwind.

00:07So just, you know, just trying to take time to adjust and adapt.

00:10And, you know, it doesn't always go perfect right away.

00:13So just figuring it out day by day, game by game, minute by minute, you know,

00:18how I can help my team in the best ways.

00:20And I think I'm starting to get more comfortable for sure.

00:24His ability to understand what the defense and who's guarding him and

00:28what he can get to understand is being able to shoot the three off the dribble.

00:33And then also being able to get into the paint.

00:35You know, his IQ is extremely hard and I mean, high, sorry, high.

00:41And just understanding him off the dribble, getting downhill and

00:46his athleticism to be able to finish, but also to play make in that stretch of two

00:51to three minutes is really good for us and we're going to need that.