> In his one season at Duke, Cooper Flagg averaged 16.3 points and shot 42.1 percent from the field in his first 12 games. From that point to the end of the season, he averaged 20.5 and shot 51.1 percent from the field.
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> Now, in the NBA and against stiffer competition, he’s on a similar developmental trajectory.
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> In his first 10 games as a Dallas Maverick, Flagg put up 13.9 points and made 40.3 percent of his shots. Since then, he’s averaging a team-high 22.0 points, while shooting 52.6 percent from the field. He’s also adding 6.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks.
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> There was little doubt the Duke product would get better over the course of his first NBA campaign, but the upward slope he’s on is steeper than even his strongest believers could have imagined.
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> At this point, it feels like All-NBA contention could be in play within the next couple years.