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Cooper Flagg's Shooting is AWFUL but not a CRISIS Yet

Locked On Mavericks - Daily Podcast On The Dallas Mavs

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4.7909 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Dallas Mavericks face major questions about their future as Cooper Flagg’s jump shot becomes a growing concern for the Mavs heading into the next NBA season. How will Cooper Flagg’s shooting struggles, player development, and roster context impact the team as they build around Kyrie Irving and aim for success in the NBA?

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0:00.0

One more thing, I have to admit, Cooper Flagg's jump shot is concerning to me. But I think there's more that comes to jump shooting than just what we're seeing right now. Welcome here, still locked on to the Dallas Mavericks, your team every day. My name is Nick Engstead. It's the one more thing. What we're talking about, Cooper Flag, his jump shot. There's a lot of noise, concern, numbers.

0:21.3

I'll bring you all that. I also want to talk about how his jumper compares to the other draft prospects. And if we should use what we're seeing from Cooper Flagg to kind of pick somebody, because do you want two guys that are maybe going to struggle in this way? Is Cooper Flagg even struggling as bad as it looks right now? And I'm going to start by saying, no.

0:39.0

I don't think it's as bad as it looks right now? And I'm going to start by saying, no, I don't think it's as bad as it looks,

0:40.5

because it looks really bad.

0:42.7

It's incredibly bad.

0:44.8

Cooper Flagg on the season, on jumpshots according to Synergy, ranked poor.

0:49.5

That's the lowest you can get, right?

0:52.4

Synergy ranks in poor.

0:55.5

The jump shot, some would say, is broke. There's all kinds of different numbers we can go through. He's shooting 33.3% on those,

1:01.5

457 jumpers this season. That's jump shots, not just three. That's jump shots all over the place.

1:07.8

On unguarded catch and shoot shots, he's also shooting uh he's he's he's shooting uh 27.9% on those

1:18.2

17 of 61 unguarded catch and shoot shots that means no ain't nobody there no hands in

1:25.1

his face, nothing.

1:28.4

Ungarded.

1:29.4

That's awful.

1:34.3

On guarded catching shoot shots, he's actually shooting better, 33.3%. 16 of 48.

1:36.6

He's hit almost as many guarded jump shots as unguarded.

1:39.8

There's something going on with Cooper Flagg with the jump shot.

1:43.1

There's a confidence issue there. There's something that is just going on with this Flag with the jump shot. There's a confidence issue there.

1:44.8

There's something that is just going on with this entire season. And honestly, I don't blame him

1:49.2

at all. This context that he's been in this season, the basketball is not flowing. He's having to do

1:54.9

everything himself. Just look at this number. And you could maybe use this number to make a different

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