Cooper Flagg was never going to get much time to acclimate to the NBA; no No. 1 pick does. But Flagg might have even more pressure than the typical top pick, as he's replacing a beloved superstar in Dallas. That pressure, combined with a positional change to point guard, has angered lots of Mavericks fans... and Bill Simmons of The Ringer, who said:
"I wanna go on the record really emphatically. This 'Flagg playing point guard thing is f****** stupid. It's stupid. Stop, Jason Kidd... We know you lucked out with the lottery... But this is not the right way to bring in a kid who's not even 19, and who doesn't know what kinda basketball player he is yet, but he clearly is special.