I cannot tell you when the last time I watched a Mavericks preseason game was,

I'm not even sure I did it Lucas' rookie year.

I may have, but it's-

It's usually a tough watch.

It's been that long.

It's usually a really tough watch.

And last night wasn't a particularly good game,

even though they were playing the defending world champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Thunder didn't play anybody of note.

Their starting lineup, even had a guy on a two-way in it.

They didn't play the better Jalen Williams or Shea or Hartenstein or Dorts or Homegren, any of those

guys. It was a G-League thunder-looking team. I think they'd played the night before too.

Yeah. And it's the preseason. But the Mavericks were going to play Cooper Flagg. So I was all

in. I watched a Mavericks preseason game going back and forth. I was recording the Mavs game. So I would pause it and then go back to the Chiefs and Jaguars game. And then in a break, I'd go back to the Mavs game. So I was busy last night. I should have done that because every time I went over there, Cooper was not playing. Yeah, I made sure I recorded it so I didn't miss any of Cooper's minutes.

And before the game, Jason Kidd said, we're only going to play Cooper Flagg and Anthony Davis in the first half.

And, you know, they'll each get 14 or 15 minutes.

And that's what Cooper Flag got.

He got 14 minutes, two different runs, one in the first

quarter, one in the second quarter. And I couldn't wait to watch him. And there are so many

interesting things here. And I want to preface this by saying, I think it's unfair for all of us to

compare Cooper Flag to Luca Donchich.

But I can't help it.

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