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Cooper Flagg says he wants to spend his whole career in Dallas and be loved like Dirk, but staying isn’t entirely up to him Q: "Would you like to be on one team? Forever?" Cooper Flagg: "100%. I think I would like nothing more than that to be able to... you look at someone like Dirk, obviously, his legacy, there’s nothing that touches that, to be that loved by a city, to have that much love and support from one place. I don’t think you could dream for anything else but that." "That’s the ultimate goal, but like we were just talking about, it’s a business at the end of the day and a lot of it’s not going to be my decision."

Cooper Flagg says injuries pushed him into a bigger role than expected as a rookie, but Jason Kidd gave him the confidence to grow as a playmaker “Coming in I wasn’t expecting to be thrown in the fire as much. Obviously I was looking at AD, Kai, Klay, and some of the injuries it just didn’t work out that way and kind of just thrown out there more than I expected and had a little bit more responsibility, but overall it’s just helped me to develop.” “Coach Kidd has given me that confidence to go out and be a creator and learn the game in a lot of different ways, it’s helped me to just get comfortable all around.”