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Cooper Flagg is already flipping his biggest critics on their heads

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One of the biggest knocks on Cooper Flagg from earlier in the season is starting to disappear.

Dallas Mavericks, Cooper Flagg | Tim Heitman/GettyImages

The Dallas Mavericks lost in tough fashion to the Utah Jazz on Monday, but rookie Cooper Flagg easily had his best game of the season, tying the Mavericks' single-game scoring record by a rookie with 42 points.

Flagg has been getting more comfortable with each game, as he’s already starting to silence one of his main criticisms from the start of the season, which was that he wasn’t aggressive enough.