Game Night: Dallas Mavericks SHUT DOWN Cooper Flagg | Worried About Reed Sheppard Struggling?

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Locked On NBA Game Night, Danny Cunningham and Swipa explore the latest NBA Summer League action and trade developments. The hosts analyze Cooper Flagg's impressive showing for the Dallas Mavericks and the team's decision to end his Summer League run after just two games. Nick Inkstead (Locked On Mavericks) joins to discuss the Mavericks' strategy. The conversation shifts to Reed Sheppard's struggles with the Houston Rockets, with Jackson Gatlin (Locked On Rockets) providing insights on the team's expectations. Danny and Swiper then examine the Jonas Valančiūnas trade to the Denver Nuggets, considering his potential impact alongside Nikola Jokic. The episode concludes with a look at other Summer League standouts, including Carter Bryant of the San Antonio Spurs, and the hosts' thoughts on the implications of Summer League performances for players' NBA careers.

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0:00.0	On today's show, it's a Sunday summer league in Las Vegas.
0:04.3	Cooper Flagg gets shut down.
0:05.9	Reed Shepard, kind of underwhelming and so much more from all the summer league action in Vegas on today's edition of Lockdown NBA Game Night.
0:13.7	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for a locked on NBA game night.
0:18.8	All the postgame reactions to every game across the league every single night with insights only the hosts that locked on can provide it's the true NBA fans one stop for all the actions every game every night it's locked on NBA game night tipping off now off now. What's up everybody? My name's Danny Cunningham
0:41.3	from Lockdown Caves. He's Swiper from Lockdown Nuggets. And thank you for making today's edition of
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1:03.3	And of course, today's episode brought to you by Fandall because right now new Fandual handle customers can get $150 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins. We had a full Sunday
1:13.6	Summer League slate in Las Vegas. Nobody was at games that was asked to go on ESPN and said they
1:19.8	had nothing to say. It was all about basketball. But first, we do have to talk about a guy that
1:24.1	didn't play because Swipe, the Dallas Mavericks have decided to
1:27.9	shut down Cooper Flag for the remainder of Summer League after he did play in the first two
1:33.9	games in Vegas. Just when you heard the news, what was your instant reaction?
1:39.3	Hey, we've seen enough. We unlocked the box for two games just to see what it looks like and just to see how he plays.
1:51.3	And hey, you know, this guy that, you know, we are sure we can build around.
1:55.4	And I think a lot of summer league wall is you want to see young players, no matter where they're drafted can they understand the
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