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Mavericks' perfect Cooper Flagg era plan is disintegrating as injuries pile up

This is not ideal for the Dallas Mavericks as they look to begin a new era with Cooper Flagg.

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Cooper Flagg might already be the de facto go-to scorer of the Dallas Mavericks as an 18-year-old kid. He missed an opportunity at a game-tying shot against the New Orleans Pelicans recently, but the others haven't been hitting in clutch time either. Flagg was supposed to develop a rapid relationship with his fellow Duke alum, Dereck Lively II, and take over the NBA.